industry RESOURCES
Find the assets and organizations to help you stand out.
Professional design organizations:
Advertising Women of NY
www.awny.org
The Advertising Council
www.adcouncil.org
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
http://www.aiga.org/
Art Directors Club
www.adcglobal.org
Association of Illustrators
www.aoi.com
Design Institute of Australia:
www.dia.org.au
Design Management Association
www.dmi.org
The One Club
www.oneclub.org
The Type Directors Club
www.tdc.org
Society of Illustrators
www.societyillustrators.org
Design publications:
3 x 3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration
www.3x3mag.com
Adweek
www.adweek.com
Applied Arts Magazine
www.appliedartsmag.com
Brandweek
www.brandweek.com
CMYK Magazine
www.cmykmag.com
Communication Arts
www.commarts.com
Creativity Magazine
www.creativity-online.com
Design Week
www.designweek.co.uk
Desktop E-newsletter
www.desktopmag.com.au
Graphic Design Magazine
www.gdusa.com
Graphis Magazine
www.graphis.com
HOW Magazine
www.howdesign.com
Layers Magazine
www.layersmagazine.com
Print Magazine
www.printmag.com
Design blogs:
Brand New
www.underconsideration.com
Creative Bloq
www.creativebloq.com
Cooper-Hewitt
www.blog.copperhewitt.com
Design Observer
www.designobserver.com
Portfolio reviews:
Art Directors Club
www.portfolionight.com
The One Club
www.oneclub.org/oc/education/portfolio/
Student design competitions:
Awwards
www.awwwards.com
The Dieline Awards
www.thedielineawards.com
Young Guns
www.adcyoungguns.org/
ADC Awards
www.adcawards.org
CMYK 57 EXTENDED
www.cmykmag.com/contests
Graphis New Talent
www.graphis.com/competitions
Creative Conscience Awards
www.creative-conscience.co.uk/home/
Design Ignites Change Fellowship
designigniteschange.org
CA Design Competition
www.commarts.com
SAPPI I Ideas that matter
www.na.sappi.com/ideasthatmatter
Creativity International Awards
www.creativityawards.com
Webby Awards
webbyawards.com
National design conferences:
Advertising Week
www.advertisingweek.com
AIGA Design Conference
www.designconference.aiga.org
Converge SE
www.convergese.com
Generate
www.generateconf.com
HOW Design Live
www.howdesignlive.com
Maker Faire
www.makerfaire.com
PePcon
ww.pepcon.com
SXSW
www.sxsw.com
Social Media Week
www.socialmediaweek.org
Sustainable Brands
www.sustainablebrands.com
Userconf
www.userconf.co
Online job boards:
AIGA Job Board
www.designjobs.aiga.org
Behance Job Board
www.behance.net/joblist/
Krop
www.krop.com
Freelancer
www.freelancer.com
Glassdoor
www.glassdoor.com
HOW Design Job Board
www.howdesign.com/design-jobs/
Indeed
www.indeed.com
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/job/
Monster
www.monster.com
Smashing Magazine Job Board
www.jobs.smashingmagazine.com
Skills instruction:
Adobe
www.adobe.com
Lynda
www.lynda.com
Jeff Witchel (Adobe Certified trainer)
www.jeffwitchel.net
Peachpit Press
www.peachpitpress.com
Skillshare
www.skillshare.com
Tutsplus
www.tutsplus.com
Typefaces:
Adobe Typekit
www.typekit.com
CSS Font Stack
www.cssfontstack.com
Fonts.com
www.fonts.com
Google Fonts
www.google.com/fonts
Hoefler & Co.
www.typography.com
House Industries
www.houseind.com
Monotype
www.monotype.com
MyFonts
www.myfonts.com
Paper:
Crane
www.crane.com
French Paper
www.frenchpaper.com
Mohawk
www.mohawkconnects.com
Neenah
www.neenahpaper.com
Paper Presentation
www.paperpresentation.com
Strathmore
www.strathmore.org
Printing:
Blurb
www.blurb.com
Cranky Pressman
www.crankypressman.com
GotPrint
www.gotprint.net
Jak Prints
www.jakprints.com
Jukebox Print
www.jukeboxprint.com
Lulu
www.lulu.com
Mama’s Sauce
www.mamas-sauce.com
The Mandate Press
www.themandatepress.com
Moo
www.moo.com
New Print Factory
newprintfactory.com
Sticker Giant
www.stickergiant.com
Vahalla Studios
www.vahallastudios.com
Print portfolio suppliers:
Klo Portfolios
www.kloportfolios.com
Lost Luggage
www.lost-luggage.com
Pina Zangaro
www.pinazangaro.com
Portfolio and Art Cases
www.portfolios-and-art-cases.com
Photography:
Adorama Rentals
www.adoramarentals.com
B&H Foto and Electronics
www.bhphotovideo.com
Lumoid
www.lumoid.com
Savage Universal
www.savageuniversal.com/products/seamless-paper
Stock images:
123RF
www.123rf.com
Corbis Images
www.corbisimages.com
iStock
www.istockphoto.com
Getty Images
www.gettyimages.com
Library of Congress
www.loc.gov
Shutterstock
www.shutterstock.com
Thinkstock
www.thinkstockphotos.com
Stock mock-up graphics:
Best Design Options
www.bestdesignoptions.com
Craft Work
www.getcraftwork.com
Creative Market
www.creativemarket.com
Graphic Burger
www.graphicburger.com
GraphicsFuel
www.graphicsfuel.com
Graphic River
www.graphicriver.net
Niice
www.niice.co
Pixeden
www.pixeden.com
PSD Covers
www.psdcovers.com
PSD Mockups
www.psdmockups.com
Mobile and web prototyping:
Marvel
www.marvelapp.com
Invision
www.invisionapp.com
Web hosting and domain name registrars:
Adobe Business Catalyst
www.businesscatalyst.com
GoDaddy
www.godaddy.com
Google Domains
www.domains.google.com
Hostway
www.hostway.com
Liquidweb
www.liquidweb.com
Name
www.name.com
Name Cheap
www.namecheap.com
Network Solutions
www.networksolutions.com
Website builders:
Adobe Behance
www.behance.net
Carbonmade
www.carbonmade.com
Dribbble
www.dribbble.com
Squarespace
www.squarespace.com
Weebly
www.weebly.com
WiX
www.wix.com
Wordpress
www.wordpress.com
Social media channels:
Facebook
www.facebook.com
Instagram
www.instragram.com
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
Twitter
www.twitter.com
Tumblr
www.tumblr.com
Pinterest
www.pinterest.com
Vine
www.vine.com
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