Information and Graphic Design Links
E-zines, Community Platforms, Portals[edit]
- InfoDesign: Understanding by Design
- Boxes and Arrows: The Design behind the Design
- Communication Arts Network
- NewsDesigner.com
- Interactive Narratives
- DESIGNER IN ACTION - Infosite für Kreative (in German)
- The Return of Design Color Schemes, Design, Development and Inspiration...
- DesignEducation.ca - Thousands of Design Resources
- Color Resources by Maureen Stone
- Essential Resources: Specialist, illustration and other useful resources (by Andy Kirk)
Magazines, Journals[edit]
- Graphic Design:USA monthly magazine featuring people, news, trends and products in the graphic design industry
- LOOP AIGA Journal of Interaction Design Education
- VOICE AIGA Journal of Design
- CLEAR AIGA Journal of Information Design
- Information Design Journal + Document Design
- Before & After, the magazine for graphic design
Blogs[edit]
- FlowingData by Nathan Yau
- Data Visualization Weekly by AnyChart
- One Plus One Equals Three: Design is...
- Whitespace
- Photoshop Weblog (german) The Photoshop Weblog links to Photoshop tutorials, design examples and other Photoshop related stuff.
- Graphic Design Melbourne: Articles on graphic design and its relationship to branding and marketing.
- Signage Weblog (german) Signarena shows wayfinding and information design projects from architects and designers.
Articles[edit]
- What Is Data Visualization? Definition, History, and Examples
- What Is Information Design? Interesting article about what Information Design is
- Introduction to Information Design
- What the Hell is the Fibonacci Series?
- Design Rules of Thumb
- Principles of Graphic Design
- Flash5 Interface Design
- Web Color Theory
- Digital Web Magazine - The Principles of Design
- Art, Design, and Visual Thinking
- Design Notes: Gestalt Gestalt Laws
- Issue of Inf@Vis! (infovis.net) on "Colour Usage" by Juan C. Dürsteler
- Issue of Inf@Vis! (infovis.net) on "Colour guidelines" by Juan C. Dürsteler
- [Choosing Colors for Data Visualization] by Maureen Stone
- Issue of Inf@Vis! (infovis.net) on "The spectral (or rainbow) palette" by Juan C. Dürsteler
Books[edit]
- Experience Design 1 by Nathan Shedroff
- Information Design - a bibliography
- UnderstandingHealthCare by Richard Saul Wurman
Companies[edit]
- XPLANE | The visual thinking company™
- 247 MEDIA STUDIOS :: flash webdesign | internet | multimedia | crossmedia ::
Institutions[edit]
Typography[edit]
- The non-typographer’s guide to practical typeface selection by Cameron Moll
- typokurz contains a summary of important typographic rules by Christoph Bier (in German)
- Type Connection Type Connection is a game that helps you learn how to pair typefaces.
- Schriftgestaltung.com
Miscellaneous[edit]
- Experience Design Resources
- information design: William Buchholz
- Typemuseum (in German)
- Soviet Political Propaganda posters.
- The Visual Language of Number "Images in Practice" online exhibition (University of Portsmouth)
- John Grimwade Information Graphics Portfolio of Diagrams, Maps, and Icons
- Visual Organization and Information Design Lecture Notes by Andrew Cornell Robinson (acrStudio)
- Karl Hartig Data Visualization
- Information Design Patterns
- BBC Dimensions Dimensions takes important places, events and things, and overlays them onto a map of where you are.
Course Material[edit]
- A Mini Course in Visual Communications by Rob Roy Kelly
- A Mini Course in Color by Rob Roy Kelly
- A Mini Course in Design Principles by Rob Roy Kelly
- Information Design and Visual Organization Syllabi and Lesson Plans, Parsons School of Design by Andrew Cornell Robinson