This handy guide from startupsthisishowdesignworks.com will help you understand design, provide useful tips for startup companies and provide resources to help you find awesome design talent.

It answers questions like “What is good design?”

Good design can’t be achieved with glossy buttons or masterful wireframes alone. It’s a merger of all these principles into something that is meaningful and deliberate.

I stumbled across this manifesto the other day on exp.lore.com – it discusses the way that design has changed with new technology. Inspiration is all around us and we now have limitless resources and tools to do any kind of work we’d love to do. Check it out here or on rencontres-arles.com.

If you’re looking for more Manifestos for a creative lifestyle, check out these 5 Manifestos for the Creative Live by Kirstin Butler on brainpickings.org

This is an amazing article from thenextweb.com! A must read for any designer. Apps embedded in paper are making print interactive!

A great little video on “design currency” from GDC!

If you don’t yet know about SOPA, and the laws about banning IPs and copyright issues online going on, you should google it.
There are many sites that are going on “blackout” mode today as protest, thankfully WordPress is one of them. If you are a Canadian and want to speak out against SOPA, go here: openmedia.ca/SOPA. I’ve signed already, get on board! Speak up now!