As you may already be accustomed to we’ve picked the best design finds of August 2008. The topics included are : HTML, CSS, Photography , Typography and General Design.
For more cool resources you might also want to check out our previous issues of the “Best Design Resources” :
Ultimate resources for grunge design a massive collection
This post covers where you can find grunge resources such as brushes, textures, tutorials, wordpress themes, fonts and interesting reading articles.
Random Text Generator for Wesite Layouts
Tired of using Lorem Ipsum for dummy text in your latest masterpiece?
34 Places to Get Design Inspiration – Online and Off
Everyone who hasn’t encountered designer’s block, raise your hand. Just as I thought. Well then, chances are you could use some places to get inspiration for those days when the pixels aren’t aligned and your mouse finger isn’t clicking like it should. We’ve compiled a list, online and off to serve up everything from logos to icons to art to fashion to just inventive ideas to get your mind ticking.
How to Draw Your Own Vector Wings
Tutorial on how to create vectorial wings for your designs.
30 Impressive Colour Spectrum and Rainbow Wallpapers
If your desktop wallpaper is looking a bit dull, perhaps it’s time to add a little spice, make it something more cheerful. Here’s some really Impressive Colour Spectrum and Rainbow Wallpapers we’ve found. We find it not only inspires, also brighten up the desktop. Full list after jump.
If there is one thing that we can learn from famous logos like Nike’s “Swoosh” or FedEx logo, it is that the logo does not have to be complicated to be effective.
A comprehensive look at good interface designs.
20 Stunningly Colorful Commercial Designers
Often when we think of commercial design work, we imagine 3 color logos and simple illustrations… but not all commercial work is so plain. Here are 20 commercial designers who create stunningly colorful work.
14 of the Most Useful Web Design Blogs
Here are some of the most useful web design blogs out there.
11 Sites to download Free Vector Logos
Here are the list of 11 websites where you can download vectorized logos of different brands for free.
Create a Textured Journal Icon
Tutorial on how to create a vectorial, realistic journal icon / graphic.
30 Free High Quality WordPress Themes
30 professional-looking, free and new WordPress themes
This icon set of Milky is designed in EPS 8 vector format, including 48×48 and 64×64 PNG image and SVG files.
50+ High-impact Illustrated Vector Posters
This collection of 50+ high-impact illustrated vector poster designs created by talented illustrators and designers from across the globe are perfect examples, ranging from intricate and detailed patterns to bright and colourful shapes.
Most Desired WordPress Hacks: 11 Common Requests and Fixes
WordPress Theme hacks, ideas, tips and useful tutorials you need to have ready in hand when developing WordPress websites.
How to use WordPress as a Truly Customized CMS
All you need to know to use Worpdress to its maximal potential.
30 Tutorials That Will Teach You Fireworks
A collection of 30 Firefox tutorials both for beginners and advanced users.
Cloning in Gimp – advanced photo manipulation
Really cool photo manipulation techniques in GIMP
Concepts and trends from Dezinerfolio
Resources every good web designer needs
Attach Icons to Links Automatically
Let your readers know before they click a link and it opens up some large application like Acrobat, Word, Excel, or Quicktime.
CSS entity for every character.
Top 10 Javascript slideshows, carousels and sliders
Selection of 10 cross-platform, absolutely stunning slideshows, carousels and sliders, based on Mootools, JQuery, Yahoo! User Interface, and Script.aculo.us.
9 Top CSS Essential Skills That Every Web designer Should Learn
This post is dedicated to elementary & intermediate CSS learners
This article will show you ten most easily implemented CSS table designs so you can style your tables in a zap!
Form Elements: 40+ CSS/JS Styling and Functionality Techniques
More than 40 tutorials and demos to showcase the capabilities and robustness of CSS and Javascript regarding forms development.
90+ free CSS layouts that might be handy for creating websites faster.
10 Great Free Fonts You Might Have Missed
A list of 10 cool fonts.
Advanced Typography techniques using CSS
This article is an example of what you can do by combining and tweaking type using css.
30 inspiring Flickr groups on typography
Inspiring typographical Flickr collections, for designers and type nuts. The following groups contain more than 50,000 images showcasing typography.
Stunning illustrated typography on dark backgrounds
Great examples of typography on dark backgrounds
Collection of 30 free grunge fonts
25 Great Photography Tutorials and Links From Around the Web
Collection of cool phtography-related links.
45 Beautiful Motion Blur Photos
Superb long-exposure (motion blur effect) photos.
A collection of mostly old-photos that had a profound impact of the world. Caution : some people may find some of these photos offending.
42 Essential Flickr Abandonments Groups Dedicated to Abandoned Places, Properties and Buildings
Really nice photos of abandoned places / buildings.
