Links: Design-Resources

500ml Photoshop Brushes - Stock Photos »

http://brushes.500ml.org/indexx.php

Free Photoshop brushes and stock photos.

Aaron Cannon: The Accessibility Checklist I Vowed I'd Never Write »

http://northtemple.com/1608

Great checklist of accessibility items to keep in mind when coding. Developed by Aaron Cannon, a blind web developer.

Accordian v2.0 Menu »

http://stickmanlabs.com/accordion/

Cool (Apple-esque) javascript slide/accordion menu.

ALA Web Design Survey »

http://alistapart.com/articles/webdesignsurvey

Take the A List Apart 2007 Web Design Survey...

Book: Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design »

http://www.uiaccess.com/justask/

Great book by Shawn Lawton Henry on accessibility and user-centered design.

Cameron Moll »

http://www.cameronmoll.com/

Yet another wonderful blog I read

Color Oracle »

http://colororacle.cartography.ch

Color blindness software that applies a full screen color filter to art you are designing – independently of the software that you are using.

Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design »

http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_standards_creativity_png/

Creative uses of PNG's in web design now that IE7 supports it.

CSS+Javascript power. Fancy menu »

http://www.devthought.com/cssjavascript-true-power-fancy-menu/

Cool JS/CSS menu with transition effects when rolling over menu items.

Deziner Foilio: Simple Javascript Accordions »

http://www.dezinerfolio.com/2007/07/19/simple-javascript-accordions/

Cross-browser, simple and small javascript accordion menu script.

Email Standards Project »

http://www.email-standards.org/

The Email Standards Project works with email client developers and the design community to improve web standards support and accessibility in email.

FarmBarn Art Company »

http://www.thefarmbarn.com/

Graphic design posters & art

Fleeting Epiphanies: Stephanie Sullivan »

http://www.communitymx.com/blog/index.cfm?blogger=15

Great posts about accessibility, standards, and front-end development

Gig Posters »

http://gigposters.com/

Find posters from artists' gigs

I Love Jack Daniels: Dial-Up Emulator »

http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/resources/modem-emulator/

Test your page load time on dial-up using this simple web based tool.

iPhone Developer Center »

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/devcenter/designingcontent.html

Developer information for iPhone, including: how to create favicons for home screen.

Jody Ferry - Philadelphia Art Director »

http://www.jodyferry.com/

Philadelphia Art Director Jody Ferry - Recommended by jamesthethird.com as being one of the top Art Directors in the industry.

Methane Studioes »

http://www.methanestudios.com/

Graphic design company sells t-shirts and posters - really great stuff. Got a bunch of band posters.

Miss M Photoshop Brushes & Graphic Resources »

http://missm.paperlilies.com/01_brushes.html

Great list of brushes! Nice selection of flourishes and random brushes.

Optimizing Web Applications and Content for iPhone »

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/designingcontent.html

Apple Developer Connection guide on building apps for the the iPhone

Photoshop Brushes - Resource List »

http://pstutorialsblog.com/?p=61

From the Photoshop Tutorials Blog, a huge list of free brushes web sites.

Photub - Digital Photography Blog »

http://www.photub.com/

Rockin good site photo site.

Powerhouse Factories »

http://phfdesign.com

Band & Gig merch

Recommended Typography Books »

http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200611/my_favourite_typography_books/

Great article about typography books and a list of recommended titles.

Slider Menu »

http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/slider/slider.html

Clean javascript slider menu, horizontal and vertical.

Solution Watch: Developer/Collaboration Applications »

http://www.solutionwatch.com/578/a-roundup-for-developers-developers-developers/

Great list of applications for collaboration, development, user tracking, and more...

Squidfingers.com Photoshop Patterns »

http://www.squidfingers.com/patterns/

Beautiful collection of patterns. Brown J3 v2.0 background pattern came from here.

The Inspiration Gallery »

http://www.theinspirationgallery.com/

Patterns, borders, and buttons. Free of charge.

Vector Magic »

http://vectormagic.stanford.edu/

A research project of the artificial intelligence department at Stanford has been released as a beta application.

Vitamin »

http://www.thinkvitamin.com/

The resource for web development.

WCAG 2.0 Quick Reference »

http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Quick Reference Guide

Web Design-isms: 7 Surefire Styles that Work »

http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/web-design-isms-7-surefire-styles-that-work

Glossy buttons, ornamental backgrounds, futuristic interfaces. We've all been guilty at one time or another of committing the 7 design-isms in this article from Larissa Meek. But that's okay, she tells us, they're classics for a reason.

Web Standards Project »

http://www.webstandards.org/

The one and only.

WebLinc Blog »

http://blog.weblinc.com

WebLinc's blog.

XRAY: XRAY Elements »

http://westciv.com/xray/

This little widget is similar to the Firefox Web Developer Toolbar (Display Element Information), but better!

Yahoo! Design Pattern Library »

http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/

A pattern describes an optimal solution to a common problem within a specific context.