6 Graphic Design Sites For Non-Designers

More to learn from lovely Leah! Check out her picks for design sites to bookmark (even if your graphic design skills are only limited to selecting a font for a Word doc or the background on your Twitter page).


As a magazine designer, I have my favored go-to sites to stay up on industry news and what's current in the field. Here are a few that just might interest you non-designer types:

1. Society of Publication Designers THE professional organization for magazine designs and photo types, SPD has an awesome website that anyone interested in magazines will find entertaining. There's the obligatory industry news, but there's also lots of great pictures of publications from around the world with insightful commentary from their creators and peers.

2. Newmanology If you're a fan of anything vintage, then you'll love this ongoing gallery of historic magazines, books, posters and other cool stuff from legendary editorial designer Robert Newman.

3. grain edit This awesome blog also is a fan of vintage, specifically styles from the 1950s-1970s, and finds it reflected in the brilliant work of various contemporary artists. I don't think they've ever featured something I don't like. [P.S. Hey nice! Check out my Playlist post at HermanMiller.com from this blog's editor, Dave Cuzner - Amy]



4. Caustic Cover Critic A thoroughly entertaining look at book cover design that proves you really shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but sometimes it's okay to buy it just for that.5. Logoed A simple showcase of logos ... always a great source of inspiration and, really, just plain fun to look at.

6. Lovely Package Every find yourself buying a bottle of wine cause of the pretty label? Then you're going to want to buy ALL of the stuff on this blog featuring innovation in product package design.

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Comments

[Lauren B]

These are awesome! I love the vintage ones...

[leah]

I love my sister. :) Thanks for the comment, Lauren!