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Design Magazines and other Online Design Resources

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This is a list of some of the pop­u­lar design mag­a­zines that I found on the net. Please do send me more links if you know of any, so that I can keep this list updated) Cheers.

1. 3D Artist Mag­a­zine
   Lots of infor­ma­tion and arti­cles from the real mag avail­able on-line. Also has¬†The Tes­se­la­tion Times, a newslet­ter for peo­ple inter­ested in 3D com­puter graphics.
2. A + U Archi­tec­ture and Urban­ism
   Pre­miere Japan­ese jour­nal. High qual­ity sub­ject mat­ter, excel­lent presentation.¬†Interiors, large scale com­mer­cial / insti­tu­tional / exte­ri­ors, urban design.¬†A+U (Archi­tec­ture and Urban­ism), is han­dled exclu­sively by the Japan Architect¬†Co Ltd who also pub­lish the Japan Architect.
3. Abitare
   This mag. offers com­pre­hen­sive sur­vey of archi­tec­ture and design around the world
4. Archi­tec­tural Record
   Reports on design trends, tech­nol­ogy inno­va­tions, prod­ucts reviews, indus­try news, and prac­tice man­age­ment strategies.
5. The Archi­tec­tural Review
   Main­stream Eng­lish jour­nal, cov­er­ing Eng­lish and pre­dom­i­nantly Euro­pean current¬†/ future, mainly com­mer­cial, new and retro work. Also, urban design and competitions¬†/ entries. Good qual­ity pre­sen­ta­tion, cur­rent mate­r­ial and tech­nolo­gies etc.
6. Art Leader
   Art, archi­tec­ture and design mag­a­zine printed in italian.
7. Auto & Design
   Every­thing on car design indus­try, new cars on the mar­ket, con­cept cars, sketches,¬†designers reviews. very high qual­ity magazine.In english,italian & Japanese.
8. Axis
   An inter­na­tional and glossy review of con­tem­po­rary design, pub­lished from Tokyo,¬†with Eng­lish texts. Con­tains pro­files of design­ers and design stu­dios, news of¬†current trends, and reviews of exhi­bi­tions. Axis, 6 issues a year.
9. AZURE
   Cana­dian mag­a­zine on design, archi­tec­ture and art. Mostly in Eng­lish, some articles¬†in French.¬†Revue Cana­di­enne sur le Design, l‚Äôarchitecture et l‚Äôart. La plu­part des¬†articles sont en anglais, quelques uns sont en fran?ßais.
10. Boxes and Arrows
    Boxes and Arrows is an online mag­a­zine devoted to the prac­tice, inno­va­tion, and dis­cus­sion of design; includ­ing graphic design, inter­ac­tion design, infor­ma­tion archi­tec­ture and the design of busi­ness. Since 2001, it‚Äôs been a peer-written jour­nal pro­mot­ing con­trib­u­tors who want to pro­voke think­ing, push lim­its, and teach a few things along the way. They also encour­age read­ers to contribute.
11. Car Styling
    A bi-monthly mag­a­zine from Japan, includ­ing Eng­lish text. Mostly behind the scenes¬†look at auto­mo­tive design projects with inter­views, sketches and pho­tos. Also¬†in depth look at stu­dent projects, school pro­files and indus­trial design projects¬†and stu­dios. Good con­tent, not the best writen, and gen­er­ally worthwhile.
12. Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Arts
    Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Arts is the lead­ing trade jour­nal for visual¬†communications. It‚Äôs the largest design mag­a­zine in the world and¬†showcases the top work in graphic design, adver­tis­ing, pho­tog­ra­phy and¬†interactive design.
13. Coupe
    Coupe presents a visual col­li­sion between the worlds of design, art, and culture.
14. Curve
    An Aus­tralian mag­a­zine pro­fil­ing prod­uct design and prod­uct design¬†development. Excel­lent pre­sen­ta­tion, beau­ti­ful imagery, fea­tur­ing indepth¬†interviews and pro­files on design­ers, prod­uct devel­op­ers and manufacturers¬†working in a broad range of man­u­fac­tur­ing sec­tors includ­ing automotive,¬†consumer appli­ance and pack­ag­ing design.
15. Design and Applied Arts Index by Design
    Doc­u­men­ta­tion in England
16. Design Designer
    It‚Äôs a sec­tion of a Brazil­ian News­pa­per where the pres­i­dent of the Industrial¬†Designers Asso­ci­a­tion of Brazil (Ivens Fon­toura) writes about design in Brazil¬†and South Amer­ica. From the Brazil­ian cap­i­tal of Design: Curitiba.
17. Design Graph­ics
    this cousin of Design World from the ‚ÄúDown-Under‚Äù deals with what‚Äôs¬†new in tech­nol­ogy as well as art in the field of com­puter graphics.
