WGSN - the world's leading fashion research

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
WGSN is the leading global service providing online research, trend analysis and news to the fashion, design and style industries. WGSN's scope is global. Its 200-strong team of creative and editorial staff travels extensively on behalf of subscribers and works with a network of experienced writers, photographers, researchers, analysts and trendspotters in cities around the world, tracking the latest stores, designers, brands, trends and business innovations.
http://www.wgsn.com/

CScout Japan

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Trend Spotting, Innovation Research in Japan.
Cscout Japan will lead you on your way to a different world, with new innovations, trends and market potentials. It will be your representatives on site, providing you with informative and visual input about products, lifestyle and marketing. It will also support you in the search for the right business partners and help you organize and execute your successful business trip.
http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/blog-english/

Ubercool, the next-generation marketing.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Ubercool is a next-generation marketing services company that publishes and produces trendsetting media and entertainment properties, designed to help its target-audience constituencies leverage key market trends.
http://www.ubercool.com

TRENDSTOP | The Essential Fashion Trend Decoder

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Trendstop.com's accurate trend information helps inspire best-selling products and collections and has become an essential tool for all fashion industry professionals, from designers to buyers.
http://www.trendstop.com/

PHILIPS RESEARCH

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
With laboratories in six countries (Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, India, USA, China) and staffed by around 1,800 people, Philips Research creates innovations in the areas of Healthcare, Lifestyle and Technology. Our common vision is to create technologies that will lead to products that improve people's lives. Our activities have led to more than 130,000 patent (total R&D) and design rights, and the publishing of many thousands of technical and scientific papers.
http://www.research.philips.com

COLOURlovers :: Color Trends + Palettes

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
COLOURlovers™ is a resource that monitors and influences color trends. COLOURlovers gives the people who use color - whether for ad campaigns, product design, or even in architectural specification - a place to check out a world of color, compare color palettes, submit news and comments, and read color related articles and interviews.
http://www.colourlovers.com

SeymourPowell are product designers.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Product design and Product Designers SeymourPowell Product Design Consultancy are experts in Product Design, Product development, Consumer Product research and brand product analysis.
http://www.seymourpowell.co.uk

Delivering Design Daily - TAXI Design Network

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Taxi is an international multidisciplinary design network that features the latest design news, creative industry jobs and careers, competitions and awards.
http://designtaxi.com/

DESIGNBOOM | INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COMMUNITY

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
With more than 1,500,000 readers a month from over 165 countries, (including 180,000 subscribers to our monthly newsletter) designboom.com is the leading independent publication for key contemporary issues and the critique of all aspects of design, especially those topics which enrich the dialogue between design, creative professionals, industry and society. the milan-based, free internet resource offers snapshot reports from major international design shows, architecture and art exhibitions; interviews and portraits of the protagonists in the contemporary creative scene; design history and in-depth information on the creators of design classics.
http://www.designboom.com

KASHIWA SATO ||| 佐藤可士和

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Official website of Kashiwa Sato : Art Director / Creative Director, Tokyo Japan.
http://kashiwasato.com/

Adland | all the adnews not fit to print

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Adland, the beyond-a-blog, commercial-laden delirium of heaven and hell for advertising addicts around the world, gossips about advertising stunts.
http://commercial-archive.com/

ADVERBLOG

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Adverblog is the blog which shares the links of the best interactive marketing campaigns around the Web, and it has become a daily destination for those who share the same passion.
http://www.adverblog.com

ADS OF THE WORLD

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Ads of the World is a commercial advertising archive and community showcasing the best and most interesting creative work worldwide.
http://www.adsoftheworld.com

Joshua Davis | Studio

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Joshua Davis is a New York based artist, designer, and technologist producing both public and private work for companies, collectors, and institutions. Since 1995, Joshua Davis has been using technology and computers as a medium to create projects that a recent Apple Pro Profile touted as infinitely interesting.
http://www.joshuadavis.com

AD PUNCH. ATTITUDE. ADVERTISING. GLITZ

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
The Adpunch Blog provides your daily dose of advertising and marketing news. Written by advertising and marketing enthusiasts, it provides zestful commentary on the state of the advertising and media industries. Our editorial focus is on internet-based advertising & marketing, marketing and advertising trends, cultural and demographic changes affecting advertising strategies, new campaign launches, viral and buzz marketing, useful industry research and the analysis of the industry's shift from old ideas to new.
http://www.adpunch.org

TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA DESIGN

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Tokujin Yoshioka is a design firm over nearly 20 years and collaborated with a number of projects, including the world of high reputation. Experimental and innovative design to pursue.
http://www.tokujin.com

Electric Heat : Nigel Evan Dennis

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Nigel's work has effectively blurred the line between fine art and innovative design-advertising. Due to this unique synthesis, electric heat has attracted attention from corporate america and the cultural underground simultaneously.
http://www.electricheat.org/

