Art & Graphic Design Research Guide

"The only series on television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists in the U.S., this Peabody Award-winning biennial program allows viewers to observe the artists at work, watch as they transform inspiration into art, and hear how they struggle with both the physical and visual challenges of achieving their visions. Both established and emerging artists are featured."

Comprehensive list of art history links representing the entirety of art historical studies from Dr. Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe, Professor in Art History at Sweet Briar College.

"ArtSource [is] a gathering point for networked resources on Art and Architecture. The content is diverse and includes pointers to resources around the net as well as original materials submitted by librarians, artists, and art historians, etc."

Includes two sections: color theories across time and color within cultures. "This website was redesigned within the research project Colour & Light of the Zurich University of the Arts."

"Created in 1991, the Contemporary Artists Index is a unique resource developed and maintained by the CIA Library staff. Look here for artists, artists groups, photographers, craftspeople, designers, and design firms whose work appears in select publications in the library's collection."

"Drawn mainly from the collections of the National Library of Medicine, Dream Anatomy shows off the anatomical imagination in some of its most astonishing incarnations, from 1500 to the present."

"Historical Anatomies on the Web is a digital project designed to give Internet users access to high quality images from important anatomical atlases in the [National Library of Medicine]'s collection. The project offers selected images from NLM's atlas collection, not the entire books, with an emphasis on images and not texts. Atlases and images are selected primarily for their historical and artistic significance, with priority placed upon the earliest and/or the best edition of a work in NLM's possession."

"The collections of the Prints & Photographs Division include photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. While international in scope, the collections are particularly rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people." From the Library of Congress.

"This virtual museum presents some of the most famous typefaces ever created.
One of the goal of abc typography is to underline the fact that every typeface has its own history."

"Over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955." From Duke University Libraries.

"With more than 20,000 selections dating back to 1924, the AIGA Design Archives is a vital record of all disciplines of communication design."

Collection of book covers. Search by designer, author, or title.

"goodlogo!com is dedicated to the artform of the logotype and its accompanied corporate identity."

Created by John Boardley "to bring the study of typography to the masses."

"This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more." From the New York Public Library.

Created by Nancy Stock-Allen, this site was created "to find a way to engage the studio designer by subject, rather than timeline."

"Founded in 2002, Typographica is a review of typefaces and type books, with occasional commentary on fonts and typographic design. Edited by Stephen Coles with Caren Litherland and designed by Chris Hamamoto."

"The Cities/Buildings Database is a collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, available to students, researchers and educators on the web."

"Dezeen is the world's most popular and influential architecture and design magazine, and the winner of numerous awards for journalism and publishing. Our mission is simple: to bring you a carefully edited selection of the best architecture, design and interiors projects and news from around the world."

"This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, selected over ten years by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, with photographic images and architectural drawings, integrated maps and timelines, 3D building models, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds."

"Interior Design Media is the global, industry-leading design publication, website and events company serving the interior design, architectural and facility management audiences."

"The collections include wallpapers, textiles, designs, books, catalogues and magazines from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century. They are a great resource if you are interested in the history of domestic interiors, or if you are looking for visual inspiration for creative projects."

"The National Building Museum is America’s leading cultural institution devoted to interpreting the history and impact of the built environment. We do this by telling the stories of architecture, engineering, and design."

"The Association of Illustrators (AOI) is a not-for-profit trade organisation promoting contemporary illustration and maintaining industry standards. Established in 1973 the AOI has worked successfully with businesses and colleges to increase the standing of illustration as a profession and improve commercial and ethical conditions."

"CAA includes among its members those who by vocation or avocation are concerned about and/or committed to the practice of art, teaching, and research of and about the visual arts and humanities."

"The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest and most prestigious organization of professional cartoonists. It was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the troops. They found that they enjoyed each other's company and decided to get together on a regular basis."

"The Society of Illustrators’ mission is to promote the art of illustration, to appreciate its history and evolving nature through exhibitions, lectures and education, and to contribute the service of its members to the welfare of the community at large."

"As the profession’s oldest and largest professional membership organization for design—with 70 chapters and more than 25,000 members—we advance design as a professional craft, strategic advantage, and vital cultural force."

"ATypI, Association Typographique Internationale, is the global forum and focal point for the type community and business."

"The CGSociety is the most respected and accessible global organization for creative digital artists. The CGS supports artists at every level by offering a range of services to connect, inform, educate and promote digital artists worldwide."

"The Graphic Artists Guild primary purpose is to help our members build successful careers by equipping them with the skills and support needed to compete more effectively in an ever-changing field."

"We are the global, multidisciplinary community of professionals who plan, design, and build experiences that connect people to place."

"Through education, knowledge sharing, advocacy, community building and outreach, we strive to advance the interior design profession and, in the process, to demonstrate and celebrate the power of design to positively change people’s lives."

"The Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) is an independent, non-profit accrediting organization for interior design education programs at colleges and universities in the United States and internationally."

"The mission of The Interior Design Educators Council, Inc. is the advancement of interior design education, scholarship, and service."

"One of the country's largest design organizations dedicated to serving the residential interior design industry, IDS embraces four core values including professionalism, community, influence and growth."

"The International Furnishings and Design Association's (IFDA) mission is inspiring collaboration within the furnishings and design industry to support its people, their products and services."

"IIDA, with respect for past accomplishments of Interior Design leaders, strives to create a strong niche for the most talented and visionary Interior Design professionals, to elevate the profession to the level it warrants, and to lead the way for the next generation of Interior Design innovators."

"Search over 10 million records of museum objects, archives and library materials including more than 2.0 million online media files." From Smithsonian Institution

"Presented by the Library of Congress, Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information."

"GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government."

Image search from Google - either text-based or reverse image.

A news aggregator

Reverse image search - upload an image or provide a URL to an image's online location.

"USA.gov is an interagency product administered by USAGov (formerly the Federal Citizen Information Center), a division of the U.S. General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Service. Our mission is to create and organize timely, needed government information and services and make them accessible anytime, anywhere, via your channel of choice."