18. Design Issues
    The first Amer­i­can aca­d­e­mic jour­nal to exam­ine design his­tory, the­ory, and¬†criticism, Design Issues pro­vokes inquiry into the cul­tural and¬†intellectual issues sur­round­ing design.
19. The Design Jour­nal
    The Design Jour­nal is an inter­na­tional ref­er­eed jour­nal which pro­vides a¬†platform for the dis­sem­i­na­tion of design think­ing and research. It covers¬†all aspects of design prac­tice, the­ory man­age­ment and edu­ca­tion, with an¬†editorial board com­pris­ing edu­ca­tors and prac­ti­ion­ers drawn from many¬†design dis­ci­plines across Europe, the USA and Australia.¬†It is pub­lished by Gower three times a year in co-operation with the¬†European Acad­emy of Design.
20. Design­Net
    Korean design mag that is pretty complete.
21. Design Report
    Inter­na­tional in cov­er­age, with a bias towards Ger­man design. Con­tains long¬†well-illustrated arti­cles, shorter news items, pro­files, inter­views, conference¬†reports, book and exhi­bi­tion reviews, and details of cur­rent and forth­com­ing exhi­bi­tions, conferences¬†and seminars.
22. Design Stud­ies
    The inter­na­tional jour­nal for design research in engi­neer­ing, architecture,¬†products and sys­tems. Pub­lished by Else­vier Science.¬†Design Stud­ies is pub­lished in co-operation with the Design Research¬†Society. For more infor­ma­tion about the soci­ety, visit their web site at¬†http://www.designresearchsociety.org
23. Design Week
    Design pub­li­ca­tion with reviews and news on graphic design, interior¬†design, prod­uct design etc. Pre­dom­i­nately UK dri­ven with a large¬†classified sec­tion. One of the UK‚Äôs best design publications.
24. Desk­top Pub­lish­ing
    On-line resource with all ends of desk­top pub­lish­ing, includ­ing sep­a­rate areas for graphic designers.
25. Domus
    Pub­lished in Milan, this extremely high-quality mag­a­zine is sometimes¬†ahead of its time, some­times behind it (it‚Äôs weak on new media and the¬†new econ­omy). The prin­ci­pal sub­jects cov­ered are: architecture,¬†industrial design, fur­ni­ture design, inte­rior design, ligth­ing design,¬†enviromental design, and its his­tor­i­cal and the­o­ret­i­cal aspects.
26. edesign
    the mag­a­zine of inter­ac­tive design and commerce
27. Etapes Graphiques
    The french mag­a­zine about graphic design and visual communication.
28. Exper­i­menta
    Very nice look­ing mag. with hi-quality paper and print, and a superb¬†lay-out. Exper­i­mena talks about gen­eral design aspects, news, fairs,¬†competitions, design events, but is mainly about the project culture
29. Exper­i­men­tal Mag­a­zine
    EXPERIMENTAL MAGAZINE is a gen­eral art and enter­tain­ment magazine¬†covering top­ics from design and pho­tog­ra­phy inter­ests to the most¬†provocative con­cepts of visual culture.
30. Form
    High-modernist review of con­tem­po­rary Ger­man design with long¬†well-illustrated arti­cles, pro­files, inter­views, book and exhibition¬†reviews of new prod­ucts, con­fer­ence reports, and news of cur­rent and¬†forthcoming exhi­bi­tions, con­fer­ences and sem­i­nars. 4 Issues a year,¬†German and English.
31. Frame
    Frame is all about con­tem­po­rary inte­ri­ors for cor­po­rate and com­mer­cial spaces; retail/exhibition/leisure.
32. Fresh­Meat
    Deals with cul­ture, prod­ucts, con­sump­tion, com­pa­nies, design,¬†marketing, tech­nol­ogy, and how they all (try to) fit together. It is a¬†free newslet­ter sent out semi-regularly by email, or can be read online.
33. Graphis
    it is a bi-monthly mag­a­zine devoted to com­mu­ni­ca­tion design, pho­tog­ra­phy, and pro­files design­ers from around the world.
34. How
    A bi-monthly mag­a­zine which focuses on graphic design
35. I.D. — Inter­na­tional Design¬†
    Recently voted the best small mag­a­zine in the United States, ID‚Äôs¬†coverage is inter­na­tional but biased towards the USA. Con­tains long,¬†well illus­trated arti­cles, pro­files, inter­views, book and exhibition¬†reviews, a list­ing of cur­rent and forth­com­ing exhi­bi­tions, conferences¬†and com­pe­ti­tions, con­fer­ence reports, and clas­si­fied advertisments.
