Interesting Communities for Designers
Since Web 2.0 exploded back in 2005 many interesting communities started appearing on the web. Today websites are all about interaction. Sites like Digg, Flickr, StumbleUpon and many more really blew up over the past couple of years. Here are five amazing communities for designers you might have yet to discover continued with other worthy links.
1. Design You Trust™ - designyoutrust.com
DYT is a popular daily design blog and community where people can read about the latest design trends, discover interesting portfolios and get updates on related news and events. Members can post their own favorite design news, photos and join the discussions if they'd like.
2. iliketotallyloveit - iliketotallyloveit.com
iliketotallyloveit is a "Digg-like" website for those people out there who really like product design. People can share all kinds of weird/beautyfull/cool products each with a link to the online shop where it can be purchased. Currently the site has more than thousand products for you to see.
3. Typophile - typophile.com
Typophile is a website dedicated to typography. With regular "battles" (which are short competitions), a user generated "Typowiki" and popular forums, the website has become an interesting community. The best thing about this site is the Type ID Board; a special place where experts will help you finding that font you couldn't guess.
4. Ads of the World - adsoftheworld.com
AotW is a huge online library showcasing the best in commercial advertising. Browse through thousands of radio & TV commercials or print work from worldwide and discover the world of advertising. Registered members can add content, give feedback, join the forums and keep track of their favorite ads.
5. Drawar - drawar.com
Drawar is a pretty new place where you can discover creative websites. The site is devided in three categories; Design, Art and Photography. In contrary to other websites, Drawar gives you design related content in little snippets. The site has also a gallery showcasing some of the best designs on the web.
Worth mentioning:
- Mojizu
- depthCORE
- deviantART
- We heart it
- vi.sualize.us
- FFFFOUND
- Digg - Design
- Designflavr
- COLOURlovers
- Design Float
- FreelanceSwitch
- I Love Typography
- The Behance Network
- The Little Chimp Society
- 9rules Design Community
- PSDTUTS, VECTORTUTS & NETTUTS
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Hello, I'm Kevin, a 19 years old graphic design student from Belgium. I hope you appreciate my input here at Abduzeedo, get inspired and learn something new.
Freelance switch ( http://freelanceswitch.com ) is another great community of designers, and other creatives. Great site!
Love the article.
I've been looking for a good design community to join i order to get some constructive critques. Anyone know of any good design critque websites. I was thinking of joining flickr but not sure if its good for this.
Awesome! I will definitely look at these. I need some exposure.
I frequent http://www.logopond.com (identity inspiration) as well. It is worth checking out.
Thanks for including Design Float!
Very cool article indeed, and welcome aboard Kevin. Thanks for the excellent post. And if anybody wants to become a contributor, just let me know ;)
@Mave: That group on Livejournal seems interesting too. I did not know about them, deffintly worth a visit! :)
Thanks ;)
My Flickr
Don't forget about the design group on LiveJournal. We've been going strong for years and have a built up community of thousands of designers and freelancers from many genres and levels of experience. It's a great place to connect with others, share tips and tricks, get good solid critiques and advice from a supportive group of peers.
http://community.livejournal.com/graphicdesign/
ilovetypography.com - very good design typography resource.
Another great post showing me more things about the web I never knew existed. I will be sure to check out some of those communities and see what they're all about. The only problem is fitting one more social site into an already packed schedule.
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