Design Organizations
Graphic Artists Guild
American Institute of Graphic
Arts
Design Management Institute
Corporate Design Foundation
Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC)
Sites of Interest
commpiled.com
creativelatitude.com
creativepro.com
artofselfpromotion.com
brandera.com
inc.com
Marekting Mentor
Postcard
Marketing Secrets
Pixel Girl
Presents
MarketingSherpa
Online Forums and Discussion Groups
Design Related:
About.com's Graphic Design Forum
About.com's Web Design Forum
HOW Design Forum from HOW Magazine
Marketing/Business Related:
Commpiled.com Community
IdeaCafe
Tools
Fotosearch Stock Photos -
Royalty Free Stock Photo Search
Search
Engine Rankings - Instant, online reports of web site rankings in 7
top search engines, including Google, Yahoo! Search, MSN, AOL, Teoma (Ask
Jeeves), AltaVista, AllTheWeb, and the top 3 web directories; Yahoo! Directory,
Open Directory (Dmoz), and LookSmart — and it's FREE.
Link
Popularity Checker - Instant, online reports of a site's link popularity
rating in 4 top search engines, including Google, Yahoo! Search, MSN,
and Teoma (Ask Jeeves) - also FREE.
Hourly rate calculator - I developed
a handy spreadsheet that will calculate the base hourly rate for a service
business. It will also aid you in
targeting your sales goals. I've included versions for both Mac and Windows.
StumbleUpon - This is a handy
resource for site design research or finding sites of interest that you otherwise
might not have found. It also
a great way to burn up an otherwise boring weekend.
Friends & Cohorts
Katz<i> Design
Group
A digital media company specializing in design for corporate, entertainment
and educational clientele.
Mediarail
Mediarail Design is an Atlanta graphic design firm excelling in graphic design,
web design, interactive media, digital prepress, and commercial printing services.
Providing fresh creative work to a wide variety of clients across diverse market
Jeff Fisher
LogoMotives
A Portland, Oregon firm helping business and organizations stay on track
through creative, innovative, affordable and award-winning identity design.
Nigel Gordijk Common
Sense Design
An accomplished graphic designer with over 14 years' industry experience.
Based in Brighton, England, his Web site designs are noted for their ability
to engage users and their ease of use. He has designed sites for Honda, The
Royal Shakespeare Company, Thomson Holidays and Learndirect Scotland.
Bytehaus Studio
Based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Habib Bajrami's Bytehaus Studio provides
enterprises with instant recognition through well-planned, strategic brand
and identity design.
Studio 7 Photographic
Illustration
Studio and location photography.
1 Design Source
Affordable, award winning design and illustration. Clients include Einstein
Bros Bagels, Colorado Ballet, and Denver Art Museum.
