Tools | Libraries | Typefaces | Design inspiration | Books
References
Tools
Libraries
- Stock photo libraries
- Image Library with CC-licensed Photos
- Public Commons Image Search
- Open source icon library
- (Another) Open Source Icon Library
- WordPress image library
- Open Source Design Resources
- Zipatone textures
- Halftone Hospital
- archives.design – “a digital archive of graphic design related items that are available on the
Internet Archives” - typo/graphic posters
- Wageningen University Image Collection – botanical illustrations
Resources
Design thinking
Inclusivity
- Universal Design for online education
- Politicized Design: escaping oppressive systems with participatory movements
- Questions for inclusive design
- Adobe Max: Empowering Community
- Ethics in Design Roundup
- Interrogate your motives for creative social justice activism
- Design Justice Resources
- Decolonizing Design Resource Library
Typography
Neat typefaces
Serifs
Sans serifs
- Recovery
- Overpass – free
- Optician Sans – free
- Fixture – $40/font
- Gnomon – free
- Katahdin – open source
- Noted – $45 – “handwriting” font
- Vault Alarm – $24
- Dirty Claws – $17 – brush font
Design inspiration
Design archives
- The People’s Graphic Design Archive
- Graphic Design History Resources – We Made This
- Cooper Hewitt Online Design Collection
- Queer.Archive.Work Download Library
- Online Letterform Archive
- Museum Digital Art Collections
- Museum Archive Search Tool
- Books About Food – collection of cookbooks with covers, some interiors, and a color index
Design and aesthetics beyond the West
- Brazilians Who Design
- Recorte – Brazilian design (in Portuguese)
- Arabic Design Archive
- Syrian Design Archive
- Modern Arabic calligraphy
- I Spy with my Typographic Eye – typography newsletter from India by Pooja Saxena
- Nigerian album covers
- Design Indaba – designs from around the world
- Spoon and Tamago – Japanese design and culture
Collections and roundups
- Design Books by Women and People of Color
- Color Palettes from Sanzo Wada
- A visual compendium of vintage mineral art
- The Dunes of Mars
- Eye-pleasing type specimens
- The evolution of romance covers
- Pelican Book Covers
- Zellige Tiles
- Ukrainian ornamental folk art
- Zine Library
- Typeset in the Future
- Marimekko pattern catalog
- Werner’s Nomenclature of Colors
Sample designs
Reading list
Booknotes, 2021-
Design book wishlist
My design book library
- Envisioning Knowledge by Edward Tufte (to read)
- Design Justice by Sasha Costanza-Chock (to read)
- The Designer’s Dictionary of Type by Sean Adams (reference)
- On Book Design by Richard Hendel (to read)
- Designa from Wooden Books (reference)
- Caps Lock by Ruben Pater (to read)
- White by Kenya Hara (read)
- Design is a Job by Mike Monteiro (to read)
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