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is a good practice to visit these organizations
below as they offer up-to-date information in all
aspects of graphic design. Other links follows under
Research heading. |
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http://www.design-council.org.uk |
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DC
is a Design Council, UK with purpose to inspire
and enable the best use of design in the world
context, to improve prosperity and well-being.
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http://www.dandad.co.uk |
| D&AD
is an educational charity with purpose to set creative
standards, educate inspire and promote good design
and advertising. |
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http://www.designmuseum.org/ |
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Discover more about the designers, architects
and technologies featured at the Design Museum,
online research archive of modern and contemporary
design.
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http://www.colorsystem.com |
| Colour Museum CM.
A complete cultural history of colour. Do you know
Isaac Newton’s Theory of Colour? Or maybe Goethe’s? |
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http://www.britishcouncil.org/ |
| BC
is British Council, an International organisation
with main purpose to develop and increase knowledge
and appreciation overseas of British achievements
in the fields of fine art, photography, design,
craft and architecture. |
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http://www.creativecommons.org.uk |
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is International Creative Commons organisation offering
flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors
and artists, built upon the "all rights reserved"
of traditional copyright to create a voluntary "some
rights reserved" cpyright. Nonprofit organisation
and all tools are free. |
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http://www.vads.ahds.ac.uk/index.html |
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is a Visual Arts Data Service based at The Surrey
Institute of Art & Design, with mission to support
research, learning and teaching, by providing visual
arts digital resources. |
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http://www.ucas.ac.uk/ |
| UCAS
is the central organisation that processes applications
for full-time undergraduate courses at UK universities
and colleges. |
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http://www.oaa.org.uk |
OAA
is Outdoor Advertising Association
Of Great Britain |
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http://www.cap.org.uk |
| CAP
is a British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion
and Direct Marketing Agency. |
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http://www.britishdesign.co.uk |
| BDI
is a British Design Initiative established in 1993
and has become an indispensable force in the design
industry, forging deep relationships with the UK’s
design agencies, industry bodies, government and
media. |
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http://www.britishprint.com/ |
| BPIF
is a British Printing Industries Federation supporting
organisation for employers in the printing, packaging
and graphic communications industry. |
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http://www.centaur.co.uk |
| CENTAUR
is UK's largest independent publishing business
and information company offering specilised weekly
publications like: Design Week, Creative Review,
Mad.co.uk and Televisual. |
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http://www.bl.uk |
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BL
is The British Library and the UK's leading research
library. Galleries are open to all, seven days a
week. Use this site to search catalogues, order
items for research, view exhibitions and link to
information resources worldwide. |
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http://www.communication.org.au |
CRIA
is Communication Research Institute of Australia
Incorporated, an independent, not for profit membership
body with a charter to improve communication
between organizations and the public. |
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http://www.icsid.org |
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ICSID
is an International Council of Societies in Industrial
Design, a nonprofit, non-governmental organisation
supported by professional, promotional, educational,
associate and corporate member societies on all
continents. |
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http://www.gag.org |
| GAG
is Graphic Artists Guild, a national union of illustrators,
designers, web creators, production artists, surface
designers and other creatives who have come together
to pursue common goals and share their experiences. |
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http://the-artists.org |
| TAO
is The Artists Organisation on visual arts, artist
and movements. Find artists from the past hundred
years, with their portrait, comprehensive biographies
and articles, and if it exists, the artist's personal
website. |
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http://www.mcbcollection.com |
| MCBC
is a Merill C Berman Collection with a very good
selection of Art and Design from one of the largest
private collections which archives the history of
Graphic Design. |
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