Graphic designers: 5 great social networks for you
Being on social networks has become almost inevitable if you want to reach other people on the internet. For me, sites like Facebook or MySpace before are of no interest at all, some others like Twitter or LinkedIn are nice to keep in touch with friends, but that’s about all there is to it.
What I want to share with you is social networks that are really useful for us designers. There are many more than just five, but I picked only my favourites.
FFFFOUND!
According to their about page, FFFFOUND! is a web service that not only allows the users to post and share their favorite images found on the web, but also dynamically recommends each user’s tastes and interests for an inspirational image-bookmarking experience.
Design Float
A Digg style news aggregator. People submit their news about design and others vote for it if they find it worth a read
Design:related
Submit articles or vote for it, show off your work or connect with other designers. For all these reasons design:related is the place to be for designers.
FaveUp
Gallery of logos, business cards, flash websites and CSS websites. A great place to find inspiration and show your work.
Flickr
Ok this site wasn’t made for designers at first, but it has proved to be an excellent place to network and show your work to the world.
This post was written as part of the Graphic Design group writing project.
Good Post! Thanks for the info
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Ummm…wtf? What about virb.com? that’s #1!
http://virb.com
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would also like to add http://www.logopond.com to this list
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It is still good, but I thought ffffound.com was still in private beta.
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If these are for PROFESSIONAL designers, i’d certainly include Behance Network at the top of this list. http://www.behance.net
Also like supermarkethq for selling design work.
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http://www.nerv.es/flashme, for resources on Flash.
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I would also add Deviantart.com to the list. True it does seem overrun with anime and ani-humans, but you can find a lot of great design on there as well.
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Thanks all for your comments. My goal was not to write an exhaustive list, but to recommend some social networks I like for designers.
I’ll write a second post with the social networks recommended in the comments here.
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Erin Wright Reply:
January 29th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Hi Mirko,
Great article. Would you invite me so I can join FFFFOUND?
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Can anyone send me an invite for ffffound?
Ark
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check out this one if your hungry http://www.garlicoon.com
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Great Post, I was hoping there was something more focused than facebook and linkedin… Thanks!
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