Every month HOW scours the web and pours through submissions from creatives to discover the top design websites. We’re looking for the best promo sites of talented designers and illustrators, as well as design tools, resources and fun sites for creative time-outs.
Check out the best design websites below. (You can also submit a site you think should be included in this list of cool design websites next month.)
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Kevin Cantrell
Though he’s currently working as an art director in Salt Lake City Utah, designer Kevin Cantrell has lived in Germany, South Africa, Brazil and New York, which obviously influences his very sophisticated identity work.
Justin Gabbard
Illustrator Justin Gabbard loves to work with hand drawn typography and bold patterns, whether it’s mapping the world on an ocean wave or charting the part of the brain that stores catchphrases from defunct sitcoms.
Kevin Stanton
Based in Leesburg, VA, Kevin Stanton creates moody illustrations by layering cut paper and type. Be sure to check out the book covers he created for Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth.
Sophie Roach Sketchbook
Though illustrator Sophie Roach has a nice selection of work in her portfolio, where she really shines in the unedited pages of her sketchbook where you can see her unusual color sense and her love of the geometric unfold.
Novo Typo
Novo Typo offers beautiful typefaces from The Netherlands. “We try to make the world a little bit more beautiful, happier and less boring.”
id29
id29 is a 9-year-old boutique design firm located in Troy, NY working with local, regional and international clients. They recently redesigned their site to a single glorious page, with user-selectable typefaces and an assortment of other goodies.
Blue Collar Jumpstart
Blue Collar Interactive, is turning the traditional agency pitch process on its ear with the launch of JumpStart, a campaign to award $100,000 in agency services to an emerging company who demonstrates the greatest need for a marketing JumpStart by delivering the best pitch.
Public Works
Public Works is a poster project where 27 renowned designers interpreted the concept of “public” with the aim to reclaim streets and sidewalks for walking, biking and other social purposes.
Gabriella Barouch
Gabriella is a young Israeli illustrator with a ton of talent. Her delicate images transport the viewer into her private world.
Two Arms
Two Arms is Michael Tabie and Karen Goheen, an illustration and design team, best known for their gritty silkscreened rock posters. Their specialization includes their passion for Serigraphy, thus their design studio operates as half print-shop producing limited edition art prints and rock posters of their creation.
- Remember to submit a site you think should be included in this list of top design websites next month.
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