Donkeys and Elephants and Delegates,oh my!
Check out the most popular
16 Sites for Web Design Inspiration
sixrevisions.com — Where do you go for design inspiration?
ShuTian- 2437 diggs
- digg it
- webkami, on 06/09/2008, -1/+54Dugg for good entries and 1 page!
- pedepy, on 06/10/2008, -3/+1burried for being THE SAME OF EVERYTHING ELSE ..
- pedepy, on 06/10/2008, -3/+1burried for being THE SAME OF EVERYTHING ELSE ..
- dshPls, on 06/09/2008, -5/+33It's probably good if you never go to any of these places for design help. That is unless you want to look like every other designer... Notice how the sites listed all look the same, and contain links to other sites that also look the same? Innovation over imitation.
- jggube, on 06/09/2008, -0/+18I have mixed feelings about this comment. For one, going alone facilitates innovation and true uniqueness. On another, being too different can be a bad thing - and here I'm thinking of alternative navigation schemes, logos not being on top of the page (where users expect it to be), unintuitive page sections, etc. Additionally, to see what others are doing is good because you can have a goal as well as see trends that you may want to incorporate or innovate on.
- tayf, on 06/10/2008, -0/+5You are both right. Familiarity is the foundation of usability.
I agree that lately I am seeing the same old ***** come up in these galleries. People are copying formulas for a design, changing colours, patterns and then slapping it on a grid and they call it web design. I know this because I used to do it before I really found my way with web design. But this sort of thing shouldn't be showcased and promoted. I see maybe 1 in 20 sites on these galleries where my reaction is 'wow!'. They also seem to be often full of blogs, 'studios' without a mailing address or small time clients.
On the other end of the spectrum is thefwa.com full of big budget flash work.
Where's the in between?
- tayf, on 06/10/2008, -0/+5You are both right. Familiarity is the foundation of usability.
- minid, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3Pretty true. Real inspiration comes from others sources than finished websites. I recommend anyone to avoid this graphic diet because it will become a temptation to copy it. Watch photographs, subjects, old poster works, walk on your city, study the enviroment and you will reach a good idea.
- jggube, on 06/09/2008, -0/+18I have mixed feelings about this comment. For one, going alone facilitates innovation and true uniqueness. On another, being too different can be a bad thing - and here I'm thinking of alternative navigation schemes, logos not being on top of the page (where users expect it to be), unintuitive page sections, etc. Additionally, to see what others are doing is good because you can have a goal as well as see trends that you may want to incorporate or innovate on.
- x5pfif, on 06/09/2008, -3/+13I wish I could design like that.
- raysaagar, on 06/09/2008, -1/+1so do i but we all can't be skilled >
- farfromperfectx, on 06/10/2008, -0/+216 Sites to make me feel like crap and want to quit freelance web design because I suck. :(
- reisrocks, on 06/09/2008, -2/+86"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." -- Albert Einstein
- ographer, on 06/10/2008, -3/+0i can't think of a great quote right now to add to this quote and its driving me mad
something about the greatest inventors steal from other inventors- Akram, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3Good artists copy, great artists steal.
Picasso.
- Akram, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3Good artists copy, great artists steal.
- skrieder, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1The best ideas are stolen.
- Azselendor, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1"I don't steal ideas, I just make sure the person who had the idea before me gets whacked" - unoriginal comment from a xerox manager.
- ographer, on 06/10/2008, -3/+0i can't think of a great quote right now to add to this quote and its driving me mad
- JonnyCasino, on 06/09/2008, -5/+7I would like to say the secret to creativity is inspiration. Some of these designs are truly inspirational, and to the comment regarding "look like every other designer" I take that as a positive. I want to be in the forefront of design trends, and build on further as to how far I can go with my inspirations.
- sockpuppets, on 06/09/2008, -1/+11I want to be in the forefront of design trends, and build on further as to how far I can go with my inspirations. Some of these designs are truly inspirational, and to the comment regarding "look like every other designer" I take that as a positive. I would like to say the secret to creativity is inspiration.
- SubEl, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1i see what you did there. good show.
- sockpuppets, on 06/09/2008, -1/+11I want to be in the forefront of design trends, and build on further as to how far I can go with my inspirations. Some of these designs are truly inspirational, and to the comment regarding "look like every other designer" I take that as a positive. I would like to say the secret to creativity is inspiration.
- williane, on 06/09/2008, -1/+8one page folios is definitely a keeper, I've been looking for a site like this.
- Donchavez, on 06/09/2008, -1/+6Great resources. I'm just starting a redesign and I'm sure this will be a big help.
- Scratkiller, on 06/09/2008, -0/+52http://www.volll.com/ ... this made my head explode!
- tippmann1, on 06/09/2008, -1/+5Its a good design and all but in firefox 3 beta 5 on linux the flash object is above the rest of the graphics preventing me from seeing the top of the lighthouse and it completely ruins the gradiant used for the sky. other than that I am in awe of the designer's(plural?) use of javascript to make the movement of the different elements. I am truly amazed.
- FBMGriever, on 06/10/2008, -1/+6Excuse me digger, but why aren't you on RC2 yet? Tsk tsk tsk...
- Vodd9, on 06/10/2008, -0/+5This made my old pc explode.
- woofers07, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3that's using some flash, not strictly html and css like these other sites
- weemundo, on 06/10/2008, -1/+2wow amazing design ! thanks for making us know that :-)
- tippmann1, on 06/09/2008, -1/+5Its a good design and all but in firefox 3 beta 5 on linux the flash object is above the rest of the graphics preventing me from seeing the top of the lighthouse and it completely ruins the gradiant used for the sky. other than that I am in awe of the designer's(plural?) use of javascript to make the movement of the different elements. I am truly amazed.
