Resources

Tools and Resources
Comp Fight
Flickr-whacking site makes it easier to use the photo sharing resource for finding stock imagery.
Kuler
Color inspiration from Adobe. It becomes interactive when you download the Kuler Desktop
Design Education
Thousands of resources for design students, including free and inexpensive stock photos.

Fun & Games
Bembo’s Zoo
The Animated version of Roberto deVicq de Cumptich’s playful alphabet book.
Helvetica v. Arial
Can you tell the difference? Take the quiz and find out. Then beat up the pretender here.
BitFont Maker
Design a crude typeface of your own.
Typeorganism
Silly type games.
Alphabet Synthesis Machine
Tired of the alphabet? Make your own.
The Barbara Kruger Style Guide
Puts Kruger’s style into a fake corporate style book. Compare to Mason’s below.

Blogs, Online Jounrals
and Magazines
AIGA Voice
Excellent writing on design
and design history.
Communication Arts
Articles from the magazine and web-exclusive content. Also portfolios and jobs.
Design Observer
Very knowledgeable blog. Links to the latest design news.
Drawger
Group illustrator blog. Great insights into the art director/illustrator relationship, as well as a look at some of the latest and best in contemporary illustration.
Design Your Life
For livin’ la vita logo.
Designing Magazines
My blog on magazine design.
Poynter Online
Writing on Visual Journalism graphics, photojournalism and original research. Also see their design tipsheets.
The Readership Institute
The science of reading.
Romanesco
Media news and Gossip—and one of the first blogs. Should be of particular interest to 313 students.
Speak Up
Design writing with a sense of humor.
Type Culture
About type design and usage.

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Clubs and Organizations
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) DC
Art Director’s Club of Metropolitan Washington
Graphic Artist’s Guild
The Illustrator’s Club of Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia
The Illustrator’s Partnership of America
Society for News Design
Society of Illustrators
Society of Publication Designers
The Type Directors Club

Mason Resources
George Mason Graphic Standards Guide

Foundries
Adobe Type
Explore Mason’s type
collection online.
Other foundries
Hoefler & Frere-Jones
Process Type Foundry
P22
Emigre
Monotype
ITC
House Industries
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External Resources

Links to blogs, design and type sites, and other web resources.

Jandos Rothstein, Assistant Professor of Graphic Information Design

George Mason University, Department of Art and Visual Technology

College Hall, Room C218, 4400 University Drive, MS 1C3, Fairfax, Va., 22030