Week of 8-17-09:

10 User Interface Design Fundamentals
“Staying out of the way’ means not distracting your users. Rather, good UIs let your users complete goals. The result? A reduction in training and support costs, and happier, satisfied and highly engaged users.”

27 Useful Logo Design Tutorials and Tips
“If  you think you could learn more about logo design, then here are some very useful tutorials for you.”

A Showcase of Fantastic Footer Designs
“Website footers have become more than just a place to put the copyright information and a few links. Now web designers are making full use of the footer as way to keep the visitor on the site longer.”

The Remedies For An Effective Online Portfolio
“The importance of creating an online portfolio is essential in their success. Online portfolios are certainly effective but most of them required a bit of technical knowledge to develop which may not be the core expertise of some designer.”

Color Management: A Field Guide
“Whether you are designing for print or for the web, making the leap from what you see on your computer screen to the outside world can be a tricky process, fraught with unpredictable changes and unexpected results. The web is full of information regarding color management and sifting through it can be very overwhelming. Contradictory opinions abound and it can be difficult to find reliable sources of information.”

30 Amazing Retro Posters and Flyers
“I love the style of the ‘old paper look’ with some awesome typography, propaganda influences and really cool colors.”

60 Unusual Business Card Ideas and Designs
“Most business cards tend to be forgotten, which is why they are not effective. Business cards can become great interactive elements with the added ability to have custom shapes, different materials and matte finishing along with a great design idea.”

Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices
“Even with a relatively limited set of options in CSS, typography can vary tremendously using pure CSS syntax. Serif or sans-serif? Large or small font? Line height, spacing, font size and padding… The list goes on and on.”

20 Creative Agency Web Sites that Rock
“Here are some of the top creative agencies that have put out some of the greatest sites on the web.”

65 Popular and Professional Free Fonts for Creative Typography
The title says it all.

250+ Resources to Help You Become a CSS Expert
“While they’re not likely to make it any less staggering, they can help you master the techniques that will help set your designs apart from the crowd.”

The Web Design Process Start to Finish
“I’ve always found it interesting reading the design process of others (David Airey, Contrast, Brian Hoff). It’s good to have an insight into others work, to see if I can learn anything from their process but also for curiosity. So I’ve put together a break down of my design process.”

Interview with Elliot Jay Stocks
“Elliot Jay Stocks is a well known designer whose client list includes WordPress, Blue Flavor, The Beatles, EMI Records, and Carsonified. His work is frequently featured in online and offline publications, showcased on various ‘inspiration’ websites, and used as an example to design students around the world of how accessible web design can still look beautiful…”

Interesting Finds and Must-Sees

• TypArchive: A typographic image archive
• Jaqk Cellars – beautiful website and wine packaging with fantastic colors and typography
• Type Daily – a new collection or aggregation of type-related content from I Love Typography.

Week of 8-10-09:

Awesome Brochure and Print Design Inspiration
“As I am looking for print design references for a brochure I am working on, I decided to select some nice brochures and print design examples to share with you. Also there was a suggestion from a reader for us to feature more print design references”

Outstanding Sources of Advertising Inspiration
“Advertisements can also be an excellent source of design inspiration in part because of the creativity that many ads exhibit. If you would like to find more inspiration from advertisements, the sites featured in this post will provide you with a great start.”

50 Inspiring Examples o Minimalism in Web Design
“The sophisticated image of minimalism has always been a popular style of design. In webdesign a minimalist site is stripped naked of eye candy and fancy colours or effects, leaving the underlying structure exposed. The key to a beautiful minimalist site is a solid and structured layout, as well as focus on stylish and well designed typography.”

20 Portfolios From Great Logo Designers
Beautiful logo designs.

How To Effectively Communicate With Developers
“[...] A developer that you feel is on your same wavelength in terms of what needs to be accomplished with the user interface, and what it needs to happen. Most often, however, we find developers that we generally don’t see eye to eye with.”

