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Thursday 29 March 2012

Interesting sources for the art and design disciplines



Architecture

The Getty Research Institute: http://www.getty.edu/research/
The Getty Research Institute is dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts. Its Research Library with special collections of rare materials and digital resources serves an international community of scholars and the interested public.
Royal Institute of British Architecture: http://www.architecture.com/
RIB  holds one of the largest and most important collections of architectural drawings, photographs and archives in the world, and stage talks, exhibitions, events and awards (including the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize) that help people see their surroundings in a completely new way.

 

Art and Art History

Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.


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When you’re searching for images, sometimes it can be hard to come up with exactly the right words to describe what you have in mind. For example, when you think of London, you might picture the iconic clock tower or the big Ferris wheel. You may not always remember the names of those landmarks, but you can visualize them in your mind. To make it easier for you to find images in situations like these, you can now use.






Art Crimes Writing on the Wall: http://www.graffiti.org/
A website dedicated to graffiti art all over the world. 
Art History Resources on the Web: http://arthistoryresources.net/ARTHLinks4.html
From Sweetbriar College, links to resources in art history, by time period and by region or country. Includes image databases, online journals, artist information, research and methodology, artist organizations, online art projects and more. 
A dictionary of visual art. Provides definitions of terms along with many illustrations and links to other resources on the Web.   
AATA Online: Abstracts of International Conservation Literature
http://aata.getty.edu/Home
AATA Online is a comprehensive database of over 117,000 abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage. 
Museum of Online Museums: http://www.coudal.com/moom/
An archive of online collections and exhibits.
Art history resources on the web: http://arthistoryresources.net/ARTH20thcentury.html
20th Century Art resources on the web which is updated regularly. 
Art Movements: http://www.artmovements.co.uk/home.htm
The Art Movements Directory is a concise reference guide to the major art movements and periods, helping you to learn more about the development and history of art. 
Art journals online: http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/journals.html
A site containing various links to art journals.
Over 2000 scanned images, links to museum and gallery exhibitions, and other art information. 
Finding Images on the Web: http://www.bu.edu/library/instruction/findimages/index.html
Extensive web page from Boston Univ. Libraries, with many links to search engines and web pages. 







Digital Images of Yale's Vast Cultural Collections: http://discover.odai.yale.edu/ydc/
Yale University has announced that it will provide free access to online images of millions of objects housed in Yale's museums, archives, and libraries. More than 250,000 images are available.

 

Computer Art

Animation World Network: www.awn.com
Articles, interviews and news releases; feature articles from "Animation World" magazine and "Visual Magic" magazine. "Animation Village" has links to the Web sites of animators, companies, festivals, user groups and more.
CTheory: www.ctheory.net
An online journal with articles about culture, technology and society. Includes links to electronic art projects.
Gamasutra: www.gamasutra.com
Up-to-date articles on game design and announcements of new product releases. Registration is required for access to the directory of companies, job listings and online discussions.
Highend3d: www.highend3d.com
Postings and discussion forums about 3D modeling, most of them on how to create a particular effect. There are also industry news updates and job listings.
The Media Theory Site: www.theory.org.uk
A multitude of topics are covered here, among them new media design, Web-based art projects, art criticism, cultural theory and The Random Module Catalogue.

 

Graphic Design

AIGA: American Institute of Graphic Arts: www.aiga.org
ABC Typography: www.abc.planet-typography.com
Dia Center for the Arts — Artist's Projects for the Web: www.diacenter.org
Links to a selection of Web art projects commissioned by the Dia Center literacy tutorial. Learn more about researching topics online, and take quizzes after each lesson. This interactive library tutorial will prepare you to better explore and research in the online world.
Graphics.Com: The Shared Resource for Creative Design: www.graphics.com
Graphic Design section of Design Directory: 
www.dexigner.com/directory/cat/Graphic_Design
http://www.emigre.com/EmigreNews.php
A website containing essays on various critical writers on design, fonts, design news etc. 
Thinking with type: http://www.thinkingwithtype.com/
This site is a wonderful resource for everything you want to know about types and typography.

 

Illustration

Bud Plant Illustrated Books: www.bpib.com
This bookseller has posted biographies of 69 historically famous illustrators, with examples of their work.
Images of the most common insect orders, originally drawn on canvas as a WPA project and recently retrieved from a historic building at the University of Illinois. 
Early Illustrators of Children's Books:
Links to approximately 40 Web sites presenting information about children's book illustrators of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Arena represents a select group of talented illustrators with an array of distinctive styles. This website provides an expert and friendly service, supplying beautiful and eye-catching illustrations to all.




This website is an archive of book covers, book cover designs and desigers.




The University of Nevada Las Vegas' digital collection is a wonderful source for illustrators and offers free, online access to unique images, documents, & more.




Industrial Design

Core77 Design Magazine and Resource: www.core77.com
Brief articles, well-illustrated product reviews, job listings and a calendar of exhibits, competitions and conferences. Attractive page design and a sense of humor characterize this site.
The Design Museum: http://www.designmuseum.org
Covers every area of design from industrial design, graphics and multimedia, to fashion and architecture.
Industrial Designers Society of America: www.idsa.org
The IDSA Web site provides a variety of resources for designers and design students: listings of jobs, internships, scholarships and competitions; a national directory of industrial design firms, with links to their Web sites (where available); a searchable index of "Innovation". 
Yanko Design is a web magazine dedicated to introducing the best modern international design, covering from industrial design, concepts, technology, interior design, architecture, exhibition and fashion. It’s about the cutting edge and the classic, the new and the rediscovered. It’s all about the best.




For every design that does not fit neatly into another category there is this section of the site. From art installations and designer artwork to fashion, gadgets, materials and more, this is a place for cutting edge design ideas, inspiration, innovation, objects and products.


Interactive Design 

 The Interactive Media Center, University at Albany State University of New York has created the following materials, tutorials, and classes to help those interested in using, creating or editing images. Many of our downloadable documents are presented in both Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. http://library.albany.edu/imc/tutimages.htm

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