School Is In Session - 100 Design Articles To Keep You Motivated : Part 1

Well ladies and gentlemen, it is that time of year again. Kids around the country are packing up their gear and heading off to school for another year of learning and excitement. This marks the end of the “social summer” (summer scientifically ends on Sep. 22). I hope that everyone has a fantastic year - whether you are still in school or are working the desks. Thus I present you with 100 design related articles to help get you motivated these first few days. I’ll be showing 20 articles per day for the next five days - so subscribe and stay tuned!

Want your site included in one of the next four parts? Drop a comment and let me know, or email me at brian[at]elitebydesign.com!

  • This post was written by Brian
  • Website: http://elitebydesign.com
  • About: Brian is a blogger and web designer at Elite By Design. He has been blogging for over a year providing quality design-related articles for the community.
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  1. Reply Max | Design ShardNo Gravatar said on August 17th, 2008

    Thanks for adding my article about music magazine ads, i really enjoyed making that one, really nice post as well, some interesting stuff youve got here,
    keep up the good work.

    Max | Design Shard

  2. Reply Stephen TianoNo Gravatar said on August 17th, 2008

    A load of good info, thoughtfully chosen. A book designer and page composition specialist, I particularly enjoy reading about typefaces and typography. Might be boring to some, but if you’re featuring fonts, I’d love to see some new and different serif faces appropriate for long texts (books). I’d also appreciate your having a look at my site and especially my blog, accessible from my site, for featuring in one of the next four parts of this series.

  3. Reply Steven SnellNo Gravatar said on August 17th, 2008

    Thanks for the link. I also really like the phenomenal vector artists article. Their work is amazing.

  4. Reply MarcusNo Gravatar said on August 17th, 2008

    You just had to make it enticing. I’ve been a lurker for a while but I guess I am out of the shadows and a subscriber. Great post

  5. Reply BrianNo Gravatar said on August 17th, 2008

    @Max - Sure thing - thanks for the great post!

    @Stephen - I’ll be sure to take both a look at your site, and a look into some more typographically driven design articles. Thanks for the comment!

    @Steven - Sure thing, you’ve got some great articles! Keep it up!

    @Marcus - Nothing beats having lurkers come out of the shadows! Good to have you on board, and I look forward to seeing you around EBD this week :)

  6. Reply MohsenNo Gravatar said on August 17th, 2008

    Great. keep it on!
    P.s. Your top right Subscribe link doesn’t work.

  7. Reply BrianNo Gravatar said on August 17th, 2008

    @Mohsen - Whoa, thanks for the catch! Fixed the RSS link.

  8. Reply Web Design GlasgowNo Gravatar said on August 18th, 2008

    Ha ha, great article - very distracting!!

  9. Reply AndrewNo Gravatar said on August 18th, 2008

    Cool. Love the idea, looking forward to the next list.

  10. Reply David AireyNo Gravatar said on August 18th, 2008

    Great idea, Brian, and I’m looking forward to your next instalments.

  11. Reply ChadNo Gravatar said on August 18th, 2008

    Great idea for a post.. you can check out my site and use any of the articles that you think might be good content for your site. I have a lot of big showcases, some really big articles are Cool Business Cards, Cooler Business Cards, We all love typography, 120 Brilliant Logos, and a wide range of different web showcase posts.

    Good luck

  12. Reply ErikaNo Gravatar said on August 18th, 2008

    Oh wow, I hate that you broke it up! LOL Now I’m gonna have to keep an eye on my feed reader… as if I don’t have enough methods of procrastination! LOL

  13. Reply Jacob CassNo Gravatar said on August 18th, 2008

    I was going to comment and say hey, that is only 20 but I quickly caught on thankfully… Thanks for the mention and good idea!

  14. Reply BrianNo Gravatar said on August 18th, 2008

    Thanks everyone for the comments - I really hope everyone enjoys this series - I know I’m having a blast just writing it!

  15. Reply Goran WebNo Gravatar said on August 19th, 2008

    Hi Brian, thanks for the cool series, looking forward to the others.

  16. Reply Santhos WebdesignNo Gravatar said on August 24th, 2008

    Wow Brain, this is a great serie of articles. I can spend hours on this! Very complete list! Well done and thanks a lot!

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