Readers Pick: 16 Sites for Web Design Inspiration
A while back I wrote "Where to Go to Find Design Inspiration", where I listed some of my favorite places to peruse when I’m looking for design inspiration. At the end, I posed the following question to the readers: "Where do you go for design inspiration?", and asked that you contribute suggestions. This is a list of places that readers have recommended. Some I haven’t heard of, and several I’ve added to my own favorites list.
Without further ado – I present 16 sites that you visit for design inspiration.
1. The Best Designs
Suggested by: chandan (Digg profile)
Where to Go to Find Design Inspiration
What’s the best remedy for "designer’s block"? Easy – visit design gallery websites to get you back in the creative groove. There are many wonderful sites out there specifically to help inspire designers, and here are just a handful of them.
Best Web Gallery
Using Paper Clips in a Web Design: Examples for Inspiration
A designer’s creativity is often showcased in the little details and touches that he or she incorporates in a design. Using common, familiar objects as design elements to accent and ornament a web page is a wonderful way of showcasing one’s attention to detail.
For inspiration, I explore the trend of utilizing paper clips by providing excellent examples to showcase how designers make use of them.
These People Comedy.com
Realistic paper clip used as a design ornament.
11 Inspiring Lessons from Web Design Experts
A large part of being a capable web designer/developer is learning from people who’ve been acknowledged for their expertise and authority.
Finding and reading information about effective web design is part of being a web professional.
With this in mind, here’s just a few compellingly-sound advice and viewpoints from recognized personalities in the field of creating kick-ass websites.
35 Beautiful Bright, Colorful Web Designs
Here’s 35 examples of bright, vibrant web designs to inspire you on your next project.
CMS Showcase: 31 Remarkable Drupal Powered Websites
For those scratching their heads wondering what Drupal is, it’s an open-source (i.e. free) content management system that’s flexible and feature-packed. Over the last couple of years or so, it’s taken off as the go-to platform to run websites that require a lot of community and content management features. From personal blogs and brochure sites, to fully-featured social networking sites, portals, news sites, and e-commerce websites, Drupal has proven itself as the most robust platform currently available in the content management system market.
This article showcases 31 websites that run on Drupal.
20 Attractive Websites That Make Background Patterns Work
When you mention patterned/tiled backgrounds, people immediately think of horrid MySpace pages and web designs circa-1990’s. It is therefore a worthy achievement when an artist is able to use this technique to make a website look stunning and attractive. An effective background design pattern can leave a memorable and positive feeling on the people who view these works of art.
by Ben Ostrowsky
Here I’ve compiled 20 beautiful and artistic websites that use tiled patterns to set their webpage apart from the ordinary.
