This is a list of helpful links for those interested in perusing a career in web design, graphic design, graduating from design school, or trying find a web design job.
Job Listing sites
DC Local Job Boards
Salary & Career Research
Basic Online Portfolio Help and Ideas
- Cargo
- Carbonmade
- Flickr (Set up an account and embed or link to a slideshow)
- Behance
- Slideshow Pro
- Simple Viewer
- Creative Hotlist
- Coroflot
- Flashden
- Krop
(It’s a great exercise to build your own online portfolio, but these links provide a great way to get yourself up online with a URL fast.)
Networking & Educational Events
- An Event Apart
- Refresh DC (All Refreshing cities)
- DC Design Talks (& DC Talks Series)
- Barcamps
- Art Directors Club DC (Global)
- Type Directors Club
- Future of Web Design (Changes Locations)
- South By Southwest Interactive Festival
Learning Web Stuff
- Css Zen Garden
- Go To And Learn
- W3C CSS Stuff
- ElliotJayStocks Online Tutorials
- Web Designer Wall Tutorials
- Don’t Know It? Google it
Recommended Basic Book Reading
- Designing with Web Standards
- Designing For Interaction
- Web Standards Creativity
- The Zen of CSS Design
- CSS Mastery
- O’reilly Books
Design Blogs, Resources, & Content
- A List Apart
- Brand New
- Design Observer
- DesignFloat
- Smashing Magazine
- AIGA Design Forums
- Information Architects Japan
- Logo Design Love
- 456 Berea Street
- Web Designer Wall
- For Web Desigeners
Various forms of online Inspiration
- CSS Beauty
- CSS Import
- Design Snips
- Unmatched Style
- NetDiver
- Coudal
- Hillman Curtis Videos
- Design is Kinky
- Sagmeister’s “Things I have learned”
- Ted Talks
- Swiss Miss
Did I miss something? Contact me to suggest an addition.