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Graphic design

      Titles Descriptions
  1. About.com: Graphic Design
  2. Artlandia
  3. Association of Illustrators
  4. Design, Type and Graphics
  5. FontSite: Digital Typography and Design
  6. Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age: Selections from the Merrill C Berman Collection
  7. HighFonts.com
  8. Moments of the Future: Designs by El Lissitzky
  9. National Centre for Computer Animation
  10. Posters American Style
  11. Posters at the Turn of the Century
  12. Powers of Persuasion
  13. Printworks Magazine
  14. SYMBOLS.com: Encyclopaedia of Western Signs and Ideograms
  15. Ukiyo-e: The Pictures of the Floating World
  16. Waterfall Stamps of the World

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About.com: Graphic Design
Offers original articles and features about graphic design, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources compiled by a subject specialist, a subject-specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include advice on web design, fonts and graphic design packages.
     Author: About.com
     Subjects: graphic design, web page design
     DeweyClass: 760
     Resource type: forum, index, news
Artlandia
Software for programmable creative graphic design aimed at graphic designers, mathematical hobbyists and educators.
     Author: Artlandia
     Subjects: graphic design
     DeweyClass: 741.6
     Resource type: productinfo
Association of Illustrators
Information about the trade association dedicated to the promotion of illustration and the interests of freelance illustrators, agents, students, and lecturers. Includes a searchable online gallery of illustrations.
     Author: Association of Illustrators
     Subjects: art exhibitions, graphic design
     DeweyClass: 706
     Resource type: image collection
Design, Type and Graphics
Online magazine covering design and publishing, graphics, layout and typography. Most of the items which will appear in DT&G are real-life questions and problems from readers.
     Author: Showker Graphic Arts
     Subjects: graphic design
     DeweyClass: 769.5
     Resource type: magazine
FontSite: Digital Typography and Design
A magazine for type and graphics professionals which includes a bibliography and related links.
     Author: Title Wave Studios
     Subjects: graphic design
     DeweyClass: 769.5
     Resource type: journal
Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age: Selections from the Merrill C Berman Collection
Exhibition which tracks the development of graphic design from 1910 to the 1930s. Exhibits are arranged in four sections: Avant-Garde, Commerce, Politics, and Social Change. Merrill C Berman's collection includes anonymous political posters, commercial advertisements, original collages, montages, sketches, and maquettes.
     Author: Merrill C Berman and the National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
     Subjects: graphic design
     DeweyClass: 760
     Resource type: image collection
HighFonts.com
Contains thousands of free downloadable fonts for both PC and MAC. Offers a fully searchable and browsable database as well as links to other free font and clipart Web resources.
     Author: HighFonts.com
     Subjects: graphic design, web page design
     DeweyClass: 769.5
     Resource type: directory
Moments of the Future: Designs by El Lissitzky
Exhibition of the work of Russian typographer, designer, and architect El Lissitzky (1890-1941), well known for his work on book design and in particular for his illustrations in Yiddish books. Features designs from his Futurist beginnings to his propagandist work for the Soviet Government.
     Author: Getty Research Institute
     Subjects: art exhibitions, artists, graphic design
     DeweyClass: 700
     Resource type: documents, image collection
National Centre for Computer Animation
Presents information on the courses and research efforts at the NCAA, including an archive of student work going back fifteen years.
     Author: Bournemouth University
     Subjects: computer science research, graphic design
     DeweyClass: 006.693
     Resource type: institution
Posters American Style
Information about American posters designed to advise Americans, for events, advertising and patriotic persuasion. Includes over 130 images.
     Author: National Museum of American Art
     Subjects: graphic design
     DeweyClass: 769.5
     Resource type: documents, images
Posters at the Turn of the Century
Information about poster art in the early 20th century. Includes a brief history of lithography, styles at the turn of the century and images of posters with descriptions of style, historical significance and the passage of events before and after its production.
     Author: Jung, Marshall
     Subjects: graphic design, history of art
     DeweyClass: 769.5
     Resource type: documents, images
Powers of Persuasion
A collection of World War II propaganda posters from the United States. Includes over 30 images divided into two groups: posters that instil patriotism, confidence, and a positive outlook; and posters that fought against complacency with grim, unromantic visions of war.
     Author: National Archives and Records Administration
     Subjects: graphic design, second world war
     DeweyClass: 769.5
     Resource type: documents, images
Printworks Magazine
An online magazine featuring artwork by contemporary printmakers. Includes information about printmaking exhibitions, conferences, news and events worldwide, articles including topics such as materials and techniques and information about materials suppliers and services.
     Author: Goodman, Linda
     Subjects: graphic design
     DeweyClass: 769.1
     Resource type: magazine
SYMBOLS.com: Encyclopaedia of Western Signs and Ideograms
A collection of more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into over 50 groups according to their graphic characteristics. Includes the symbols' histories, uses, and meanings. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti.
     Author: HME Media
     Subjects: customs, graphic design
     DeweyClass: 302.2
     Resource type: image collection
Ukiyo-e: The Pictures of the Floating World
A collection of ukiyo-e posters from Japan. Many prints by artists like Utamaro and Sharaku were posters, advertising theatre performances and brothels, or idol portraits of popular actors and beautiful teahouse girls.
     Author: Johansson, Hans Olof
     Subjects: ethnic art, graphic design, japan
     DeweyClass: 769.5
     Resource type: images
Waterfall Stamps of the World
A collection of postage stamps with waterfall images. Images are listed by continent or alphabetically by country.
     Author: Ritts, B. G.
     Subjects: graphic design, postage stamps
     DeweyClass: 769.56
     Resource type: images