October 24, 2006
50 Sites for inspiration
If you are like most designers, sometimes it seems just hard to get started every day, chock full of fresh design ideas, without falling into a designer rut of producing the same look over and over.
We’re lucky as web designers, that there are a stack of resources at hand, on the web, that can help us overcome these moments. Here’s fifty websites that I know of.
My top five most visited:
More gallery style sites to point your eyes towards (in no particular order):
- CSS Import
- Unmatched Style
- Absorb (New Zealand)
- CSS Vault
- Inspiration King
- W3C Sites
- Design Shack
- CSS Drive
- The Best Designs
- Style Boost
- CSS Remix
- Darkeye
- Design Snack
- Web Creme
- Res72
- Pagina In Valida (brasil)
- Kaliber10000
- Digital Thread
- Cool Websites
- Plastic Pilots
- Screen Spire
- Best Web Gallery
- CSS Beauty
- Digital Refueler
- CSS Bloom
- May 1 Reboot (annual event)
- CSS Heaven
- Be Inspired (in Russian)
- CSS Love
- HOW Design
…and some designer magazines:
- Net Diver
- Lounge72
- Style Gala
- A List Apart (design and development)
Then there’s a few design ‘portals’:
- AustralianINFront (Australian)
- Design is Kinky
- Pixel Surgeon
- computer love
- 5oup (for students)
And finally, some design forums to finish off the list:
- Designers Talk
- YayHooray!
- Port80 forums (OK, so I am biased)
- AustralianINFront forums
- SitePoint forums
- forums4designers
Now, if you spend 15 minutes every morning visiting just some random offerings from the list above, I guarantee you’ll refresh your inspiration. Good luck and great designing!
Image: Motel, Swan View, WA.
October 25th, 2006 at 3:44 am
thanks thanks thanks!!
did i say thanks?!
October 25th, 2006 at 11:07 am
I see a mashup in the making here - visual collation of inspirational sites :)
November 8th, 2006 at 11:32 pm
Thank you for this.
its becoming very helpful as I’m looking for inspiration for a design at the moment, Perfect timing.
Thank you Again.
Cyrus,