Top 10 Design Inspiration Websites
Finding design inspiration as a designer is important because it can help us get more creative, when looking for inspiration don't consider…
Finding design inspiration as a designer is important because it can help us get more creative, when looking for inspiration don't consider it copying, it’s more like taking the idea and making it in your own twist, and I can tell you now that the designs you gain inspiration from also did the same.
These are the best websites to gain design inspiration for your next design…
1. Behance: Adobe’s Playplace
Behance is currently the home of our brand design case studies, aside from that it is also home to other case studies and portfolios from different designers, since Behance is owned by the design tool giant Adobe, it also has community-like features for bringing communities together within their space. On Behance, you can find inspiration for everything from 3d design to graphic design and even motion!
2. Dribbble: A Thriving Design Community
Dribbble which I believe is extremely saturated with Web and UI/UX designers(although you can find other designers and portfolios on there) is similar to Behance where designers can meet within their space, Designers of all areas use this platform, you can find inspiration and even a potential hire for illustrations and website design!
3. AIGA Eye On Design: An Inspirational Magazine
Eye On Design is an online publication that provides a platform for designers to stay informed about the latest design trends, events, and news. It features articles and essays by industry experts and researchers on a variety of topics related to design. It also showcases some of the best design work from all over the world.
4. Abduzeedo: The Kingdom of Branding
This site actually covers a range of topics from typography to branding, its a great platform to read full case studies about your favorite brands that may be featured on the site.
5. Awwwards: Premiere Designs Podium
Awwwards is a platform that celebrates web designers, developers, and agencies for outstanding websites, this is a great place for website design inspiration because the best of the best is showcased, with the latest trends among other things
6. Designspiration: Niche Design Search...
This site allows you to explore several graphic concepts based on one color or more, you pick a color and the site filters out the concepts with that color, which is ideal for making mood boards. (You can also search for specific topics too!)
7. Brutalistwebsites: For lovers of Brutalism
This site provides raw, uncluttered design, this site is a gold mine. Simple yet powerful, it brings together the best brutalist designs on the web.
8. Fonts in the Wild: For Typographist
Type designers are gonna love this one, Fonts in the Wild is a collection of real-world typography examples found all over the internet, You can easily see which font was used in the design and understand how different fonts and typefaces can be used to convey certain messages.
9. Modern Illustration: For lovers of Illustrations
Modern Illustration is an archive of print from the mid-20th century that showcases illustrations, this is an excellent source for both beginner and expert designers.
10. The Real World: Mother Nature
I don't know if you've heard this but nature is the biggest inspiration for designers, no matter what aspect of design you need to unplug yourself from the digital world and spend some time in the real world, a clear and active mind that explores the vast expanse of this planet can come up with captivating designs…
Conclusion
You can get inspiration from anywhere really, and we all have our different sources that help us make awesome designs, and these sources can vary depending on the nature of the design or the problem that the design intends to solve. Be sure to explore on your own and have fun while doing it.
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