33 New Places to Get Design Inspiration
Collis Ta'eedThe quality of design sites around has just been escalating and escalating. Last year we published two articles on finding design inspiration - 34 Places to Get Design Inspiration On and Off and the follow up 60 More Places to Get Design Inspiration. Since then I’ve been collecting new sites that didn’t make those two lists, and today I’m happy to deliver 33 New Places to Get Design Inspiration! Without further ado:
1. Depthcore
Into digital art, 3d, and visual goodness? Look no further.
2. Rasterized
Another old school art group
3. DesignFlavr
DesignFlavr is my favourite new inspiration site by a country mile. Great content, great categories.
4. Before & After Magazine
It’s not all free, but there is some good stuff to be found here
5. SmashingMagazine’s Inspiration Category
SmashingMagazine have really been putting out the goods in their inspiration category
6. YouTheDesigner
YouTheDesigner is a great blog that just keeps getting better. Gino has been putting out stellar content all around and built in a nice inspiration category to boot!
7. PSDTUTS Inspiration Category
Hey it’s PSDTUTS! Sean Hodge’s awesome inspiration posts have wrapped up everything from mecha to icons.
8. Abduzeedo’s Inspiration Category
Abduzeedo’s got a great set of posts covering HD photos, design and much more
9. Most Inspired
A neat aggregator complete with a blog worth keeping up with
10. LogoLounge
Some decent stuff at LogoLounge, though it’s not my favourite logo inspiration site (that of course being FaveUp!!)
11. Outlaw Design Blog Inspiration Category
Outlaw’s got some beeeautiful inspiration images, particularly in his digital paintings post.
12. SpoonGraphics Inspiration Category
Another blog featuring some occasional great inspiration posts.
13. DesignYouTrust
Social Inspiration - this site is one to watch out for!
14. AllTop - Design
Not so much visual inspiration as textual. Guy Kawasaki’s AllTop features a ton of great design blogs
15. TypeSites
Like your inspiration with a bit of typographic style?
16. Fuel Your Creativity
Another up and comer in the design blog scene with lots of great posts to choose from!
17. Just Creative Design
It’s not *just* creative design, it’s also damn useful! Check out JCD’s list of inspiration sites
18. QBN
You might remember QBN in its previous incarnation as NewsToday - it’s still just as good as ever!
19. FormFiftyFive
A little more abstract and offbeat than some of my other picks, FFF runs inspirational images daily and they are worth seeing!
20. Muse
Not only great aesthetic choices, but Muse also goes behind the work to profile the artists and designers behind a job.
21. AIGA’s Design Archives
AIGA’s design archives are the kind of place you can get lost in, it is AIGA after all!
22. Fawnt
Need a font to get your project started? Fawnt can give you a quick typographic shot in the arm!
23. CarbonMade Portfolios
I love looking through other people’s portfolios, especially when the site is as fun and colourful as CarbonMade!
24. Coroflot’s Portfolios
Coroflot is the grand-daddy of porftolio sites and it’s still rockin’
25. Behance’s Portfolios
Behance has been taking portfolios to a new social networking dimension and getting a lot of press. Some great stuff in there.
26. Flickr Groups
Vandelay’s Best Flickr Groups for Designers
Flickr has become a great way to get design communities participating, Vandelay has rounded up a ton of them, but really you should just visit the PSDTUTS Flickr Group!
27. Vandelay Design
Our own Steven Snell’s home turf where he publishes tons and tons of great content, including inspirational wrap ups
28. Fubiz
Don’t speak French, don’t worry, neither do I! But Fubiz is still worth visiting, in particular their collection of 70 amazing business card designs
29. Inspiration Folder
Not the greatest looking site, but quite functional. Inspiration Folder lets you collect and share inspirational designs
30. WeHeartIt
This is one of my favourite new sites, share your images in a sort of social-delicious-inspiration-image-fest!
31. AisleOne
Old school graphic inspiration focusing on grids, minimalism and modernism, nice!
32. CoolBoom
Need some sweet architectural inspiration? Try CoolBoom!
33. VisualizeUs
Similar to WeHeartIt, this is Delicious but for images. Really, really cool!
Kevin
June 16th, 2008
You forgot a really good one. It is kinda new I think but check it out: http://yaymonday.com it’s just so simple. Another awesome site I always use is http://cpluv.com
Travis King
June 16th, 2008
33 New ways to break the front page
Niki Brown
June 16th, 2008
ah…qbn used to be newstoday.com totally forgot about that site! thanks!
