History and Theory of Design

This was part of the research that was done during class. (NOTE: This had to be re-posted as something 'spontaneously combusted' the design layout of my Blog after posting this very original post)

WEBSITES

Tutorials

Portfolios:

Alexarts
http://www.alexarts.ru/en/index.html
Greydient
http://www.greydient.com/
FormTroopers
http://www.formtroopers.com/
DigitalMash
http://www.digitalmash.com/
Joe Nyaggah
http://danjodesign.com/

Blogs:

Graphics Design Blog:
http://www.graphicsdesignblog.org/
You The Designer
http://www.youthedesigner.com/
ThinkDesign
http://thinkdesignblog.com/
Veerle's Blog
http://veerle.duoh.com/
David Airey
http://www.davidairey.com

Videos:

YouTube
http://www.youtube.com
Adobe TV:
http://tv.adobe.com

Search Engines:

Google
http://www.google.com
Bing
http://www.bing.com/
Yahoo!
http://au.yahoo.com/?p=us
AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com/
Excite
http://www.excite.com/


PRINT

Magazines:

HOW Magazine
http://www.howdesign.com/GeneralMenu/
Print Magazine
http://www.printmag.com/
I.D. Magazine
http://www.id-mag.com/GeneralMenu/
Communications Arts Magazine
http://www.commerce.commarts.com/aspx/home.aspx?fp=home
Computer Arts Magazine
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/

Books:
Many of these can be found on www.amazon.com

Graphics Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications and History of Graphics Design by Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio
http://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Design-Referenced-Language-Applications/dp/1592534473/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308838438&sr=1-9
Contemporary Graphics Design (25) by Peter Fiell and Charlotte Fiell
http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Graphic-Design-Peter-Fiell/dp/3836521369/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308838438&sr=1-10
Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills by David Sherwin
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Workshop-Challenges-Sharpen-Design/dp/1600617972/ref=sr_1_15?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308839423&sr=1-15
Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual by Timothy Samara
http://www.amazon.com/Design-Elements-Graphic-Style-Manual/dp/1592532616/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308842832&sr=1-1
Graphics Design School, Third Edition by David Dabner
http://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Design-School-Third-Dabner/dp/0471686832/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308842832&sr=1-12

Collection of Designs:

Design is History
http://www.designishistory.com
Design is Kinky
http://www.designiskinky.net

Media (Print and Interactive)
Deviant Art (NOTE: This site is also a collection of designs as well)
http://www.deviantart.com
Get The Glass
http://www.gettheglass.com


PRACTICE

Experimenting
Adobe Illustrator CS5 - Using Adobe Illustrator CS5 & CS5.5
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/illustrator/cs/using/index.html
Adobe Photoshop CS5 - Using Adobe Photoshop CS5 & CS5.5
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/index.html
Adobe InDesign CS5 - Using Adobe InDesign CS5 & CS5.5
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/index.html