VECTORTUTS. ILLUSTRATOR TUTORIAL.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
VECTORTUTS is a blog/tutorial site for people who use vector editing programs such as Adobe’s Illustrator. It is the sister site of PSDTUTS, NETTUTS, and AUDIOTUTS.
http://vectortuts.com

Carbonmade. Show off your Work.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
With Carbonmade, you can manage your online portfolio with a variety of tools that allow you to change how you display your work. The core idea behind the design of Carbonmade is to keep your images or video at the forefront. For a better idea on what Carbonmade can do for you take a look at our Featured portfolios.
http://www.carbonmade.com/

ISO50 - The Visual Work of Scott Hansen

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
ISO50 site is to house the design work of Scott Hansen in a portfolio format but over the years it has grown to encompass a shop, clothing line, and blog. He has spent time as a freelance designer and worked for a few agencies, most notably, perhaps, Adobe. In the end he dropped my freelance practice and went solo to focus on my own design and music. This has given him the chance to delve into the style of design he truly enjoy creating and not be swayed by the various trends that seem to perennially filter the collective output of the design world.
http://www.iso50.com

Paprika

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Paprika is a graphic design and strategic marketing firm specializing in business communications services: corporate identity programs, branding, annual reports, brochures, catalogs, posters, packaging, environmental design, signs and websites.
http://www.paprika.com

Motionographer

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Motionographer (pronounced like “oceanographer”) seeks to be a source of inspiration for filmmakers, animators and designers by sharing:

• outstanding work from studios, freelancers and students
• feature stories that give readers a closer look at influential studios and individuals
• commentary that sparks discussion or introspection about the creative process
• miscellaneous items that Motionographer contributors find interesting

Motionographer isn’t just about motion graphics. Inspiration can come from anywhere, and the Motionographer contributors hope to provide you with interesting material regardless of the medium in which it was created.

http://www.motionographer.com

Bravis International

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Bravis’s creative solutions combine originality with the highest levels of quality in terms of design and strategic infrastructure.
http://www.bravis.com

VideoCopilot. Video Tutorials & Post Production

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Video Copilot is a progressive web presence offering high quality tools for motion graphics and visual effects artists. We show you the things you won’t learn anywhere else and provide the highest quality free tutorials on the net. Our goal is to always deliver powerful and distinctive tools to enable artists to realize new skills and amplify their craft.
http://www.videocopilot.net

Designbum

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Designbum is the portfolio of me, Issara Willenskomer. I provide freelance Art/Creative Direction for motion graphics, photography, fashion illustrations, interactive solutions, print, apparel, general styling, and various requisite tasty shizzle. I also direct music and dance videos.
http://www.designbum.com

Business 2.0

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Business 2.0 was a monthly magazine founded by magazine entrepreneur Chris Anderson and journalist James Daly, formerly at Forbes and Wired, in 1998 to chronicle the rise of the "New Economy." In its first issue (coverline "New Rules") it included a specially printed insert devoted to "The 10 Driving Principles of the New Economy," adding an eleventh (partnerships) to the list in 2000.

Having originally found success with wonky examinations of the interaction between technology and business, later on in its run, under the ownership of Time Inc., the magazine broadened its focus, running cover stories on topics ranging from real estate to employment trends and outer space.
http://www.business2.com

The Wired News

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993. Owned by Condé Nast Publications, it reports on how technology affects culture, the economy, and politics.
http://www.wired.com

BusinessWeek

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 (as The Business Week) under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing company at the time. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune and Forbes, which are published bi-weekly.
http://www.businessweek.com

Trend Watching

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Trendwatching.com is an independent and opinionated trend firm, scanning the globe for the most promising consumer trends, insights and related hands-on business ideas. For the latest and greatest, we rely on our network of 8,000+ spotters in more than 70 countries worldwide.
http://www.trendwatching.com

TED Ideas Worth Spreading

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free.
http://www.ted.com

Baekdal. Future Trend.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Baekdal.com is the base for my writing and consulting. The focus is primarily usability, branding, design and management. The site is divided into several dedicated sections, each with focus of its own:

• Articles: focuses on Usability, Branding and Management
• Design Inspiration: My Design Magazine which focuses on great products from people and companies around the world
• Reports: Management and Usability reports
• Future Concepts: Ideas for future products (often a somewhat distant future)
• Notes: Semi-daily tidbits about anything that comes my way (this is my personal blog).

http://www.baekdal.com

A Website about Corporate Identity

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
The Resources section contains additional information about corporate identity, including a bibliography and links to related sites on the internet.
http://users.ncrvnet.nl/mstol/55.html

Moving Brand.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Moving Brands is a London and Tokyo based, D&AD award nominated branding agency founded in 1997. Born of the creative partnership between Ben Wolstenholme and James Bull, both graphic design graduates of Central St. Martins College, the company originally specialised in helping organisations bring their brands, logos and identities to life onscreen. Latterly Moving Brands has grown to become a full-spectrum branding agency, and has just completed work on a two year re-branding project for Nokia.
http://www.movingbrands.com

