Graphic Design and Visual Communications: Websites

News and inspiration for graphic artists and designers; publishes ImagineFX and 3D World magazines.

Design editorial, opinion, and case study from Design Professionals of Canada (DesCan).

Published by industry professional Fred Showker since 1988

Created by instructor Shayne Letain for Capilano graphic design students

Nonprofit organization; promotes sustainability in the communication design community

Images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955

Online exhibitions and archives from the American Institute of Graphic Arts

Established in 1997 to showcase Canadian artists, designers, art writers, and curators. No longer updated but still available for public use.

Blog from the design museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

The UK's largest advertising archive, including over 1.5 million advertisements across all media.

Search over 82,000 images. Filter by department: AFGA (Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts) for works of art on paper.

Try browsing the following collections: Artist Posters; Performing Arts Posters; Spanish Civil War Posters; World War I Posters; WPA Posters; Yanker Poster Collection (all under the heading Posters); and Popular Graphic Arts

Over 1,500 digitized restaurant menus dating from 1870-1930. From the University of Nevada Las Vegas Digital Collections.

Collection focuses on the "Golden Age" of American illustration (1870s-1950s). See website for online exhibitions.

A crowd-sourced virtual archive that includes everything from finished projects to process, photos, letters, oral histories, published and unpublished articles, and other supporting material

Digital collection from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Includes lists of web resources, books, projects, and more.

Over 130,000 fonts for free or purchase.

Font identification tool from the MyFonts website. Upload an image to identify the font.