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Design Magazines


The following are links to online and print magazines that range across all aspects of design from traditional to strictly web-based. These are provided by IAM as student resources, and also as a resource for all.

IMPORTANT: Whenever we replace the New Listings, the sites previously listed in that catagory move into the Alphabetical Listings below.

  • New Listings!

    Flash Loaded - Flashloaded is based in Toronto, Canada and includes a group of highly talented developers, web designers and programmers. We’re constantly looking for new ideas and for ways to expand our products as the needs of our customers grow. The company is also proud to collaborate with talented partners around the world.

    Urban Fonts (free fonts!)
    - See our amazing collection of free fonts and free dingbats. With over 8,000 freeware fonts, you've come to the best place to download fonts.

    Best Web Gallery
    - Best Web Gallery is an inspirational gallery site where we collect a wide range of quality design websites (Flash & CSS). What is quality design means to us? Quality design = visual + technical + creativity. If you think we have missed your site, feel free to submit your site here.

    Web Design Wall
    - Web Designer Wall is all about design, ideas, web trends, and tutorials. It is designed and maintained by Nick La, who also runs Best Web Gallery.

    Web design from Scratch
    - Web Design from Scratch is for everyone involved or interested in creating web sites - whether novice or expert. It will help you understand what makes web sites succeed or fail, and what can be done to increase the chance of success.

  • Alphabetical Listings

    A List Apart - A List Apart Magazine explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on techniques and benefits of designing with web standards.

    Adobe Edge - Published every six weeks, the Edge is a free publication that contains original content geared toward informing, enlightening, and inspiring graphic designers and website creators.

    Atlas Magazine - Webzine of photojournalism, graphics and illustration

    Arkitip - Arkitip Magazine serves creative principles...what has started out as a project between friends has become a full fledged business and a worldwide source for groundbreaking art and design today.

    Art of Production Magazine - Publishing solutions for graphic designers and graphic arts professionals.

    Before & After - The magazine that made design fun.

    Big Magazine - Latest in visual and trends, combining the work of influential creatives with newcoming ones as well.

    Born Magazine - Born Magazine is an experimental venue marrying literary arts and interactive media. Original projects are brought to life every three months through creative collaboration between writers and artists.

    Bossa - Nice creative magazine.

    Brigata - The challenge is to move beyond flirtation to the discovery its concealed, raw and manifest power – through art, every-day life, people, the environment, technology and nature

    Carter Mag - Magazine for creative inspiration.

    CMYK - CMYK Magazine was launched in May of 1996 as a much-needed showcase of outstanding student work in advertising, design, illustration and photography.

    Colors Magazine - A magazine about the rest of the world - very creative.

    Communication Arts - Very impressive online design magazine.

    Computer Arts Online - The ultimate zine for designers: free downloads, in-depth tutorials, news, interviews, galleries, exclusive competitions, message board and more

    Computer Graphics World - The magazine for digital content professionals.

    Coupe Mag - Coupe presents a visual collision between the worlds of design, art, technology, and culture

    Crane Magazine - Submission Driven Magazine.

    Creative Ireland - Creative Ireland is a website for the Irish creative design community

    Cre@te Online - The number one site for Web designers: news, reviews, resources, columns, downloads, recruitment, exclusive competitions, discussion forum and much more...

    Creative Behavior - Creative Behavior is an online design magazine that provide information for new media designers, graphic designers, creative people, and any of you who take a keen interest in the area of creative industry and its aspects, from articles, interviews, typography, news and links to other related web sites

    Creative Business newsletter - the only publication devoted exclusively to the business of graphic design. Information is at

    CSS Beauty - CSSBEAUTY ™ is a project focused on providing its audience with a database of well designed CSS based websites from around the world.

    CeeSeS - CeeSeS je prva CSS galerija na ovim prostorima, a otvorena je s namjerom prezentiranja web stranica napravljenih u CSS-u. Glavni uvjet za prijavu je da stranica ima ispravno napisan HTML kod i CSS, odnosno da zadovoljave web standarde.

    CSS Mania - CSS Mania was born in March 2004 as section on the personal blog of Gabriel Segura as he loafed around the few CSS Showcases that existed during that time.

    Delve Magazine - Delve was created to explore visual culture through experimentation in design, photography, illustration, and other related visual arts. contributing artists are encouraged to explore aspects of their chosen medium that fall outside of conventional or commercial applications.

    Design Graphics Online - Online australian design magazine.

    Design Tutor - Here you will find an expanding number of on-site and downloadable tutorials, helpful links and other material all aimed at helping you get the best from your web design and desktop publishing software.

    Digit - The world of digital creativity. Digit magazine is a cross-platform magazine published by IDG for creative professionals working in digital media. Areas of interest include graphic design, 3D, Web, DTP, video, multimedia and animation.

    Digital Media Designer - A resource for the digital designer.

    Digital Output - The business guide for electronic publishers and digital imagers.

    Digital Producer - igital Producer Magazine is the first choice of professional digital content creators using computers for digital video, special effects and 3D animation.

    Digital Web - The web designer's online magazine of choice.

    Dynamic Graphics - Bi-monthly magazine that provides "design ideas for the real world." Each issue delivers ideas, inspiration, and information to help every graphic designer produce successful, professional, attention-getting design and desktop publishing projects from start to finish for both Mac and Windows platforms.

    Eye Magazine - Eye, the international review of graphic design, is a beautifully designed and printed quarterly magazine based in the UK : essential reading and viewing for graphic designers and other professionals in the art and business of visual culture.

