Top 10 Websites For Designers

Top 10 Websites For Designers – July 2012
Posted on July 2, 2012 by Megan Lane Patrick
Categories: Best Design Websites & Great Sites for Designers, Featured.
           
Every month HOW scours the web and pours through submissions from creatives to discover the top design websites. We’re looking for the best promo sites of talented designers and illustrators, as well as design tools, resources and fun sites for creative time-outs.


Check out the best design websites below. (You can also submit a site you think should be included in this list of cool design websites next month.)


Culture Pilot
Culture Pilot is a creative agency that aims to do good while connecting clients with audiences through engaging, interactive and well-designed experiences.

LiveAreaLabs
This site for the full-service digital retail agency jumps right in with visually rich and readable case studies and technology that rewards exploration with delightful details.

Rodgers Townsend
The spare, ever-changing site for ad agency Rogers Townsend was built with HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript and serves up the agency’s work using a randomized grid system that helps users navigate with minimal clicks.

John Madere Blog
Photographer John Madere’s site showcases lots of wonderful portraits, but it’s on his blog that they truly come alive with back stories and behind-the-scenes shots. Be sure to check out all his wonderful portraits of designers including Milton Glaser, Stefan Sagmeister and Michael Bierut.

Eric R. Mortensen
This very simple self-promo site houses some amazing design work from recent MICA MFA grad Eric Mortensen, who is currently looking to move his creative enterprise to Brooklyn.

mabu
“mabu is the nom de plume of Mads Burcharth, designer, bon vivant, type aficionado and fan of espresso.” It’s also a place where you can see stellar typographic work.

From Cover to Cover
This is an awesome creativity challenge by designer Jenny Volvovski where she redesigns the cover for any book she reads. The rules are: green/black/white for color, Futura/typewriter/handwriting for text and scanned paper/drawing for the image. But sometimes she breaks the rules.

Cooke With An E
This elegant site promotes the services of British designer Gary Cooke, whose life is dedicated to creativity. For nearly 30 years he ran a successful agency in London, before starting Cooke With An E in 2011.

Beau Ideal Editions
Beau Ideal Editions is an artisanal stationary company based in Brooklyn, NY, that specializes in screenprinted paper goods featuring hand-drawn illustrations and typography.

Able
Simple and bold, this self-promo site highlights the work and philosophy of a small, Philadelphia-based design studio.