I found this article about 50 Brilliant Design Articles of 2008 in 23 Categories + 40 Reader Submitted Posts at The Design Cubicle. I think it’s really useful. Check them out.
Advertising/Advertisements
192 Creative, Smart and Clever Advertisements
39 Masterpieces of Creative Advertisements
Blog Design Inspiration
Blogging Resources
Guide to Blogging for Freelance Designers
40 Promotional Sites to Submit Your Design Related Posts
Brochure Design Inspiration
Best of Brochure Design – pt. 2
Business Card Design Inspiration
One Stop for the Best 101+ Business Card Inspiration
Best of Business Stationary, Letterhead & Business Cards
CSS/Web-related & Tutorials
Top 10 Tutorials for Converting PSDs to HTML/CSS
10 Resources for When You Need Help with CSS
50 Extremely Useful and Powerful CSS Tools
Colour Related
A Guide to Choosing Colors for your Brand
Design Resources
40+ Useful Cheat Sheets for Designers
Flash related
35 Amazing Free Adobe Flash Tutorials to Start Building Full Flash Websites
Font/Type related
45 Beautiful Free Fonts for Modern Design Trends
Freelance Resources
101+ Essential Freelance Resources
270+ Tools for Running a Business Online
Grid/Layout related
40 Creative Design Layouts: Getting Out of the Box
32 Inspirational Examples of Amazing Layout and Typography
Icons & Twitter Tools
60 Free Vector Icon Packs for Design Professionals
47 Awesome Twitter Tools You Should Be Using
181 Free Twitter Buttons, Badges, Widget and Counters to Help You Find Followers
75 Best Free Graphics Design Icon Sets
Inspirational Collections
34 Places to Get Design Inspiration Online & Off
60 More Places to Get Design Inspiration
Logo related
20 Inspirational Resources for Logos and Logotypes – Get Creative!
280+ Best of Best Inspirational Logos
Paperwork/Documentation
Legal Resources for Freelancers
Patterns Resources
50 Free Photoshop Pattern Sets
450+ Abobe Illustrator Patterns
Typography Inspiration
27 Beautiful, Typography-based Web Designs
Typography Resources
10 Common Typography Mistakes (by yours truly!)
Tutorials
30+ Adobe Illustrator Tutorials : Mastering Your Tools and Options
50+ Excellent Body Enhancement Photoshop Tutorials
Websites Inspirational
44 Creative Designs for Inspiration
21 Simple But Impressive Corporate Web Designs Of Top Brands
100 Websites With Outstanding Artistic Design
50 Excellent Designer Portfolio Sites
Web Design Tools/Resources
69 Tools to Monitor, Measure, and Track Your Website
WordPress Themes
50 Free & Premium WordPress Themes you shouldn’t miss
60 Best Free WordPress Theme Gallery
30 Free High Quality WordPress Themes
40 Blogger Submitted Favorite/Popular Posts of 2008
Below is 40 design-related articles submitted by bloggers from their blog in 2008. Some great resources you may have missed:
Web Designing is like Cooking!
How To Use WordPress As A Truly Customized CMS
15 Key Elements All Top Web Sites Should Have
10 Features Ubuntu should implement
25 Web Apps yet to be Discovered
Amazon Leaks Adobe CS4 Packaging, Features
Design Inspiration: Typography Posters
20 of the Best Amazing Photoshop Tutorials
More Typographical Tattoos: Punctuation!
20 Free & Open Source Image Galleries for Web Designers
How To: Using Highlights in Web Design
How Important is Valid HTML in Web Standards?
Social Networks Show Users Are Not Designers. And That’s Okay.
Horribly Photoshoped Squirrels
Common Mistakes that New Web Designers Make
How I kicked whites out of the Forum of Black Journalists without saying a word! (not what you think!)
7 Logo Design Galleries You Should Bookmark
Below the Fold: Why Scrolling Isn’t A Bad Thing
Before Photoshop There Was AcidDraw
Design with Swirls and Flourishes
25 Ways to Spice Up Blog Post Photos
Cuteness attack: When design gets cuter than puppies
Irresistible Websites Part Three: Textures
Saul Bass and Clarity of Purpose
35 Stunning Black and White Logos
On-line Copyright Infringement: 4 Ways to Remove Stolen Work
How to get a Design Job using Tinned Meat!
Trend Review: Price Tags (Part 1)
30 Tutorials that will teach you Illustrator
How to Publish Featured Videos in WordPress
Wicked Pissa Graphic Designer For Hire!
via: The Design Cubicle
