Visual Voice

Blogs are helping to elevate the perception of designers beyond that of decorators to the level of powerful content providers in a world-wide community.

The medium has given designers a platform to share what inspires them and to explore what it means to be a visual communicator and savvy business person.

There are hundreds of blogs about design that cover all aspects of the profession. From cerebral and serious to fun and silly, there's a blog for you. Most of us don't have the time or desire to spend all day weeding through all of them, so I've done it for you.

This is only a short list of what's available so add your picks here.

	NEWSY News Designer A must stop for news designers. Filled with examples, discussion and resources.
	Sports Designer Similar to NewsDesigner but for the sports niche.
	Society for News Design Region 3 blog News and discussion from the southeast region.
	Dummied Designs News design for print and online Technically not blogs, but since there aren't many visual journalism blogs I feel compelled to include them: Visual Editors NewsPageDesigner
	VOICES FOR DESIGN Design Observer A rich resource with contributions from some of the best in the business
	Industrial Brand Creative Interviews, articles and opinion on the design world.
	CRIT A graduate student design blog from the School of Visual Arts. Even if you've been working for years the CRIT blog has something that will spark creative thinking
	VOICE, AIGA journal This blog from the American Institute of Graphic Arts is an essential resource that covers issues relevant to graphic designers.
	CHECK DAILY Netdiver Features the latest sites, portfolios, tips and tools online.
	Interactive Narratives “Interactive narratives are informational and storytelling experiences designed and produced for the web.”
	Be A Design Group A broad look at design, culture and new ideas.
	FUN/INSPIRATION Swiss Miss Everything design, from wearables to fine art and cool tools on the Web.
	30gms About design and visual culture.
	TUTORIAL Paperclipping Mines resources and links to improve skills.
	Creativebits Tips, tricks and other cool stuff you may not know about.
	Graphic Design Tips Exactly what it says.
	Web Design Times A great resource for the rapidly changing web design world.
	RANDOM UPPERCASE Gallery and Web site that highlights unique works of visual communication
	The Wayfinding Place Wayfinding refers to a person's ability to find their way to a destination through signage, graphics and architectural elements.  While specific to this area of design, this blog is useful anyone who deals with user navigation. Especially information graphic artists and web designers.
	For a comprehensive list of blogs, check out the Designers-Who-Blog blog.