10 Sites Every Designer Must Know About

websites for designers

I actively follow designer blogs and sift through resources nearly every single day. Here is a list of graphic design websites that never fail to provide a wealth of information and inspiration. They are not in any specific order.

Smashing Magazine

A great site with great articles and design resources. Thanks to all of the comments below I’ve decided to add this one.

Vandelay Webdesign

Provides very social media friendly articles, large resource lists and tips for web designers.

Computer Arts

The site of the excellent international magazine Computer Arts.

You The Designer

Very complete and diverse range of articles on graphic design.

Bittbox

Provides regular resources for design… tutorials, brushes, vectors and more!

Just Creative Design

A graphic designer who shares his knowledge.

FreeLance Switch

The community site of reference for all freelances. You must know this one!

Freelance Folder

A community blog which posts regular articles on freelancing.

David Airey

Another graphic designer who shares his knowledge.

The Design Cubicle

A graphic designer who specializes in logo design.

Make Suggestions

I’m still searching for more sites to add. Please comment suggestions below. I would like to take this up to 15.

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  • http://vandelaydesign.com/ Steven Snell

    Thanks for including Vandelay Design. I am subscribed to almost all of the sites on this list.

  • blakemcc

    How could I not include Vandelay? You provide non stop relevance. Hopefully I can get this blog off of the ground and do the same.

  • http://vandelaydesign.com/ Steven Snell

    Thanks for including Vandelay Design. I am subscribed to almost all of the sites on this list.

  • http://www.blakemccreary.com Blake McCreary

    How could I not include Vandelay? You provide non stop relevance. Hopefully I can get this blog off of the ground and do the same.

  • http://twitter.com/JohnAbato John Abato

    For this Designer, design & marketing are applied together: http://bit.ly/KlfMf (The Angel Valley Company). Number 10?

  • http://twitter.com/chrisruch Chris Ruch

    DeviantArt.com would be my top choice to add to the list

  • Kevin Metcalf

    I can suggest Creative Director Merttol' s website. http://www.merttol.com

    He has very good articles&tips about web standards, usability and design. Check out.

  • http://twitter.com/KirstyBurgoine KirstyBurgoine

    I really like Six Revisions, excellent for web designers and developers.
    As a developer I like their blog posts, lists of resources etc.and freebies are always good too! ~ grin!

    http://sixrevisions.com/

  • http://www.logodesignlove.com/ David Airey

    Hi Blake, here are just a few others I recommend: I Love Typography, Design Observer, swissmiss, and Smashing Magazine. All the very best with your blog.

  • blakemcc

    David,

    Thanks for the support. I've followed your blog quite a bit in the past year and enjoy it. I've only been up about a week but I'm getting great support so far.

    John, Chris, Kirsty, I'll be sure to check out everyone's suggestions and make some revisions to the list. Thanks!

  • http://twitter.com/JohnAbato John Abato

    For this Designer, design & marketing are applied together: http://bit.ly/KlfMf (The Angel Valley Company). Number 10?

  • http://twitter.com/chrisruch Chris Ruch

    DeviantArt.com would be my top choice to add to the list

  • Kevin Metcalf

    I can suggest Creative Director Merttol' s website. http://www.merttol.com

    He has very good articles&tips about web standards, usability and design. Check out.

  • http://twitter.com/KirstyBurgoine KirstyBurgoine

    I really like Six Revisions, excellent for web designers and developers.
    As a developer I like their blog posts, lists of resources etc.and freebies are always good too! ~ grin!

    http://sixrevisions.com/

  • http://www.logodesignlove.com/ David Airey

    Hi Blake, here are just a few others I recommend: I Love Typography, Design Observer, swissmiss, and Smashing Magazine. All the very best with your blog.

  • http://www.blakemccreary.com Blake McCreary

    David,

    Thanks for the support. I've followed your blog quite a bit in the past year and enjoy it. I've only been up about a week but I'm getting great support so far.

