Dribble – Inspiration Heaven
No matter what you are looking for, it is probably on Dribble. “Borrow” color palettes, layouts, design… Dribble has amazing examples of almost anything.More
Joshua Hailpern
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AIGA – Profesional Association For Design
Do you like design and want to know more about it? This is the website for the Professional Association for Design.More
Icons Icons Icons – The Noun Project
Every wonder where to get icons for your presentation or poster (since you never want to use clip art). This website has a bunch of free icons and a great search UI. Please use the Noun Project as a fantastic resource.More
Logos & Branding
Sometimes a new project or group you have needs a logo, and while we don’t focus on logo design here, it is sometimes useful to pull inspiration from others. This websites is a great resource for deconstructing logos that are new and old. This can be useful as well for choosing colors that go well together if you see a multi-colored logo!More
Place Holder Text & Images – lipsum & lorempixel
You may have heard of Lorem Ipsum – placeholder text to fill out a poster, paper or presentation until you can actually write the body copy. While using something like ‘text text text’ is distracting by both looking too uniform and being actually readable, Lorem Ipsum has a roughly normal distribution of letters and words, looking like plain text without being legible. You can generate Lorem Ipsum text here:
Similarly, you can generate realistic but filler images with the help of this website:
Design Seeds – Find Color Palettes
Sometimes a great image or photograph can inspire a good color palette. This website shows some beautiful color palette sources and the resulting color schemes.
Infographic of the Day
A great little blog that highlights different, fun and unique infographics. Not all of them are appropriate for papers or posters. But if you love a good chart or graph, this site is for you!More
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