Inspiration

Explore new sources of inspiration, check out the best new websites, and discover design trends that resonate with you and your design style.

20 Best New Portfolios, May 2019

Hello all, as Justin Timberlake once predicted, it is now May. Now that I’ve subjected you to the latest and greatest i…

3 Essential Design Trends, May 2019

Sometimes designs are of an acquired taste. That’s our theme for this month. Each of the projects and trends featured …

20 Freshest Web Designs, April 2019

Welcome to our roundup of the best new sites to be launched (or relaunched with significant updates) in the last four w…

20 Best New Portfolios, April 2019

Greetings, Readers! It’s April, so there will be no joke here. You’re welcome. This month, designers seem to have hit …

DeviantArt has a Redesign in Beta

Wow. DeviantArt; there’s a blast from the past, where I’m concerned. I used to have an account where I posted my amateu…

3 Essential Design Trends, April 2019

Sometimes design trends take a little while to emerge and sneak up on you, others seem to pop out of the blue all at on…

In Defense of the Word “User”

Recently-ish, there has been a small but noticeable backlash to the word “user”. Yeah, the word for people who do, in f…

20 Freshest Web Designs, March 2019

Welcome to our roundup of the best websites launched (or relaunched with major updates) in the last four weeks. This m…

20 Best New Portfolios, March 2019

It’s March, dear Readers, and here in Monterrey, the weather can’t seem to make up its darned mind. Is it Spring? Early…

3 Essential Design Trends, March 2019

Typography, color and distinct layouts are all elements that contribute to any design project. They are also elements o…

20 Best New Portfolios, February 2019

Welcome back, Readers! It’s February, and I don’t think I have a single pink or chocolate-themed site anywhere in the m…

3 Essential Design Trends, February 2019

This month, we are looking and some rather obvious visual trends in web design. While some trends are rooted more in th…

20 Freshest Web Designs, January 2019

Welcome to 2019! It’s a brand new year and there are plenty of sites taking advantage of the optimism to start afresh. …

20 Best New Portfolios, January 2019

Welcome back, WDD Readers. It’s January 2019, and we’re all coming back to work bleary-eyed and bushy-tailed. Why don’t…

The Secret Design: Designing Trash

Oftentimes, no matter how you handle a project, the client is an *** and you’ve no choice but to walk away. JW Waste Ma…

3 Essential Design Trends, January 2019

New year, new design trends! While everyone is talking about big-picture trends such as designing for voice and virtua…

19 Predictions for Design in 2019

Happy New Year to one and all! At this time every year we like to publish our predictions of what the web industry will…

The State of Web Design, December 2018

Hey there, WDD Readers. Once more, I have spent a whole lot of my life online. My New Year’s resolution is to stay insi…