Eye-Catching Professional Free Fonts
“I’ve found 10 more fonts that I think are absolutely terrific and since I’ve always been taught to share I decided I would let you all know about them.  So without further commotion may I present to you 10 amazing fonts for your design work.“

40 Fresh High-Quality Free Fonts For Your Designs
“The basic purpose behind this post is to show you Popular, Artistic and most importantly Free Downloadable font types to save your time searching them online. Direct download link available for the entire fonts.”

6 Ways To Improve Your Web Typography
“Typography on the web is anything but simple, and for many, it is a troubling mystery. Today, we’re going to review six ways that web designers and developers can improve the typography of the sites they create.”

Week of 8-3-09:

FREE Font: Medio
A beautiful serif font that is available for free.

25 Classic Fonts That Will Last a Whole Design Career
“This collection of 25 classic fonts is a round up of the best and most popular fonts every designer should own. You can be sure that they will last your whole design career.”

Type Hierarchy Book
“[...] the same information given, but different compositions with different rules for each set.”

17 Tips for Designers on Starting a Freelance Business
“The tips in this post will cover all aspects of freelancing and the lifestyle that comes with it. In many cases unexpected issues and adjustments are what new freelancers struggle with, so hopefully this article will help to prepare new freelancers to meet the challenges that will be presented.”

3 Reasons Why Clients Don’t Choose You
Helps you understand the “Thank you for your proposal and your time to discuss our project with us, but we have decided to go with another firm” and how to prevent it.

Color on the Web: Color Theory for Designers
“What is it then, about color, that we can investigate which will aid the process of fulfilling a design and the requirements of a need? In actuality, quite a few factors exist.”

An Introduction to Web Usability for Graphic Designers
“How to make sure that the site you work on is going to be easy to use to its visitors.”

How to Write for the Web
“These are tips based on my own experience and education as a writer, and particularly as a writer specializing in the web.”

Interview with Rob Janoff, designer of the Apple logo
“When Jean Louis Gassée (executive at Apple Computer from 1981 to 1990) was asked about his thoughts to the Apple logo he answered…”

How to Sync Photoshop Presets on Multiple Computers
“If you have multiple computers, and you use both of them quite frequently (like myself), then you understand that syncing 2 computers is a never-ending battle.”

Learn logo design from top brands
“Webson made an analysis of the top 50 brands which should give some pointers to great logo design”

The Top 100 Web Sites of 2009
“Our picks for the hottest Web sites and Web trends of the year, plus some old favorites to enjoy.”

Five Really Simple Colour Tips
“I’m no colour expert so I’m not going to bore you with any theory but having worked with colour for a long time I there are a few really simple tips I’ve picked up along the way.”

80 Creative and Well-designed Logos
“80 creative logos of different variety, all categorized under these groups: Wordmark, Symbolic and Combined mark.”

100+ Minimal and Typographic Package Designs
“Sometimes, less is more… Here are over 100 examples of package design that either has a minimal style, or a typographic based solution”

Colorful Infographics
“The color palettes are consistent throughout the graphics without making things unnecessarily complicated with palettes that strain the eyes or make use of too many colors.”

Great Vintage Advertising and Propaganda
“Vintage ads and propaganda are a true inspiration for every designer, on how they used to set typography, and many other elements through the canvas.”

50 Best-Of Designer’s Download Picks and Resources
“You’ll find an assortment of top-notch Vector Packs, brushes, patterns, Free Fonts, Icon Sets and .PSD downloadable files that others have freely contributed to the design community.”

Successful Logo and Identity Designs Starts with a Solid Name
“How many times have you been given a logo design job, but found out that the company name is either long, odd, not appropriate, sounds silly, sounds cliché and a number of many other possible scenarios?”

25 Must-Read Books for Designers, Typography Lovers and Freelancers
“All these books can help make you a better designer and business owner so I thought I’d make a list of some of my favorite ones and include a short summary/quote, book authors and the topics discussed in the books.”

Recession Advice For Designers
“AIGA asked the following 10 design professionals from across the country to share their advice on remaining competitive in an economic downturn. These essays offer valuable insights that can be useful to designers during both good and bad times.”

