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:

1&1
www.1and1.com

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

Cargo
www.cargocollective.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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