The week in links 19/10/09

Graphic Design, Advertising, Career, Identity

17 Creative Anti-​​Smoking Ads (toxel​.com)

5 Helpful Tips For Design Students (joshcorken​.blogspot​.com)

6 Characteristics Of A Great Logo (fuelyourcreativity​.com)

90+ Latest Trends Of Business Cards (dzinepress​.com)

36 Creative And Interesting Billboard Advertisements (geeksucks​.com)

7 Things To Ask Your Clients For Besides Money (youthedesigner​.com)

25 Redesigned Logos Of 2009 (graphicdesignblog​.com)

The Good 100, Or So (awesome​.good​.is)

10 Essential Skills Every Graphic Designer Should Have (designreviver​.com)

Designers: Submit Yourself And Nominate Others To Be Featured Here! (bkmacdaddy​.com)

Web Design, UX, Tools, WordPress

Why Traffic Signs Don’t Work (And What You Should Learn From It) (neboweb​.com)

Tips For Designing An Awesome Coming Soon Page (line25​.com)

Setting Up Photoshop For Web, App And iPhone Development (smashingmagazine​.com)

10 Important Tips To Optimize WordPress For Search Engines (1stwebdesigner​.com)

How To Close The Back Door Of Your Blog (fuelyourblogging​.com)

How A Design Blog Is Attractive To Clients (thedesigncubicle​.com)

7 Key Principles That Make A Web Design Look Good (noupe​.com)

25 Free Online Tools For Web Designers, Developers, Freelancers And Individuals (bestdesigntuts​.com)

7 Examples Of Innovative Effects And Techniques In Web Design (designblurb​.com)

How To Stay Motivated As A Web Designer (shayhowe​.com)

Inspiration

Design Showcase — We Love (d​-lists​.co​.uk)

55 Fantastic Website Layouts (designbeep​.com)

49 Beautiful Catalog And Booklet Designs Inspiration (blog​.digitalroom​.com)

404 Error Pages For Your Viewing Pleasure (webdesignledger​.com)

25 Content Heavy Websites With Beautiful Structure, Layout And Hierarchy (thedesigncubicle​.com)

29 Yummy Vectors Guaranteed To Make You Hungry (littleboxofideas​.com)

54 Websites Using Horizontal Scrolling (webmastersgossip​.com)

15 Examples Of Modern Web Design (toxel​.com)

Creative Thinkers That Inspire Me (brandonwaybright​.com)

25 Inspiring And Creative Print Ads (graphicdesignblender​.com)

Tutorials & Resources

30 Free iPhone Icon Sets (theroxor​.com)

30 Complete Photoshop Guides For Beginners (10steps​.sg)

13+ Fresh And High Quality Texture Set & Collections (webdeveloperplus​.com)

The Best Spray Paint Textures (gomediazine​.com)

10 High Res Interesting Scribbly Gum Textures (littleboxofideas​.com)

Create A Cool Wet Ink Typography Effect In Photoshop (blog​.spoongraphics​.co​.uk)

How To Create 3D Text Blocks In Photoshop (psd​.tutsplus​.com)

30 Tutorials For Designing Fun And Creative Characters (vandelaydesign​.com)

9 Tileable Grunge Textures (circleboxblog​.com)

75+ Awesome Font And Typography Tools, Tutorials, Generators And Inspiration (tripwiremagazine​.com)

Wallpapers

15 Really Cool World Map Wallpapers (blaberize​.com)

44 Stunning Composition Wallpapers (littleboxofideas​.com)

45 Beautiful Dual-​​Screen Wallpapers (sixrevisions​.com)

40 Wonderful Autumn Wallpapers (webdesignfan​.com)

Other

20 Essential Infographics & Data Visualization Blogs (inspiredm​.com)

Adobe Brings Photoshop​.com To The iPhone (news​.cnet​.com)

A Collection Of Free iPhone Apps (designreviver​.com)

10 (More) Fresh & Funny iPhone Apps You Should Definitely Touch (inspiredm​.com)