Charie Masters
June 16th, 2008
Great lists. I use a lot of those often. Another new site I really enjoy is DesignBump.com. But atleast you didn’t leave out Fuel Your Creativity or Vandaley.
Niki Brown
June 16th, 2008
ah…qbn used to be newstoday.com totally forgot about that site! thanks!
Christina
June 16th, 2008
Inspiration posts are my favorite. Especially the ones that link to us! Thanks so much for the support, we appreciate it!!
Jacen
June 16th, 2008
. . .27, 28, 19 (!?), 30. . .lol.
A lot of these are already in my RSS feed and it looks like I have some more to add thanks to
you guys.
Thanks again for another great resource!
Victor
June 16th, 2008
Cool list! Thanks for mentioning!
Mubashar Iqbal
June 16th, 2008
Thanks for the link love!
Joe Norton
June 16th, 2008
Interesting sites. I can see how they can inspire some.
@Travis - exactly right, haha
macki
June 16th, 2008
what about fffound! ?
they usually have some really good images there =)
Steven Snell
June 16th, 2008
Thanks for the links Collis! There are several here that are new to me. Looks like I’ll be online for a while.
TwItCh
June 16th, 2008
Great list, however seems google is reporting inspiredology.com as a known attack site.
website design
June 16th, 2008
Looking for inspiration to create designs here are quite a few options to find it.
alex
June 17th, 2008
Great list but you forgot ChangeTheThought.com and Notcot.org. I check those sites at least daily.
deziner
June 17th, 2008
Sorry, got to plug my site: http://www.dezinspiration.com
Collis
June 17th, 2008
Whoops thanks Jacen, i’ll get that fixed
Rene
June 17th, 2008
great Colis. Thanks.
But I am asking it once more : Please make your list links as “_blank” and spare us all some “right click” + “open link in new tab” !!
Adelle
June 17th, 2008
Thanks Collis! I really appreciate the link love - I’m very flattered! This is a great list - there are more than 5 I haven’t heard of before, I know what I will be doing…
Collis
June 17th, 2008
Oook fixed the target=”_blank”s to work again, fixed that number and stopped the frontpage from breaking
All in all, much better!
tommygunz
June 17th, 2008
I like http://www.flylyf.com/category/design/ …
David
June 17th, 2008
@Rene assign your mousewheel click to open new tab
http://logopond.com
Linda
June 17th, 2008
Great inspiration… I’m grateful for all the leads.
Sharaz-Curve.Com
June 17th, 2008
thanks for the list.
Minneapolis Web Design
June 17th, 2008
This is delicious! Thanks!
Cal
June 17th, 2008
Maybe a good idea to remove Inspiredology, Google and McAfee both block the site stating it’s riddled with malware.
Tuan Nguyen
June 17th, 2008
Great places. Also deviantART is another good one, for all types of arts inspirations.
Collis
June 17th, 2008
Thanks Cal & TwItCh - I’ve replaced it with YouTheDesigner, that really should have been on the list if I wasn’t so forgetful!
Subash
June 17th, 2008
It just gets keeping better and better. Just awesome collection. Platinum Collection I must say. 30+ ways to a better website design. humm….
PinkPetrol
June 17th, 2008
What a great list, a definate bookmark!
Vandalay is a great resource!
Thanks again..
David Corti
June 17th, 2008
You missed one
Omar
June 17th, 2008
Oh man, there are too many new sites, how does one get enough time to go through these. I would love to do a daily run through, but there are TOO many! Which are the best of the best?
Andrei Potorac
June 17th, 2008
Wohooo! Thanks for sharing!
Kyle Meyer
June 17th, 2008
Thanks for the Typesites link love. Keep up the great work.
Jeremy
June 17th, 2008
Hi Collis,
Great article, and thanks for the shout out!
We also have a killer job board if anyone is looking…
Jeremy
coroflot.com
Grace Smith | Postscript5
June 17th, 2008
Collis im with on DesignFlavr i mucho love it! Great list and there are one or two i haven’t got round to checking out so cheers! Of course i think my baby - CSS Loaf is pretty good at providing inspiration as well: http://www.cssloaf.com (End of Plug)
MyRule
June 17th, 2008
Awesome list, I bookmarked some of them! I really like PSDTuts & DesignFlavr.
ilyas toker
June 17th, 2008
depthcore has a great archive of digital art, you can easily analyze how trends changed over years. its one of the milestones of web.
