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6 Design Blogs You’ve Gotta Read

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

It’s important in any line of work (professional or hobby) to keep tabs on what others are doing. I follow all these blogs (and then some) to keep my eyes sharp and my mind inspired in the realm of design. If you aren’t currently using a feed aggregator like Google Reader you should really start (lets you keep up with news/blog updates all in one place). Subscribe to our blog, and the blogs listed below.

6 Blogs You’ve Gotta Read

  1. Swiss Miss – General Design (http://swissmiss.typepad.com/weblog/)
    Tina Roth Eisenberg keeps this blog packed full of great design work on a daily basis.
  2. notcot – General Design (http://www.notcot.com/)
    Kept up by a teamof bloggers who post about all things design. Worth checking out (and they are doing christmas product give aways right now, and it’s free to enter!).
  3. Brand New – Brand/Identity (http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/)
    A beautiful blog when it comes to brand identities. They focus mainly on re-branding of large brands (like Pepsi, Delta, banks, ect). The insights shared on the new brands are really helpful to start/continue forming an eye for identify/brand development.
  4. Fubiz – Video/Motion Design (http://www.fubiz.net/blog/)
    Most of what they post at Fubiz involves motion art. These videos are really well done and an inspiration to the multi-media designer inside me. I do realize this site is in french, but they post such visually stunning work (much of which is actually in English).
  5. TypeNEU – Type Design (http://www.typeneu.com/)
    Type faces are gorgeous. The right type face changes everything. The days of papyrus and comic sans are long gone. This blog will help you realize the current trends in fonts, and gain an appreciation for this, all to often, overlooked art of typeface design.
  6. I Love Typography – Type Design (http://ilovetypography.com/)
    Similar to TypeNEU, focuses on typography and has a lot of stunning content for inspiration.

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