This post is simply going to be a collection of some places that I go for Design inspiration. As a designer for mobile and web, sometimes its hard to come up with original work that also adheres to best practices. It’s a fine line that we have to walk. On the one hand there is a ton of user research that will tell you the best placement for information and UI elements and even the best colors to use. And on the other hand you want to create something original and new, or at the very least express yourself in some way.
I know this site is probably already on every designers favourite list. I just cant get away from this website, it is an amazing collection of all types of design work from mobile UI to flyers. If this website isn’t on your list – it needs to be. SICK – that’s the only way to describe what Dribbble has created.
At first glance you are probably thinking ‘WebGL and Facial Recognition for inspiration?’. The answer is – yes, this site has some of the smartest people pushing the boundaries. Chrome Experiments is really great because it showcases hardware accelerated graphics that use nothing other than the Chrome browser. The main reason I like this site is because it shows me just how powerful the browser is – the browser that we design for daily.
At first I didn’t really like this site. It reminds me of Pinterest and I hate Pinterest. While you might be a fan of the popular pin board – infinite scroll bombardment of death – I’m not super fond of mindless scrolling. What I found that I like about this site is that there is a lot of artwork and design work that is in completely different design fields. Architecture, fashion, sculpture, image manipulation, there is a wealth of really cool stuff here.
I am a big fan of looking to other fields for inspiration. After all, a well designed website is a bit like a beautifully designed building or a perfectly decorated living room, when you see it you just know ‘wow, this is amazing’.
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