10 Common Freelancing Myths
“There are a lot of misconceptions about freelancing, hiring a freelancer and what the life of a freelancer is really like. Here are some of the common myths and a look at the reality of each one.”

17 Remarkably Professional Free Fonts
“There is definitely not a shortage of free fonts. However, it can be difficult and time consuming to find free fonts that possess a superior and professional quality.”

What were some of your favorite Tweet design resources from the past week? Share in the comments below.

Week of 6-15-09:

Huge Collection of T-Shirt Design Mockup Templates
“Templates are a handy resource for any apparel designer to mockup your awesome tee design and show it off in all its glory. Such resources can be a little tricky to come by, especially those high quality files, but check out this huge collection of T-Shirt mockup templates, featuring plenty of highly useful files in both vector and PSD format for use in your future apparel projects.”

25 Excellent Typography Tools for the Serious Designer
“In this article, you will find a collection of the best typography tools available on the web.”

4 Principles of Good Design for Websites
“One of the areas of focus that I’ve taken into all my designs are the four major design principles. They include: contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. This post will discuss those four principles as they relate to web design. By keeping these design theories fresh in your mind, you will be sure to design cleaner, more aesthetically pleasing sites”

30 Top Sources of Typography Inspiration
“Last week I launched a new gallery site, TypeInspire, dedicated to typography. I thought it would be worth while for those of you who are typography lovers to point out what I feel are some of the best resources available for receiving inspiration of this kind from the works of other designers.”

45+ CSS Grid Systems, Layout Generators and Tutorials that every Designer should know
“In this article tripwire magazine presents a large collection of CSS Grid Systems, online generators and tutorial on how to use these in your design.”

How to Organize Graphic Design Files
“Not having some sort of organized system in place can quickly lead to lost files, headaches, and even the occasional accidental delete. While every one has their own method of doing this, I wanted to share some of my thoughts and practices on organizing graphic design files.”

Vintage Color and Design: The Architectural Review
“This selection of covers from the 50′s, 60′s, 70′s & 80′s comes from Full Table and flickr user eversion.”

Custom Letters: The Best of the First Half of 2009
“Custom Letters is an evolving category that includes calligraphy, sign painting, graffiti, stone carving, digital lettering, hand lettering, paper sculpture, and type design (we’d prefer to feature new/original type over, say, revivals).”

Interesting Designers, Agencies and Organizations on Twitter
“The fast growing micro blogging platform Twitter.com has a vast interests of use. As we focused more on design related terms we suggest you to follow persons and organizations that have significant impact on our spheres of life and professional career development. The lists are incomplete, ordered randomly and kept updating.”

Week of 6-1-09:

30 Examples of Attractive Navigation Menus
“To help you generate new ideas and inspiration for user navigation, here are 30 great examples of attractive and usable navigation.”

55 Best Ways to Track Your Websites Daily Traffic
“Find some of the Best Ways to Track Your Website Daily Traffic with some web based and stand alone downloadable tools.”

40 of the Best Websites of Non-Profit Organizations
“Budget limitations are common with non-profit and charitable organizations. As a result, organizations often compromise on the need for an effective and attractive website. However, the websites shown here represent some of the most well-designed websites of non-profits.”

30 Sites Every Freelancer Should Visit and Utilize
“Freelancers are constantly searching for new resources. Sometimes these resources come in the form of browser plugins and other times as online tools to help us become more productive. There are countless tools, plugins, blogs, social networking sites and other resources out there that can be beneficial to freelancers.”

25 Design Portfolios that will Melt Your Face Off
“Without further introduction, here are 25 great graphic design portfolios that have caught my attention over the past 6 weeks.”

10 WordPress Plugins That Will Increase Your Search Engine Ranking
“[...] But, there are some SEO features that aren’t implemented in WordPress core. You can easily archeive these features by installing plugins.”

5 Passive Income Opportunities for Freelancers
“[...] there are ways to make money without that direct connection between the number of hours we work and the amount we get paid.”