Web Design Reference

1. Bad Design Samples

Worst Websites of the Year
www.webpagesthatsuck.com

2. Great Design Samples

The Favorite Website Award
http://www.thefwa.com

3. Web Design Theory

10 Principles Of Effective Web Design
http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design/


4. Typography and Resources

The Principles of Beautiful Typography
http://www.sitepoint.com/principles-beautiful-typography/

Google Web Fonts
http://www.google.com/fonts/


5. Color Theory

Adobe Kuler
 https://kuler.adobe.com/



6. Markup Validation and Accessibility Check
 
W3C Markup Validation Service
http://validator.w3.org/

Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
http://wave.webaim.org/

Browsers Display Test
http://spoon.net/browsers/


Other Useful Resources

Fuel Your Creativity
http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com/

Pseudo Dummy Text
http://loripsum.net/