14 Essential Magazines for Graphic Designers

Categories: Design, Magazines, Webdesign

In spite of the tremendous expansion of the Internet, the power of the printed word remains strong and popular.

Print media is where it all began and today we take a close look at some amazing design magazines that can really boost your productivity and expand your design knowledge.

In addition to their printed versions, some magazines also offer online versions on their websites as well as PDF downloads and single issue orders. Order online or pick them up at your local bookstore.

Here’s our recommended list with descriptions taken from each magazine’s website…

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Dive Deep

Hand lettering by Ray Fenwick, cutting out by Dan Mogford.

Beauty of Typography – DIVE DEEP

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An illustration created by Nik Ainley. Notice how well every single letter (e.g. “l” and “s”) fits in the composition.

Beauty of Typography – Shinybinary v2.1 – Art and designs of Nik Ainley

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Sometimes typography is all you need to communicate your ideas effectively. Graphics can support the type or type can support the graphics, but to deliver the message precisely, you need to make sure your type is expressive enough, your design is distinctive enough and the composition is strong enough. The results are sometimes crazy, sometimes artsy, sometimes beautiful, but often just different from things we’re used to. Thus designers explore new horizons and we explore new viewing perspectives which is what inspiration is all about.

This post showcases over 70 examples of sexy, bold and experimental typography. Some examples are typographic posters, some are typographic illustrations and some are just sketches with type. In any case, you will hopefully find some inspiration for your future works.

Feel free to check out our previous typography-related posts:

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http://cardobserver.com/

About Wearable Print | Wearable Print.

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http://pixeltree.us/work/

http://www.cssdrive.com/

http://headerfooter.com/web-design/

http://www.wearesolid.com/portfolio.html

http://www.csselite.com/

http://cssglobe.com/

http://cssmania.com/

http://www.css-website.com/

http://www.wearableprint.co.uk/catalogues/#free-quote

The Web Design Advertising Network
http://designads.com/

http://www.iamdan.net/works.html

http://www.buytemplates.net/Adsense-web-templates.aspx

http://www.cleardetails.com/

http://www.cleardetails.com/art-photography-templates.php

http://alldrupalthemes.com/category/tags/web20-template

http://www.xhtml4u.com/get-started.php

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