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Recommended Open Educational Resources for Graphic Design (updated 7/12/23)
Best Practices in Accessible Online Design
An open access book on the importance of accessibility in design and how to create more accessible work.
Design Justice: Community Led Practices to Build the World We Need
An open access book on design and its implications and harms to those in marginalized communities.
Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Suite
An open access book with an introduction to digital media production with the Adobe Creative Suite, or the FLOSS graphics applications.
Graphic Design and Print Production Fundamentals
This open access textbook addresses the many steps of creating and then producing physical, printed, or other imaged products that people interact with on a daily basis.
Introduction to Art, Design, Context, and Meaning
An open access book that offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art.
Introduction to Design Equity
An open access book for students and professionals, maps design processes and products against equity research to highlight the pitfalls and potentials of design as a tool for building social justice.
Web Design Primer
An open access book on web design, its functions, concepts, and creation.
1001Fonts
An open access selection of free fonts that are available for commercial and/or personal use.
Creative Commons Openverse
Open resource for images.
Palettab
An open access extension to add to your web browser to discover new fonts and colors.
Canva
An open access graphic design software.
Gimp
Open source image editor similar to Adobe photoshop.
Krita
An open source professional painting program.
Lunacy
An open source design software.
Penpot
An open source graphic design and prototyping tool.