The Dieline. The Package Design Blog

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
TheDieline.com was founded by Andrew Gibbs, a senior packaging designer in Southern California. “I started The Dieline because as a packaging designer, I wanted a resource where I could go to see the latest design trends and styles. When he realized something like that didn’t exist, The Dieline was born.” The Dieline was launched in January of 2007, and has quickly become the web’s leading packaging design blog.
http://www.thedieline.com/

Landor

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Landor Associates is a San Francisco-based brand and creative design consultancy. Founded by Walter Landor in 1941, Landor pioneered many of the research, design and consulting methodologies that are now standard in the branding industry. Landor's work spans the full breadth of branding services, including but not limited to: brand research and valuation, brand positioning and architecture, naming and nomenclature systems, corporate identity and consumer packaging design, branded environments, writing and digital branding.
http://www.landor.com

Wieden+Kennedy

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Wieden+Kennedy is an independent, creatively led advertising agency that creates strong and provocative relationships between good companies and their consumers.
http://www.wk.com

Coroflot. Design Jobs & Portfolios.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Coroflot is a career and community site for creative professionals. Coroflot hosts individual creative portfolios and a database of job and project openings. The thriving community that visits the site daily represents a cross-section of the global design industry-working designers, design managers, internal and external hiring professionals, business managers of design firms, marketing and product management professionals, students, and educators.
http://www.coroflot.com

Golden Ratio Calculator

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
The golden ratio is a well-known mathematical feature that is often used in graphic design because of its inherent asthetic qualitites. I designed and built the Golden Ratio Calculator as an online tool for designers to easily work the golden ratio into their designs.
http://goldenratiocalculator.com/

Zamzar. Free Online File Conversion

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Zamzar is dedicated to helping you transform your songs, videos, images and documents into different formats.
http://www.zamzar.com

Kuler - Explore, create, and share color themes

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Discover Adobe® Kuler™ — the web-hosted application for generating color themes that can inspire any project. Whether you're creating websites, interior designs, scrapbooks, graphic identities, or any other visual, experiment quickly with color variations and browse thousands of themes from the Kuler community.
http://kuler.adobe.com/

PIXLR Image Editor

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Pixlr is a free online image editor, jump in and start edit, adjust, filter. It's just what you imagine!
http://www.pixlr.com/

960 Grid System

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
The 960 Grid System is an effort to streamline web development workflow by providing commonly used dimensions, based on a width of 960 pixels. There are two variants: 12 and 16 columns, which can be used separately or in tandem.
http://960.gs/

PSDTUTS. Photoshop Tutorial.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
PSDTUTS is a blog/Photoshop site made to house and showcase some of the best Photoshop tutorials around. We publish tutorials that not only produce great graphics and effects, but explain in a friendly, approachable manner. Photoshop is a fantastically powerful program and there are a million ways to do anything, we hope that reading PSDTUTS will help our readers learn a few tricks, techniques and tips that they might not have seen before and help them maximize their creative potential!
http://psdtuts.com

Computerlove™ | Connecting Creative Talents.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Computerlove is a unique social platform and source of inspiration for talented creatives.

. Find inspiration and get fresh, hot design news
. Share you work with talented and awarded creatives
. Stay connected with creative people you know and admire
. Promote yourself to find a job or get famous !

http://www.cpluv.com

Springwise. Trend Spotting.

LANGUAGE: ENGISH
Springwise scans the globe for the most promising business ventures, ideas and concepts that are ready for regional or international adaptation, expansion, partnering, investments or cooperation. It ferociously track more than 400 global offline and online business resources, as well as taking to the streets of world cities, digital cameras at hand.
http://www.springwise.com

WE ARE FROM HONG KONG, WE LOVE COPY

LANGUAGE: CHINESE
香港好相似設計_WE ARE FROM HONG KONG, WE LOVE COPY. 要為「抄襲」下一個客觀的定義是非常困難，更是自討苦吃
http://welovecopy.blogspot.com/

LOVE: DESIGN | 愛:設計

LANGUAGE: CHINESE
愛:設計 之內，作者米曹將所見所聞的一些有趣東西，當中包括設計品、藝術品、科技產品、以及作者喜愛的物品等等，都會登刊於此，五花百門、目不暇及。
http://www.designloveme.com/

HELLO BAULDOFF

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
HELLO BAULDOFF is a greeting of multifarious stimuli as observed by HELLO's author, Joe Bauldoff.
http://bauldoff.tumblr.com/

THSRS. SHORTER SYNONYMS

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Thsrs, the thesaurus that only gives you synonyms shorter than the word you’re looking up. Just enter one of the longer words in your message, and Thsrs will suggest shorter words to use instead.
http://www.ironicsans.com/thsrs/

Alex Trochut : Graphic Designer

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Alex Trochut is a freelance graphic designer from Barcelona. He love type and illustration. He don't want to choose a particular style, and He like expressing himself and communicating through the needs of every project, and that's something he like about design. He believes every project is pushing you to look to a new situation and adapt yourself to express it.
http://www.alextrochut.com/