36. Inno­va­tion¬†
    The Quar­terly Jour­nal of the IDSA¬†You can view selected arti­cles and search the entire index on-line at the¬†IDSA web site. To order arti­cles from the index, entire back issues, or sub­scribe to Inno­va­tion, con­tact idsa@idsa.org;¬†or phone 703.707.6000.
37. InCA, the offi­cial newslet­ter of the Bay Area Chap­ter of IDSA!
    InCA¬†is avail­able online, and is pub­lished in pdf for­mat. The issues are¬†about 3mb in size, so you‚Äôll need a decent Inter­net con­nec­tion (if you¬†don‚Äôt have one, ask some­body who does to print a copy for you).
38. Inte­rior Design
    Every issue of Inte­rior Design offers a vari­ety of outstanding¬†installations as well as con­tract and res­i­den­tial prod­ucts, news,¬†technology and more. Inte­rior Design offers the most edi­to­r­ial pages of¬†any pub­li­ca­tion in the field.
39. Intra­muros¬†
    A french design mag­a­zine cov­er­ing prod­uct, fur­ni­ture, a lit­tle bit of¬†fashion, inte­rior etc. Very good for french speak­ing design fans‚Ķ
40. L’Arca
    Archi­tec­ture, design and visual communication.
41. Machine Design 
    A mag­a­zine about equipment/product design. Includes a ‚ÄúScan­ning the¬†Fiel for Ideas‚Äù, tuto­ri­als and tech­ni­cal guide. More mechan­i­cal design¬†oriented but very use­ful for process and mate­ri­als knowledge
42. Metrop­o­lis
    Metrop­o­lis exam­ines con­tem­po­rary life through design‚Äìarchitecture,¬†interior design, prod­uct design, graphic design, crafts, plan­ning, and¬†preservation. Sub­jects range from the sprawl­ing urban envi­ron­ment to¬†intimate liv­ing spaces to small objects of every­day use.
43. The MIT Press
    The MIT Press is the only uni­ver­sity press in the United States whose list is based in sci­ence and technology.
44. novum — World of Graphic Design
    novum is a monthly, bilin­gual (German/English) mag­a­zine, fea­tur­ing the best in¬†contemporary graphic design, illus­tra­tion, typograhpy, etc. It also spotlights¬†new tal­ents and the lat­est trends, since 1924.
45. Ottagono
    Very famous and well-know ital­ian design mag­a­zine (since 1969). Very extensive¬†about indus­trial design and archi­tec­ture. Bilin­gual (italian-english)
46. Print
    America’s graphic design magazine
47. Pro-Design
    PRODE­SiGN is unique in reflect­ing the inter­de­pen­dence of the three core¬†commercial design dis­ci­plines: interior/commercial fitout; prod­uct; and¬†graphic design.¬†From New Zealand is an excel­lent mag­a­zine def­i­nitely worth a read, if you‚Äôre inter­ested in Kiwi Design culture.
48. Proyectodise?±o
    Colom­bian mag­a­zine focused on prod­uct, graphic and space design. Orga­nized once¬†a year. Steel Pen­cil given in 14 categories.
49. ROGER Design Mag­a­zine
    ROGER rep­re­sents this eman­ci­pated con­cept of design, regard­ing it as an inter­me­dia tory author­ity in an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary exchange. roger ques­tions the exis­tent, crit­i­cises the forth­com­ing, illu­mi­nates back­grounds and pro­motes the design dis­course. (Eng­lish & Deutsch)
50. Rojo Mag­a­zine
    Span­ish mag­a­zine with reg­u­lar pre­sen­ta­tions and events
51. Sphere
    World stu­dio foundation‚Äôs pub­li­ca­tion on socially respon­si­ble design. It opens¬†up a human­is­tic way to look at design. Worth-reading!
52. Style Indus­tria
    It came back from his­tory. In Italian.
53. Summa+
    It is a mag­a­zine of archi­tec­ture and design of very high qual­ity that cov­ers the¬†activity in Argentina. Very well writ­ten, great pho­tos, only in Spanish.
54. Tipografica
    About graphic design and some arti­cles on indus­trial design. Clever, nice.¬†Edited in Buenos Aires By Edi­ciones de Dise??o. Only in Span­ish, it is¬†disitributed in Europe and the rest of the world by:¬†Editorial Gus­tavo Gili SA, Rosel­lon 87–89, 08029 Barcelona, Spain.
55. Wall­pa­per
    A Time Warner com­pany mag­a­zine, it cov­ers new archi­tec­ture, hot recent interior¬†design jobs, hot new fur­ni­ture designers.
56. Wired
57. World Archi­tec­ture
    The busi­ness mag­a­zine for the global architect.
58. The World of Inte­ri­ors
    this bi-monthly cov­ers news of fine art & dec­o­ra­tions from around the world

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