    John, Chris, Kirsty, I'll be sure to check out everyone's suggestions and make some revisions to the list. Thanks!

  • andreacimaserniotti

    Hi Blake, thanks for your article! as a web designer I'm always on the lookout for awe-inspiring blogs and sites and it's good to read what other designers just can't avoid to follow. These are some of the sites I love: the entire tuts network by Envato http://tutsplus.com/, Smashing Magazine http://www.smashingmagazine.com/, Soh Tanaka's blog http://www.sohtanaka.com/, Line 25 http://line25.com/.

  • http://www.madeincima.eu/ Andrea Cima Serniotti

    Hi Blake, thanks for your article! as a web designer I'm always on the lookout for awe-inspiring blogs and sites and it's good to read what other designers just can't avoid to follow. These are some of the sites I love: the entire tuts network by Envato http://tutsplus.com/, Smashing Magazine http://www.smashingmagazine.com/, Soh Tanaka's blog http://www.sohtanaka.com/, Line 25 http://line25.com/.

  • katleho

    These are very helpful, thank you :)

    saw this guys work the other day, looks good : http://www.yangmedia.com/?catId=&PageIndex=4

    biggups!

  • katleho

    These are very helpful, thank you :)

    saw this guys work the other day, looks good : http://www.yangmedia.com/?catId=&PageIndex=4

    biggups!

  • http://www.artninjaattack.com/ Renee Griffin

    I <3 smashingmagazine.com. It's my favorite place to go for inspiration.

  • http://www.artninjaattack.com/ Renee Griffin

    I <3 smashingmagazine.com. It's my favorite place to go for inspiration.

  • http://www.bizgraphics.co.uk/ Peter Wesseldine

    Try http://www.layersmagazine.com

    The how to magazine for everything Adobe.

    And http://www.peopleperhour.com

    for freelance work

  • http://www.bizgraphics.co.uk/ Peter Wesseldine

    Try http://www.layersmagazine.com

    The how to magazine for everything Adobe.

    And http://www.peopleperhour.com

    for freelance work

  • http://www.the3dstudio.com/ Lisa Anderson

    Do you consider a vendor site a “resource” too? If so, our business would like to be included! We are one of the oldest and largest 3D and 2D resource sites on the internet. Until recently we focused on 3D mostly but we added stock photos and images as a new category of products in June and our library is growing including some big names in stock as well asexclusive artists. Thanks!

    Thanks for all the suggestions for magazines, etc. as we are now looking at doing some advertising and I will check into all your suggestions!

    Lisa@the3studio.com

  • http://www.the3dstudio.com/ Lisa Anderson

    Do you consider a vendor site a “resource” too? If so, our business would like to be included! We are one of the oldest and largest 3D and 2D resource sites on the internet. Until recently we focused on 3D mostly but we added stock photos and images as a new category of products in June and our library is growing including some big names in stock as well asexclusive artists. Thanks!

    Thanks for all the suggestions for magazines, etc. as we are now looking at doing some advertising and I will check into all your suggestions!

    Lisa@the3studio.com

  • http://www.anistock.com anistock
  • http://www.anistock.com anistock
  • http://www.abracadaban.com/ CHABRY

    Hello hello,

    Ok I will act for my company and I guess you will not like it but I do have a good reason to do so as my only concern is about to help designers.

    We just launch our website http://www.abracadaban.com, an online marketplace where professional, semi-professional or amateur designers can post and sell customizable banners to clients needing digital media products. In doing so, it establishes itself as an alternative to high-priced, dominant ad agencies.

    As a community, Abracadaban aims to democratize the advertising process and provide an alternative (and consistent) source of revenue for every designer. More designers will now get to play in the e-commerce marketplace while, with an access to a larger pool of designers, clients will see their design costs lowered.

    Your help is essential in this beta phase, we thank you in advance for your comments.

    The abracadaban team !

