Summary: <p>Join Dan for an episode full of tips, tricks, tools, and techniques for creating better graphic design! After all, you don’t want a dumb looking sign in your library! Put some thought into your design and it’ll show in the end result!</p> <h4>Links</h4> <p><strong>Books worth checking out</strong></p> <ul> <li> <em>Thou Shall Not Use Comic Sans </em>– <a>Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/768166834">WorldCat</a> </li> <li> <em>Graphic Design: The New Basics</em> – <a href="http://amzn.com/1568987021">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166273716">WorldCat</a> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Websites worth clicking</strong></p> <ul> <li>Have a look at some <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=de+stijl&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Fe2zVLD9Ns66ogSb3IFQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=1128">beautiful examples of De Stijl</a>.</li> <li> <a href="https://www.behance.net/search?field=44">Behance Graphic Design Portfolios</a> are great places for some ideas and inspiration!</li> <li> <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/">Smashing Magazine</a> goes in-depth about design tips and tools.</li> <li> <a href="https://hackdesign.org/">Hack Design</a> will teach you about graphic and web design via email!</li> <li> <a href="http://thedsgnblog.com/">The Design Blog</a> is another fantastic place for ideas.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.identifont.com/">Identifont</a> will help you discover great fonts and replacements for fonts you don’t have.</li> <li> <a href="http://librarysignage.tumblr.com/">Library Signage</a> gives you the good, the bad, and the OMG of library sign design.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Software worth your while</strong></p> <ul> <li>Office 365 <a href="https://products.office.com/en-us/office-365-personal">Personal</a> and/or <a href="https://products.office.com/en-us/office-365-home">Home</a> editions will get you the latest versions of Microsoft Office direct from the source. Always updated and always available via the cloud.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.scribus.net">Scribus</a> – The graphic design studio for the rest of us. Also available in a <a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/office/scribus_portable">Portable Apps edition</a>.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/">LibreOffice</a> – The FOSS solution for your office suite. Also available in a <a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable">Portable Apps edition</a>.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmator</a> – The best, most affordable image editor for OS X. Highly recommended.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">GIMP</a> – Cross platform, free and open source image editing. Also available in a <a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable">Portable Apps edition</a>.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.paintshoppro.com/">PaintShop Pro</a> – A sadly underused bit of kit that is just as useful as Photoshop for 90% of the population at a tiny fraction of the price!</li> </ul> <h4>Music and Audio</h4> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1180156/woman-in-blue">Woman in Blue</a> by Cafe Del Chillia</li> <li> <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Crossworlds/Ivana_Kupala_Night/03_-_Ivana_Kupala_Night">Ivana Kupala Night</a> by Crosswords</li> <li>Gravitational Slingshot by Daniel Messer. Download for free on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/danielmesser/">SoundCloud</a> or buy yourself a copy of <em><a href="http://danielmesser.bandcamp.com/releases">The View From Amalthea</a> </em>which includes this song and a few others.</li> <li> <a href="https://www.freesound.org/people/JasonElrod/sounds/85463/">Printer sound</a> courtesy of FreeSound.org.</li> </ul>