Jess
June 17th, 2008
Very nice list, great job. I’ll have to spend some time checking a few of those out. Don’t forget also http://www.cssdivine.com
Ronni
June 18th, 2008
Great List!
For all you eCommerce junkies I usually check out a few agency portfolios such as DemandWare (http://demandware.com/Clients/clients,default,pg.html), Varien (http://www.varien.com), or the eCommerce Gallery (http://ecommercegallery.com/).
Rongen
June 18th, 2008
I have 33+ running pages on my screen. My eyes are painful now. I have to schedule inspirational site viewing for at least 30 min to 1 hr a day
Thanks for sharing.
ByDesigner.net
June 18th, 2008
Ben neden yokum bu listede ?
why,WHY,wHy?
There is not my sites in this list?
Ardi
June 18th, 2008
more please…
hell
June 18th, 2008
hmm nice…
alican
June 18th, 2008
Thanks.
Dragos
June 18th, 2008
You can take a look at this one also: http://www.onecss.com
Carlo Veltri
June 18th, 2008
prenderò ispirazione…
Steve
June 18th, 2008
This is quality stuff. My head is buzzing with ideas. Thank you.
Gotta have your RSS feed now…for the home reading.
I think you might find a few kudos coming your way from my blog real soon.
Tl7
June 18th, 2008
Good collection there .
I think an article about the css galleries should be written . There are so many galleries out there that showcase such beautiful websites which cannot be put into one article alone .
Chris Spooner
June 18th, 2008
Fantastic collection, found a few extras in there I had never come across that can be added to my feed reader!
PS, Many thanks for the inclusion!
SeraphimCollective
June 18th, 2008
Thanks for sharing this.
Guilherme
June 18th, 2008
What about adding a “tell a friend” or “share this post” link to every post?
I’d like to share this inspirational list with some colleagues, and I will, by copying the URL and emailing them. Would be nice to have a quick form to it.
Congratz
SHEiMA
June 18th, 2008
MERCI! MERCI!
YOU’RE ROCKIN’ IT NOT STOPPIN’ IT!!!!
Keith Kennedy
June 19th, 2008
Really awesome list and some sites that I was not even aware of.
Thank you very much for listing Raster on here. We really appreciate it!
Niksan
June 19th, 2008
This is a great collection, very useful, thanks!
la
June 19th, 2008
Note. “2. Rasterized” the site is called Raster. says so on the banner. and a nice post =]
Ryan D.
June 19th, 2008
“Not the greatest looking site, but quite functional. Inspiration Folder lets you collect and share inspirational designs”
Hey, I take offense to that!
Well, not really, I’m a programmer not a designer thus the need for Inspiration Folder and all the inspiration I can get. 
ferdinand
June 21st, 2008
Yeah lets do some shameless self-promotion. Check out http://www.fudgegraphics.com for even more inspiration.
Siguer
June 21st, 2008
Also for some real flavr, try these¬
http://www.grafikcache.com/
http://www.dirtymouse.co.uk
http://www.original-linkage.co.uk
http://www.septemberindustry.co.uk
Jen Montgomery
June 22nd, 2008
Now I am officially overloaded with inspiration. Thank you.
garaughty
June 22nd, 2008
Collis what an awesome compilation of resources & inspiration. Thanks for bringing it all together in one place, a ton of very cool stuff.
Rayman
June 23rd, 2008
How can anyone into motion graphics forget http://motionographer.com !!
Best place for all your daily eye candy. Check it out.
Cheers.
Rayman from London town
Dr. Richard
June 25th, 2008
Huge levels of inspiration here, thanks. I believe everyone deserves a Better Website Design
Lucero
June 29th, 2008
Wow, thank you for sharing. I still have 24 sites to visit from this list.
kelleyvanevert
July 1st, 2008
Wow, thanks!
I’m just getting into web design, and this sure helps me a lot!
Dave
July 3rd, 2008
Really great list
liam
July 4th, 2008
Wow, so much fresh blood, Thanks for sharing!
Denver Web
July 4th, 2008
Great stuff. Every designer needs a little inspiration sometimes… bookmarked and stumbled!
Tam Cao
July 6th, 2008
Thanks for a great list. just added a few of the links to my rss reader.
Yucel Eroglu
July 9th, 2008
Good list! thanks…
Bob
July 12th, 2008
Here is a link for an ecommerce css site design gallery.
Cart Craze: http://cartcraze.com
Renardo C. Lewis
July 12th, 2008
what about cgtalk.com thats one of my fav
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