We all love beautiful, usable and impressive web designs. To achieve them, web developers need to focus on many aspects, but basically it all boils down to the question, how well the content is presented and how easily the information can be perceiv
I’m kicking off Day Four of UX Week with a talk on New Sources of Inspiration for Interaction Designers. When it comes time to design a product or feature, designers look to other similar products for inspiration. Or maybe, if they are sophist
Building your own portfolio site can be the most depressing thing to do. I can almost guarantee you will never be happy with it, and you will likely redesign it at least 10 times before you publish a version. Hopefully this small set of diverse port
design:related is a social-networking based website that focuses on creativity, inspiration, and opportunity for designers, students, teachers, and more.
After being dead and/or on hold for quite some time now, The big noob is finally back! This time Brad, Simmy and Keegan make up the crew behind this purrty, purrty blog, de
After a period in hiatus, MacThemes is back with a brand new 2.0. The new site is similar but different. There has been given more attention to details, the bugs are gone and
If there’s one group you can ridicule with impunity, it’s art-school students. Here’s an amusing commercial for White Castle in which a pair of competitive art majors show off the fruits of their labor: giant replicas of a White Castle...
A new web design inspiration showcase, Design Snips just was launched a few days ago. The interface is clean and minimal and similar with other showcases, you can also vote and submit any sites with a unique or innovative design. Anyway, as a common
Aw the days of grunge; Kurt Cobain, torn jeans, and flannel jackets. How could a fad like that ever fade away?rnrnThe grunge style is a great way to create some visualy stunning designs and websites. Grunge styles let you break away from the
A few weeks ago we published a list of 34 places to get design inspiration online and off and it proved to be one of our most popular articles to date. So today we journey back out to the world of design inspiration to bring you many, many more plac
Natural elements lend themselves well to websites, they bring something that we can all relate to to our screens and soften what can otherwise be a sterile and lifeless environment. Wood is one natural element that has been used frequently, today we
A great blog that takes you inside the offices of your favorite web companies. The list is long and includes companies like: Craigslist, Joost, Meebo, Mozilla, Netvibes and many more. Lots of fun to look through!
Designers need somewhere great to work to do their best work - be it a desk with 4 huge screens and a mountain of technical equipment or a laptop sat in your garden it helps the creative process along. Here we scour the internet for examples of...
I usually view a lot of sites when trying to come up with inspiration for a new design. After recently re-designing a site and creating a WordPress theme from scratch, I thought I’d share a couple design decisions I found annoying.
FreelanceSwitch has compiled a list of some really good places to find design inspiration. “Everyone who hasn’t encountered designer’s block, raise your hand. Just as I thought. Well then, chances are you could use some places to get insp
This is E Logo Design's list of best logo inspiration resources on the internet, plus 4 books. If this doesn’t unblock your creativity, then it may be time to take a holiday and come back to work next week :)