Noupe Design Blog. Top 20 Design Inspiration Galleries. I use web galleries all the time when I’m stuck for an idea. Its not copying, its just design inspiration, and there are so many juicy sites out there that showcase great designs. I have put together a nice tidy list of 20 Design Inspiration Galleries I visit the most to get design inspiration when I’m clueless for ideas. Included in the compilation are a mixture of galleries that showcase beautiful websites, logos, illustrations, fonts and vectors. Please feel free to drop us a comment saying what websites you use for design inspiration, and what you like about them. I love all these sites because of the design, ease of use and the designs they display. #1 Smashing Magazine Smashing Magazine is an extremely popular web design and inspiration blog.
. #2 CSS Remix CSS Remix is a great web design inspiration website. . #3 Design Bombs Design Bombs is showcasing the best websites around! #4 Creattica #5 CSS Beauty #6 Logo Pond Logopond features tons of amazing logo designs. The Disadvantages of Having Too Many Ideas. This is a guest post from Ken Reynolds – a graphic designer and illustrator living & working in Suffolk, UK.
He runs his own design blog, unimaginatively named after himself, where he writes articles on design, blogging and freelancing. You can connect with Ken on Twitter One of the most common problems creative people experience is a lack of ideas. An imaginative dry-spell. The internet is awash with articles advising how this state can be overcome, I’ve even written one myself. Everyone is so worried about a lack of ideas that the opposite problem can be easily ignored. This sounds like a ridiculous statement. Time In the past, while working in a busy studio environment, time was always a controlling factor. Often an immediate reaction to a brief can work out well, but the designer needs to have sharp instincts to pull it off. You may spend a lot of time on an idea to discover it is a dead end.
Focus Having a lot of ideas competing against one another can lead to confusion. Saturation. Creattica. Upcoming Trends of Web Design in 2010. In 2010 we are seeing the continued mainstreaming of everyday goods and services onto the internet.
As everything becomes virtual, the internet becomes the first port of call when a person needs a new good or requires a new service. More and more people, from all walks of life, are becoming familiar with the internet. Particularly in the last year, as smart-phones introduce the concept of web-services to people who would not normally have exposure to an internet connected computer. This changes typical user expectations and influences how clients want to market on the web. Websites need to be even clearer, better structured and more eye-catching. We are seeing JavaScript pushing out its boundaries, new design philosophies like grid systems becoming commonplace, bigger bolder headings and banners and more and more iconification of websites.
JavaScript – Light boxes, carousel, tabs and more! Design style can be practical. Presenting many options to a user can make a design cluttered. Design Inspiration + Visual Art Inspiration. 60+ Articles to Motive Your Design Thinking. This bumper showcase of articles chooses to bring to you over sixty articles, the best of these articles not only inspire and motivate.
But also go some way in showcasing new artists, design groups and also inform of of the latest news in the design community. Stunning Art Work by The Doopla Designers Collective27/06/2010 Working on nenuno has introduced me too alot of creative and talented designers and The Doopla Designers Collective are just that! The multi talented designers over at Doopla don’t just specialize in illustrations, they have designed many creative graphics and also design promotional booths and decor for conferences to help small and large businesses promote there brand to the fullest content! 35 Creative Websites Showcase for Design Inspiration27/06/2010 I looked at over 1000+ really Creative Websites Showcase today so I thought that I would share some with you and then make a series out the idea.
Create a Laptop Icon in Illustrator25/06/2010 Hi there. Top 20 Design Inspiration Galleries