If you’re always on the lookout for graphic design inspiration, you’ve probably noticed that many sites boasting lists of places to find inspiration tout the same resources, over and over. Many established design inspirational resources are excellent, mind you, but sometimes you want to gain an edge by finding inspiration in areas everyone else isn’t already looking. For you, here are 10 new places to gain graphic design inspiration.
This site receives more than a million page views per month from designers and web professionals who visit the site to check new sites that are added daily. Features the best of web design from around the world, and is indeed an excellent resource for graphic designers. This resource should definitely get more hype than it does!
Offers recognition and prestige for web designers, site also feature “sites of the day” and “sites of the month”. One of the site’s aims is to create a meeting point for web designers from all parts of the world can get inspiration.
Creative Greed features anything they think will inspire other designers, from websites and illustrations to photos and scenery. They are indeed being true to their mission, “inspiring individuals by sharing creating things”.
Maggie is a graphic designer who has a passion for interactive designs and likes to create unique and intuitive websites. What I like Maggie Josey’s blog is that she often features designs we can all use as inspiration, furthermore I love her blog because her observations of each are spot on.
Demortalz is a web magazine featuring awesome graphic designs, photography and best of, sci-fi illustrations of various famous artists. The site boosts of a continually updated collection of graphic design inspirations, a really perfect place for finding unique ideas that other sites have missed!
Another great resource for graphic design inspiration, this one focuses on design that improves experience. Now, how many sites do that?
Design Your Way is a popular graphic design inspiration website, but for whatever reason I don’t often see it mentioned on similar lists. It should be.
A very clean website with lots of insights on coding, WordPress, etc. Aside from featuring graphic design inspiration, they also offer freebies that you can download and use in your own designs.
Not only does this site will inspire you but it crosses graphical cultures and trends and the site is bilingual (French/English). What I like about this site is it offers a wide selection of portfolios not only from famous artists but also those that are unknown. The site is a true visual inspiration indeed!
This site seeks to open a global dialogue about design inspiration, featuring multiple disciplines and points of view. It gathers creative enthusiasts from around the globe with a common idea of discovering great design and talent, A great resource for joining the conversation!
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