  • http://twitter.com/Beloune isabelle chabry

    Hello hello,

    Ok I will act for my company and I guess you will not like it but I do have a good reason to do so as my only concern is about to help designers.

    We just launch our website http://www.abracadaban.com, an online marketplace where professional, semi-professional or amateur designers can post and sell customizable banners to clients needing digital media products. In doing so, it establishes itself as an alternative to high-priced, dominant ad agencies.

    As a community, Abracadaban aims to democratize the advertising process and provide an alternative (and consistent) source of revenue for every designer. More designers will now get to play in the e-commerce marketplace while, with an access to a larger pool of designers, clients will see their design costs lowered.

    Your help is essential in this beta phase, we thank you in advance for your comments.

    The abracadaban team !

  • http://www.abracadaban.com/ CHABRY

    Hello hello,

    Ok I will act for my company and I guess you will not like it but I do have a good reason to do so as my only concern is about to help designers.

    We just launch our website http://www.abracadaban.com, an online marketplace where professional, semi-professional or amateur designers can post and sell customizable banners to clients needing digital media products. In doing so, it establishes itself as an alternative to high-priced, dominant ad agencies.

    As a community, Abracadaban aims to democratize the advertising process and provide an alternative (and consistent) source of revenue for every designer. More designers will now get to play in the e-commerce marketplace while, with an access to a larger pool of designers, clients will see their design costs lowered.

    Your help is essential in this beta phase, we thank you in advance for your comments.

    The abracadaban team !

  • http://twitter.com/IsabelleChabry isabelle chabry

    Hello hello,

    Ok I will act for my company and I guess you will not like it but I do have a good reason to do so as my only concern is about to help designers.

    We just launch our website http://www.abracadaban.com, an online marketplace where professional, semi-professional or amateur designers can post and sell customizable banners to clients needing digital media products. In doing so, it establishes itself as an alternative to high-priced, dominant ad agencies.

    As a community, Abracadaban aims to democratize the advertising process and provide an alternative (and consistent) source of revenue for every designer. More designers will now get to play in the e-commerce marketplace while, with an access to a larger pool of designers, clients will see their design costs lowered.

    Your help is essential in this beta phase, we thank you in advance for your comments.

    The abracadaban team !

  • todobrien

    I make it a point to visit http://www.cameronmoll.com from time to time.

    He has wide ranging topics from mobile design to css/xhtml to typography to pointing you to other design related sites. He helped write CSS Mastery-Advanced Web Standards Solutions with Andy Budd and Simon Collison.

    Thanks for the list of others!

    Tod
    One Eyed Dog Productions

  • Jordana

    I would definitely add abduzeedo.com to the list. Thanks, hadn't heard of some of these!

  • todobrien

    I make it a point to visit http://www.cameronmoll.com from time to time.

    He has wide ranging topics from mobile design to css/xhtml to typography to pointing you to other design related sites. He helped write CSS Mastery-Advanced Web Standards Solutions with Andy Budd and Simon Collison.

    Thanks for the list of others!

    Tod
    One Eyed Dog Productions

  • Jordana

    I would definitely add abduzeedo.com to the list. Thanks, hadn't heard of some of these!

  • miguelg4472

    Here is very good one it helps designers with color…

    http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/

  • miguelg4472

    Here is very good one it helps designers with color…

    http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/

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  • kineticalchemy

    Nice List and Sites! Thank You,

    & a couple of suggestions:

    http://www.eyemagazine.com/home.php

    http://www.baselinemagazine.com/

    Indispensible.

    Alchemy

  • kineticalchemy

    Nice List and Sites! Thank You,

    & a couple of suggestions:

    http://www.eyemagazine.com/home.php

    http://www.baselinemagazine.com/

    Indispensible.

    Alchemy

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  • http://www.onextrapixel.com Aidan

    Can I suggest Onextrapixel? Thanks

  • http://www.onextrapixel.com Aidan

    Can I suggest Onextrapixel? Thanks

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