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, December 2018
It’s December, which means it’s officially carol season. Oh well. Whether you’re a curmudgeon about these things like m…
20 Freshest Web Designs, December 2018
Welcome to our roundup of the best websites launched (or relaunched with interesting new updates) in the last month.
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3 Essential Design Trends, December 2018
It can be hard to think about, and take on new design projects at this time of year. Maybe a little design inspiration …
20 Best New Portfolios, November 2018
Welcome back, readers! My favorite thing about you all is that you’re all much too classy to put up Christmas decoratio…
The Secret Designer Halloween Special: Nightmare Clients (and How to Defeat Them)
Friends, I come with a warning…not to alarm, but to assist. Grab your crucifix, gather your silver bullets, prime your …
3 Essential Design Trends, November 2018
When looking at good design, I often look for things that aren’t totally obvious. There’s an instinct that you like som…
20 Freshest Web Designs, October 2018
Welcome to our roundup of the best websites launched (or relaunched with major updates) in the last four weeks. This mo…
20 Best New Portfolios, October 2018
Hello Readers! Can you believe that I have not found one single Halloween-themed portfolio? I guess no one wanted to ba…
3 Essential Design Trends, October 2018
This month’s trends have something in common: You’ve probably seen all of these ideas before, maybe just presented in a…
20 Freshest Web Designs, September 2018
Welcome to our roundup of the best websites launched (or relaunched with major updates) in the last four weeks. Septemb…
20 Best New Portfolios, September 2018
Hello Readers. It’s September, so as soon as your kids are off to school, maybe you can finally have a five-minute powe…
5 Ways to Cleanse Your Design Palate
Much is made of the need for inspiration in design work. While most of a designer’s job is sweating the details, we all…
3 Essential Design Trends, September 2018
While this tends to be the time of year when things start to slow a bit in the design world, there are still trends tha…
20 Freshest Web Designs, August 2018
Welcome to our roundup of the best websites launched (or relaunched with significant updates) this August. The Summer’s…
20 Best New Portfolios, August 2018
Ladies, Gentlemen, and Our Secret Reptilian Overlords, I asked for more color in last month’s article, and you have del…
3 Essential Design Trends, August 2018
From light and bright designs to complex data visualizations and a new take on polygons, this month’s design trends are…
20 Freshest Web Designs, July 2018
Welcome to our roundup of the best websites launched (or significantly updated) this month. July is a strange time to l…
20 Best New Portfolios, July 2018
Hello again, Readers. It’s time to stop playing those games you got on the Steam Summer Sale for a minute, ‘cause it’s …