    Faesthetic - An affordable, accessible showcase for the best creativity and new art the world has to offer.

    Famished - Webzine containing links, opinions and a weekly design article.

    Flash Forward
    - Flash work is nominated by the public in a variety of categories, then evaluated by a panel of expert judges. The finalists in every category are also eligible for the People's Choice award, determined by public online vote. During each Flashforward Conference there is a live Film Festival Awards Ceremony. Every finalist is showcased with a short video trailer highlighting the best aspects of the work. The winners in each category, along with the People's Choice winner, are announced and awarded with the famous Big Rubber Arrow.

    For The Masses - Design to Survive. Updated daily by a team of web enthusiasts from all over New Zealand .

    Grafik - A Journal of the Best in Graphic Design.

    Graphic Arts Monthly - Graphic Arts Monthly targets buyers and specifiers of printing equipment and supplies at commercial printing operations.

    Graphic Design Basics - Graphic Design Basics is dedicated to the fields of design.

    Graphic Design USA - Graphic Design: USA , published each month, covers people, news, features, trends and technology for the graphic design, creative, and multimedia industries.

    Graphic Exchange - Canada 's most intelligent editorial for professionals in digital communications and graphic arts.

    Graphics IQ - The Get-Smart Site for Designers.

    Graphics.com - The shared resource for creative design.

    Graphis - International journal of visual communication. Offers current and back issues, subscription information.

    Heiwa Alpha
    - A beautifully designed site using an integration of 3D, Flash, graphics, and an cartoonish approach to interface design. Not much in terms of instruction and guidance, but acts as a brilliant piece of inspiration for the possibilities of the Web and where modern design is taking us. You'll find plenty of "how-to's" below. This one is simply eye candy!

    How Design - The graphic design community's trusted source for creative inspiration, business advice, and tools of the trade.

    Graphic Goo - Welcome to Graphic Goo, an online newsletter for web graphic designers.

    ID-ology - Sharing knowledge to inspire you and the people around you about your brand.

    ID Online - The International Design Magazine - Graphic Design, Product Design, Architecture

    Kaliber1000 - The designers playground, a global digital design forum for people who actually have something to say, and know how to do it. Updated weekly with a new issue by a new designer or design team.

    Layers Magazine - The premier Adobe users magazine. Need any more be said?

    Learn Flash
    - Our flash tutorial videos are recorded by experts who show you step-by-step how to use the latest software. You hear their voice and see every movement on their computer screen, as if you were sitting right beside them. Best of all, they are always there.

    LiquidTreat - LiquidTreat delivers a fun, inspirational and informative weekly e-mail about design-related topics including solutions, interesting products, creative people, as well as must see places and events and clever ideas for kids and pets!

    Mac Design - The graphics magazine for Mac users features tutorials, tips, and regular columns on doing design in the Mac community. 6+ issues/yr:

    Neomu - The smallest magazine in the world. No ads. Just inspirational images.

    NeoTabu - magazine - design - art - architecture - nature - fashion - living

    News Today - Graphic Design Magazine for a better tomorrow.

    Oops! - Design Ezine.

    PEI Mag - One of the world's leading publications dedicated exclusively to electronic imaging and photography, PEI delivers the latest advances in imaging technology, step-by-step downloadable tutorials, hardware and software reviews, insightful features, and outstanding images from today's most talented digital artists.

    Photoshop User - A world-class team of Photoshop experts, authors, consultants, trainers, and educators whose focus is to ensure that our members stay on the cutting edge of the latest Adobe Photoshop techniques, technology, and news.

    Pixel Surgeon - Pixelsurgeon is a digest of the creative, strange and interesting from the internet, relayed to you by our hand-picked team of newsposters.

    Print Action Online - Canada 's Monthly Graphic Arts Journal

    Print Magazine - America 's Graphic Design Magazine.

    Print Media Service - Designed specifically for newspaper advertisers and retailers, Print Media Service includes monthly delivery of seasonal and promotional illustrations, photographers, headlines, retail-driven spec ads, a 40-page magazine and a convenient online service.

    Publish - The how-to and know-how to publish on the web.

    Roast Horse - RoastHorse is an online newsletter for graphic design and illustration, it is updated on a regular basis with interactive and collaborative works and subscribers news and projects.

    Screen Fluent - A great resource for research site design. Thousands of new sites uploaded always.

    Site Design Magazine
    - The online magazine for web designers.

    Step Inside Design - Delivers unique personal perspectives on the issues, artists, and inspirations that drive design. This bi-monthly magazine will help energize and inspire your career. With informative, up-to-the-moment editorial and first person features, STEP is your guide to what's happening -- and what's going to happen -- in design. STEP takes readers behind the scenes to meet the creative problem-solvers that make it possible for us to move through the world in brilliant and dynamic ways.

    Study of Design - This site brings you articles and resources for increasing your knowledge base of design fundamentals and techniques.

    SurfStation - Daily industry and design links to news and reviews.

    Template Monster - Template Monster website templates, flash templates and other products are ready-made web designs, that can be used as a basis for fast and high-quality website. Our website templates, flash templates and all other products are completely customizable and ready for immediate download.

    The Internet Eye Magazine
    - The Graphic Design Magazine is your free graphic design web design and tutorial resource on the Internet

    Trade Pub - Free publications about graphic arts, printing and reprographics.

    VUEPOINT Magazine - Published bi-monthly and is available to all members of VUE. In it you will find tutorial articles on features of Corel Ventura versions 8 and 10 with limited coverage of previous versions. In addition each issue includes tips and tricks, a question and answer section, and reviews on publishing, web sites, books and other resources.