Fine Arts, Design, and Visual Communication

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AIGA Design Archives

The AIGA archives and special collections serve to identify, preserve, and make collections of enduring value available to the public. With more than 20,000 selections dating back to 1924, the AIGA Design Archives is a vital record of all disciplines of communication design.

Retrieved: January 14, 2021

Design History Society

The Design History Society is the leading organization that promotes and supports the study of design histories, both in the UK and internationally. Through its journal, the annual conference, and program of events, it brings together all those engaged in the subject – students, researchers, educators, designers, designer-makers, critics, and curators among them. It also acts as an advocate for the subject in a number of different contexts.

Retrieved: January 13, 2021

Design Incubation: Research in Communication Design

Design Incubation is a venue for educators and practitioners of Communication Design to discuss design research and practice. Their aim is to create a community where designers can assess creative work through the lens of scholarly activity and academic review.

Retrieved: January 13, 2021

International Association of Word and Image Studies

The International Association of Word and Image Studies / Association Internationale pour l'Etude des Relations entre Texte et Image (IAWIS/AIERTI) seeks to foster the study of Word and Image relations in a general cultural context and especially in the arts in the broadest sense.

Retrieved: January 13, 2021

International Game Developers Association

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is the world’s largest nonprofit membership organization serving all individuals who create games.

Retrieved: January 13, 2021

Open Data Tools

A directory of open-source tools to explore, publish and share public datasets.

Retrieved: January 13, 2021

Humaans

Humaans is a free library to mix-and-match illustrations of people. You can customize their positions, clothing, colors, and hairstyle to create some cool scenes.

Retrieved: January 14, 2021

Sketch Repo

SkethPRO Sketch Repo helps designers find free, high-quality sketch resources for their next project.

Retrieved: January 14, 2021

UW Interactive Data Lab

The UW Interactive Data Lab is under the University of Washington with the mission to enhance people's ability to understand and communicate data through the design of new interactive systems for data visualization and analysis. We study the perceptual, cognitive, and social factors affecting data analysis in order to improve the efficiency and scale at which expert analysts work and to lower barriers for non-experts.

Retrieved: January 13, 2021