A list of blogs, studios and people that I take inspiration, resources and tools from.
Daily dose of information
99u
Magazine by Adobe with topics such as creative process, psychology and productivity.
Collate
A simple and stylish blog showing design and creativity for inspiration.
Creative Bloq
Daily dose of design tips and inspiration. From makers of Computer Arts magazine.
Creative Review
A source of information, inspiration and creativity from within the world of design, advertising and visual arts.
Don Serifa
A blog in spanish that gathers information, workshops and resources on typography.
Font Feed
Recommended fonts, typography techniques and inspirational examples of digital type at work.
Form Fifty Five
A group of designers, illustrators, coders and makers collenting and sharing the best design work.
Graffica
Online newspaper dedicated to the design world focused on graphic design and communication.
Grain Edit
Showcasing work of contemporary designers inspired by 1950s-1970s period.
Inconsolata
Website dedicated to infographic and journalistic design.
It’s Nice That
Showcasing exciting, original and engaging work from both established names and talented newcomers.
Mindsparkle Mag
Curated selection of the most beautiful and inspiring projects in the fields of design, websites and videos.
Typetoken
The site showcases, discusses and reviews the world of typography, icons and visual language.
Unos Tipos Duros
A website created in 1999 with news and articles related to typography.
Visual News
Sharing and celebrating the world’s most compelling visual content.
Resources & inspiration
Inspiring studios
Friends & favs
Design / Print / Web
David Airey
Carlos Alvarez
Matthew Anderson
Ben Barry
Miguel Buckenmeyer
Adrià Chalaux
Curro Claret
Lluïsa Cobos
Brock Davis
Javier García
Iván Gasca
Holly Gressley
Gerard Gómez
Jobec Art
Ryan Johnson
Masashi Kawamura
John Maeda
Ethan Marcotte
Lotta Nieminen
Richard Perez
Celeste Prevost
Aymie Spitzer
Marc Taulé
Lance Wyman
Type / Lettering
Pedro Arilla
Andreu Balius
Marian Bantjes
Steven Bonner
Jos Buivenga
Marta Cerdà
Jon Contino
Martina Flor
Jessica Hische
Sebastian Lester
Jean-Baptiste Levée
Luke Lucas
Martin Majoor
Laura Messeguer
Oriol Miró
Jesús Morentin
Newlyn
Ale Paul
Jeff Rogers
Erik Spiekermann
Artem Sukhinin
Dana Tanamachi
Alex Trochut
Joachim Vu
Illustration / Infographics
Kelly Anderson
Kate Bingaman-Burt
Frank Chimero
Gemma Correll
Alex Eben Meyer
Malika Favre
Nicholas Felton
James Gulliver Hancock
José Guízar
Ohara Hale
Adam Hayes
Alex Mathers
David McCandless
José Luis Merino
Liz Meyer
Olly Moss
Christoph Niemann
Gavin Potenza
Julia Rothman
Neil Swaab
Jing Wei
Edward Tufte
Eva Vázquez
Will Staehle
Tools
Codeacademy
Tutorials and resources on how to make a website. HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and so on.
Codepen
Users can create and share pieces of their frontend code online.
Color Picker
Quick and easy tool to pick colors and find their hex and RGB codes.
Colour Lovers
A community where users can share palettes, discuss the latest trends and gather inspiration.
Coursera
An amazing educational platform offering quality online courses, for free.
Designers Toolbox
A set of tools for print and web designers. From standard paper sizes to HTML special characters.
Dropbox
The easiest way to storage and share files on the cloud. Simple and very useful.
Fount
A great tool to identify the fonts in use in any website. It works on all major browsers.
Indexhibit
Easy CMS. This website was built with indexhibit for three years before switching to WordPress.
Lorem Ipsum
Generates the dummy text used to demonstrate typographic elements on a design.
OERT
Educational website open to anyone who wishes to broaden their knowledge of typography.
Screenfly
Test any website at different screen resolutions. Useful when making responsive websites.
Typetester
Online application to test how the typography will look on websites.
What the font
Online application and forum that helps identify any font in use. You only need to submit an image.
WordPress Codex
Online manual, information and documentation for WordPress.