Graphic Design

Associations and organisations

Australian Graphic Design Association

Represents professional designers and promotes their role in maintaining effective methods of visual communication.

Design Institute of Australia

Promotes the value of design and designers to industry, business, government and the community. Includes lists of awards, resources, news and members.

Graphic Arts Services Association of Australia

Provides services in the information technology area particularly in the area of data management, storage and retrieval.

International Council for Graphic Design Associations (icograda)

World body for professional communication design

Powerhouse Museum

SIDA Foundation

An Australian trust that provides and administers funds to further the aims of the interior design and decoration professions

Links

ABC typography

A virtual museum of typography

Arts & media

TAFE Studylinks

Australian infront

A collaborative project space and launch pad for Australia's best online designers, artists, companies and other design related websites.

Color, contrast and dimension in news design

An interactive online guide that explains color theory and shows how to use it in design through examples and exercises.

D*Hub

Online design resource

Dezine Cafe

First and oldest established international design community in the world wide web which provides forums for members to exchange ideas.

Internet aided industrial design

Promotes the Internet as an invaluable tool for industrial designers.

Symbols.com

Contains the world's largest online encyclopedia of Western signs and ideograms.

Directories

Alessi

Directory of designers and their products from Alessi

Design directory

Made by designers for designers

Google - graphic design

Contains archive of advertising graphic design for print, television, product packaging, and more.

eiNET.net

Graphic design directory

Identifont

Independent directory of typefaces with information about fonts from  more than 600 publishers and vendors.

Yahoo - Bauhaus links

Provides profiles of Bauhaus artists as well as links to general resources about the art and the movement.

Yahoo - graphic design

Explores graphic design through resources and information on job opportunities for agencies, firms and companies.

Government information

Australian Copyright Council

An independent non-profit organisation which provides information, advice and training about copyright in Australia.

Australian Patent and Trademark Service

Contains information and services which protect ideas and inventions.

Cultural and Recreation Portal: Australian design

Promotes a number of professions in Australia that contribute to a diverse design industry such as interior designers, fashion designers and graphic designers.

IP Australia

Australian government agency responsible for administering patents, trade marks and designs

Policy and legislation

Designs Regulations Act

Designs Act 2003

Related subject guides

Ceramics

Fine arts

   eJournals & eBooks

eJournals

Freely available journals

• Graphic arts online
• Interior design magazine
• International journal of design
• Voice: AIGA journal of design

For more free journals go to the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) which provides access to over 90 free online journals on arts and architecture.

EBSCOhost

Click the link of one of the selected journals or databases. Log in using your DET Username and password.

ANZRC

• Arts & activities
• Craft arts international

Computers & Applied Sciences

• Computer graphics world
• Graphic arts monthly
• Graphic models

Gale Cengage Learning

Click the link to the databases or one of the selected journals. Log in using your DET Username and password.

Gale databases

• Creative review

• Design
• Design quarterly
• Design week
• Display & design ideas

eBooks

NetLibrary

Click the link of any of the examples and then click on URL. Log in using your DET username and password.

• Becoming designers
• Design and emotion
• Inside the business of graphic design

eReference

Oxford Art Online

Access temporarily suspended until late January 2010.

Oxford Art Online

• Concise Oxford dictionary of art terms

• Encyclopedia of aesthetics
• Grove Art Online
• Oxford companion to Western art

Oxford Reference Online

Log in using your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of your username. Once you have logged into the database, click on Subjects & Books and go to e.g. Art & Architecture

Oxford Reference Online

• Concise Oxford dictionary of art and artists

• Dictionary of modern design
• Dictionary of Twentieth-Century art

• Oxford companion to the photograph
• Oxford companion to Western art
• Oxford dictionary of art

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website. Includes statistics and some analysis of information from the National Census and other sources.  Allows for the creation of local area profiles.

http://www.abs.gov.au/

Freely available

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - EBSCO's searchable database provides full text, and index access to many local and international magazines, newspapers and reference books. Most general subjects are covered.

DET username and password required.

Art & Architecture Complete - BETA is a comprehensive bibliographic database that provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 630 academic journals, magazines and trade publications with full text for over 240 periodicals and 140 books, as well as selective coverage for over 50 publications. The database has been designed for use by a diverse audience that includes art scholars, artists, designers, college students, and general viewers.

DET username and password required.

This subscription service gives TAFE NSW students access to over 6,500 full-text Australian Standards including standards relevant to graphic design. Search for relevant Australian Standards by visiting

http://www.saiglobal.com/shop

Full-text access only in library (For downloads USB drive required) - contact your librarian

Computers & Applied Sciences

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete (CASC) covers the research and development spectrum of the computing and applied sciences disciplines. CASC provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,800 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection. Full text is also available for more than 730 periodicals.

DET username and password required.

DET username and password required.

Oxford Art Online

This innovative new gateway into art research and access point for Oxford art reference subscriptions and publications includes Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.

Grove Art Online provides access to 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links and 5,000 images.

Access temporarily suspended until late January 2010

A searchable collection of 175+ key Oxford reference publications covering 25 subject areas. Includes bilingual dictionaries, encyclopaedias, subject reference, quotations, maps & illustrations and 42 x 20th century timelines.