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"Designing a logo"

"The multiple identities of a
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For the first article of my newly redesigned site, I have decided to delve into my bookmarks folder and report on the many sites that lately have given me great inspiration and resources. This is by no means a complete list of the best the web has to offer in the way of art and design but is simply a categorized list of what has happened to wind up on my own list of favorites. Hopefully whoever wanders upon this site will check out a few of the links and find some inspiration in them as I have.

Inspiration

Business card design
http://creativebits.org/cool_business_card_designs

Newspaper advertisement design archive
http://www.nmauk.co.uk/nma/do/live/homePopulate

Huge collection of logos
http://www.logosauce.com/

Articles and Tutorials
http://www.webdesignerwall.com/

AIGA
http://www.aiga.org/

Ads of the world - Great advertising from around the world, updated daily.
http://adsoftheworld.com

Brands of the world - huge database of logos
http:brandsoftheworld.com

Smashing magazine - articles, tutorials, downloads - huge site, great site!
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/

Design inspiration gallery
http://faveup.com/

Resources

Color scheme generator
http://kuler.adobe.com/

Font identifier
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Design Gallery with freebies (at the bottom) or you can purchase their font and vector packs
http://gomedia.us/

Free vector downloads to get you started
http://www.freevectors.net/

Tutorials

Tutorials for Photoshop users
http://psdtuts.com/

User created tutorials
http://www.pixelgroovy.com/

Design Portfolios

Design and Illustration from Phil Lubiner
http://lakerelax.com

Design and Illiustration from Jeffrey Docherty
http://jeffreydocherty.com/main.html

Topos Graphics, NYC Design Studio
http://toposgraphics.com/

Articles

"20 websites that made me a better web developer"
http://sixrevisions.com/resources/20_websites_better_web_developer/

Portfolio of Jacob Cass - visit for the great articles
http://justcreativedesign.com/

2008 Logo design trends
http://www.logoorange.com/logo-design-08.php

Articles on advertising
http://www.adpunch.org/

Miscellaneous

Digg - Fun to pass the time with
http://digg.com/

And when you're done looking through Digg...
http://break.com/

Well, I could list sites forever, but this will have to do for now. I'm sure I'll be writing another list soon since there's a lot more great sites out there. Enjoy!