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Northwestern University's MS in Information Design and Strategy
Earn your MS in Information Design and Strategy online from Northwestern Universityand learn how to blend digital skills like information architecture and experience design with branding and messaging, translate data into compelling visual forms and narratives, and understand how research and analytics can drive communication strategies and tactics. - AD
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Need some product design help?
If you're new to the product design process, then 8Ballr's Product Design Process Checklist is here to help. It breaks down product design into stages, with frameworks and resources for each one. And it remembers your progress as you move through the checklist, so you can come back to it as you please.
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New York architecture in desolate landscapes
The Misplaced Series takes recognizable NYC buildings and transplants them to desolate landscapes around the world. The architectural forms become more pronounced when taken out of context. Each of the buildings here are accompanied by a short story to enhance the sense of absurdity.
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Yellowstone from a new perspective
A Bear's-Eye View of Yellowstone is a fascinating look at how bears see Yellowstone, with a variety of multimedia content. There are interactive maps, videos, and plenty of text and photo content too. It profiles different bears and how they move through the park, as well as their activities. It's fascinating in terms of the content and the way it's presented.
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Free guide to great typography
Combining Typefaces is a free typography guide from Adobe Typekit. It got its start as a Five Simple Steps pocket guide, but since they've now closed their doors, it's been made available for free via the Typekit blog. It includes chapters on the background of typography, context, choosing typefaces, and judging combinations, and includes a critique of five real examples.
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Weird things with emerging technologies
Eli.wtf is the website of a front end developer who likes to make weird and/or stupid things using emerging web technologies. The site includes a bright color scheme, awesome animations and an overall funky aesthetic. Plus, it includes Eli's awesome work, plus his fun projects.
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Principles for good design
Good Design includes the well known 10 principles for good design from Dieter Rams, ranging from innovation to aesthetic to understandability. It's all laid out in beautiful minimalist fashion that follows its own rules. It's an excellent refresher about just what good design involves, while staying quick to read and digest.
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Want Google fonts in Photoshop (or Sketch)?
Wish you had easier access to your favorite web fonts right in Photoshop? Fontea is a free plugin for Photoshop (and soon to be added for Sketch) that gives you access to all 700 Google fonts right in your design program of choice. The best part is that since it's a plugin, it doesn't break the native experience.
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UI interaction inspiration every day
UI Interactions is a gallery of inspiring user interface interactions, updated daily. Regardless of what kind of interaction you're looking for, you'll find version here to give you ideas. All the content is curated, and it's primarily mobile-oriented, though other types of UI designs may be added in the future.
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Entire films in a single image
Jason Shulman creates images that are the "visual DNA" of various films throughout the years. He's captured a variety of classics, from Hitchcock's Rear Window to Citizen Kane to The Yellow Submarine. Some images are little more than shadows, while others have distinct images that can be made out. The one thing they all have in common is beauty.
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