“In this library you will find articles with information about how to improve photographic composition and technique.”

“The common perception of some designers/historians (and a whole lot of people in general) is that [Gutenberg] invented movable type in 1456. This is not so.”

“I’ve been practicing information architecture since 1994, and from Gopher to Google have seen dramatic changes in the landscape of organization, search and retrieval. Through these ten tempestuous years, I’ve found the infamous three circle diagram to be a great tool for explaining how and why we must strike a unique balance on each project between business goals and context, user needs and behavior, and the available mix of content.”

“This series of tutorials, which is constantly expanding, is provided as an introduction to photographic techniques. It may not turn you into a brilliant photographer but hopefully it will help improve your photography by teaching you a bit about some of the theory behind photography.”

“This section of the Creativity Web focuses on the important activity of always being prepared to write down unexpected ideas and thoughts. Have you ever been doing one of the following activities when you suddenly had a flash of inspiration but had no means of recording your idea? You thought you could remember the idea until a convenient time to write it down, but you found the idea had vanished as quickly as it appeared?”

“Whether marketing a corporate brand or a branded product or service, success increasingly demands proactive brand management. This site is dedicated to examining all issues relating to branding to assist you in this task.” (Thanks Antenna!)

“I love magazines and one of my favorites is HOW, a publication for and about designers and other creators. A while back, they did an interview with Kevin Carroll, whose job is to nurture creativity at Nike. I loved his reponse when asked to quickly name six things that inspire him.”

“Information architecture (or IA) is the science ó some would insist art ó of defining the structure, organization, navigation, labeling and indexing of a Website. It is the role of the information architect to decide how a site should be structured, what kind of content it should host, and how to accommodate future growth. In short, information architecture defines the backbone of a Website.”

Here is every t-shirt design that Threadless has put out so far.

“Here is a list of portfolios I know. These are people I either know personally or know through the web community. We cut the list down the simply individual portfolios that focused on web design. Please use the comments to recommend portfolios that we may have overlooked, but here is the catch, you can’t recommend your own portfolio. We are looking for some fresh blood, talent that may otherwise be unnoticed by the web community at large. Here is your chance to give props to your friends. The list is meant to give you an idea of what level of quality of work we are looking for.”

“Ever since March of 1994 we have worked intimately with 50 different, new firms each year. These firms have been spread throughout every major metropolitan area in North America, ranging in size from 1 to 135 people. Wouldnít it be interesting to know what personality traits are common to the principals of those firms that are successful? Thanks for asking!”

“Veteran online journalist Barry Parr has wrapped up a five part series entitled ‘Why Can’t a Newspaper Be More Like a Blog?’ on his weblog, MediaSavvy. It’s a thought-provoking read. I’m not sold on what he has to say about RSS (it needs more users) and trackbacks (porn spammers exploit them), but the points he’s making ó be part of the ‘Net, not just on the ‘Net ó are right on.”

“What makes a magazine great? The writing. The ideas. The photography. The design. Sure. But more importantly, a magazine’s worth depends on how it catches readers’ glances, and then their hearts. Here, Tempo presents its second annual 50 Best Magazines list. Our selections reflect the periodicals that we pay good money to buy, that we pile on our nightstands, that we devour on trains, that we consider to be the best at what they set out to do. There are more than 17,500 magazines published in this country, so choosing the 50 best was daunting. We argued, we concurred, we scoffed. And we welcome you to continue the debate.”

“We created the Igor Naming Guide in order to demystify the naming process. In it we show how and why great product and company names work, when focus groups and standard ways of thinking about them might have predicted otherwise. Igor’s own naming process is presented in excruciating but logical detail.”

“Stephen Gill takes pictures of those small moments most of us miss. In the first of a three-part series, Jon Ronson analyses one man’s obsession with the minutiae of modern life.” (Thanks City of Sound!)