Origami Tessellations and Corrugations

Two links to two of Flickr's most amazing groups. Forget everything you think you know about origami and look at these examples.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/origamitessellations/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/corrugation/

Pittsburgh needs a logo!

This is too cool! Check out all the fantastic artwork on this site and see if you can design something yourself.

http://www.citid.net/

P. S. There is more than one logo for some cities.

Make your own color combos!

 http://kuler.adobe.com

This is a link to Adobe's online color picker utility. You can design your own custom color palette as well as exploring the ones that have been uploaded. If you register (it's free), you can save the color combos you have created for future use.

Stock photo sites

Here are a couple in case you need a generic photo for your designs. They are royalty-free, which is a bonus. In addition to these, you might consider starting your own stock photo file of textures, backgrounds, architecture, people (ask for volunteers) and so on, and store them on your computer or an external drive.

The Stock XChng - http://www.sxc.hu/
The Morgue File - http://www.morguefile.com

One person's logo design tutorial

http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/dache-logo-design-process/

Some examples of symmetrical and asymmetrical design

Here's a nice, concise definition of asymmetrical design with examples: http://desktoppub.about.com/od/designprinciples/l/aa_balance2.htm

Here's an actual school project about asymmetrical design with several examples: http://daphne.palomar.edu/design/asymm.html

There are some pretty neat symmetrical and asymmetrical design examples at this link. I agree with the author that while symmetrical designs are easier, asymmetrical designs can be far more interesting.

http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/03/symmetrical-vs-asymmetrical-design-that-is-the-question/

Also check out http://www.artlandia.com/ where there are loads of examples, books for further reading, and links. Although this site is a specialized program for pattern designers, you can look through the examples they post using their design program. Both symmetrical and asymmetrical patterns are represented. There's an interesting segment on camouflage patterns also.