Design Resources

Here is a list of resources that designers should find helpful. Some are local and others are international in scope.

Magazines
Print
Communication Arts
HOW
STEP
ID
CMYK
Metropolis
Eye

Web sites
www.commarts.com
www.howdesign.com
www.cmyk.com
www.metropolis.com
www.journal.aiga.org
www.aiga.org
www.creativelatitude.com
www.underconsideration.com
www.underconsideration.com/speakup/
mfad.typepad.com/crit/
www.creativegroup.com (e-zine)
www.colormatch.dk/
www.bestdesigns.com
www.core77.com
www.logolounge.com
www.coolhomepages.com
www.cwd.dk (cool web design)
www.cameronmoll.com
www.onepagefolios.com
www.beadesigngroup.com
www.papress.com/designityourself/index.html
www.designers-who-blog.com

Local advertising and design firms
Wiloughby Design Group
Muller and Company
Barkley and Evergreen
Bernstein Rein
NKHW
MMG Worldwide
River City Studio
CHRW
S & Co
Three Wide Marketing
Sullivan Higdon and Sink
VML (Valentine, McCormick and Ligebel)
Design Ranch
Blacktop
Liquid 9
Indicia
Bungalow

Stock photo web sites
www.veer.com
www.gettyimages.com
www.picturequest.com
www.masterfile.com
www.corbis.com
www.comstock.com
www.brandxpictures.com
www.istockphoto.com

Books
Graphic Artist Guild Handbook
The Business Side of Creativity
The New Typography//Jan Tschichold
Grid Systems in Graphic Design//Josef Muller-Brockmann
Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students//Ellen Lupton

Local organizations
Kansas City Chapter of AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Artists)
kansascity.aiga.org
Freelance Exchange of Kansas City
kcfreelanceexchange.com
Ad Club of Kansas City
kcadclub.com (check out the art+copy club information)