Design cool stuff!
I recently got hooked on Before & After magazine. If you have even the slightest interest in graphic design, I highly suggest you check it out.
Not only does it offer great design ideas, but it also explains the how and why of design in a way that’s very straightforward and accessible to those of us who haven’t had formal training in art, design or color theory. If you’re a novice, it’ll teach you the basics or fill in the gaps in your education. If you’re an expert, it’ll reinforce what you know and give you spiffy ideas. It is omg so good. It makes the communication and usability geek in me go “YAY!”
A six-issue subscription is $36, but you can subscribe to all the same content in a well-adapted PDF form for $18. It is SO worth it. They have a couple free sample articles on the Web site now. (In the article listing, the free ones have a link that says “download.”) Check them out.
April 8 edit: Apparently they just raised the price to $42 for print, $24 for PDF. Whatever. It’s still worth it.