- noupe, on 06/09/2008, -0/+5Great resource of inspiration, looking forward to explore some of them.
- tigerpaper, on 06/09/2008, -1/+6cssloaf has such a terrible logo
- TheKingInYellow, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1yeh, i don't understand the funnel faucet thing? why not a shiny 2.0 bread pan? yeh they used a letter of their name as an icon but it has nothing to do with the word itself. loaf = funnel and faucet...PERFECT!
- wild, on 06/09/2008, -0/+11Not to get all high and mighty, but any designer that isn't following DesignMeltdown.com on a regular basis needs to get that in their bookmarks. It is better than all of the sites up their because it organizes everything by trends and groups like sites together. You can also view by color, specific problems, and the guy that does the writing is pretty solid in ideas. (Not always right, but he always has sound reasoning.)
- flashy007, on 06/09/2008, -0/+4very good sites with good links, sure most of them look the same but they all look professional...
- justokman, on 06/09/2008, -3/+6nice sites, but rarely do you see any WEB APPLICATIONS in these galleries
- wild, on 06/10/2008, -0/+8Thats because web design and web programming are two different things. While I agree it would be nice to see the occasional gallery of nicely designed apps, for aesthetic inspiration, sites tend to be better.
- TheKingInYellow, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2web design and web programming two different things? tell that to everyone on craigslist.
- TheBSG, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2... what? This is a post about design inspiration, not UI design inspiration.
- ographer, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1Silly BSG, programmers don't care about UI, they just build it to suit themself.
- wild, on 06/10/2008, -0/+8Thats because web design and web programming are two different things. While I agree it would be nice to see the occasional gallery of nicely designed apps, for aesthetic inspiration, sites tend to be better.
- GSX606, on 06/10/2008, -0/+5But, what about myspace?
- rdldr1, on 06/10/2008, -0/+4My company (i used to work for) more often than not swipes the source code off the Apple website. Then we study it and use the code for our own.
- TheKingInYellow, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3if you used to work for a company it was never yours.
- therealfoz, on 06/10/2008, -1/+4www.designmeltdown.com & www.dailyslurp.com
- HungChimp, on 06/10/2008, -0/+4http://www.inspirationfolder.com is probably the largest and it has unique features like storing the designs you like and color search.
- judicar, on 06/10/2008, -1/+836 point font ... check
Arial .. check
Hot Pink on Black ... check
Completely inappropriate use of Flash .. check! - blackdude, on 06/10/2008, -1/+5Just Google "css galleries" and you'll get nearly all of these sites and more. The list is nice but from a designers standpoint it's nothing from ordinary. Most of these sites are good if you want to get up to speed but if you're looking to innovate, I don't think those are good places.
- Vodd9, on 06/10/2008, -0/+6Another list in my list of lists
- waynesun, on 06/10/2008, -0/+6I'm surprised nobody mentioned www.thefwa.com.
Most amazing websites out there all in one page. - harvested, on 06/10/2008, -0/+4FaveUp.com is good too.
- GregFD3S, on 06/10/2008, -0/+4What about BestWebGallery.com and CSSBeauty.com?
- visionaryIX, on 06/10/2008, -6/+5Wait. So this has nothing to do with Obama?
- deathfix, on 06/10/2008, -1/+2It could be argued that McCain's site was inspired by Obama's site, but I'll just say no...
- itsjustmax, on 06/10/2008, -1/+6It's the same 10 or 12 layouts with different pictures, over and over and over again.
- ClayT2, on 06/10/2008, -4/+4Not a bad list of the current crop, but you need to look at http://theWholeDamnNet.com and some of its linked websites if you want to glimpse the future direction of website design.
- Fubeman, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2Very funny! I didn't think ***** like this still existed on the web. I was waiting for the 30 or so animated GIFs to start popping up. Almost like getting RickRolled.
- lamiaconfitor, on 06/10/2008, -1/+2go to your favorite website, use firebug to rip the code, then amend some of the changes you want, thats is how.
- Frostman3D, on 06/10/2008, -3/+2These sites are NOT inspirational at all. They're all the same old boring Web 2.0 *****. I hope the whole internet doesn't start looking like that.
- jessehadden, on 06/10/2008, -2/+117) Brain, and do something else.
- cheerybounce, on 06/10/2008, -3/+1I don't like about any of these 'designs'. They all look like crammed together into a horribly unusable pile. :) They are ugly, if you consider these sites should show content! Also, all of those sites use block layouts, which is good for horizontal piling, but one could wonder why the stuff in them exists at all on the site. Not only that, but all of them are razed with tons of pictures. Server loads are horrible with those sites which results with terrible performance even on good connection (except if nobody uses those sites really).
- webzyne, on 06/10/2008, -2/+1---
- sakir, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1one more to add www.cssbunch.com
- webzyne, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2So happy to see Design Snack on this list, thank you!
- cosmotron, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2No csszengarden.com ?
- THE4IRON, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3So much cool stuff here: http://faveup.com/
- timedwards80, on 06/10/2008, -2/+3Block Grid...Check.
Gradients...Check.
Thick Diagonal Lines...Check
2-3 Colors...Check.
Shiny Floor...Check.
...Cool. Add it to the list...Wait....Where is their Digg button? ...NEXT.
Should be called: "16 Web 2.0 Design Collections - Every flavor of Plain Oatmeal imaginable."
Same old "web 2.0" BS... again. I think that most of these designs, although clean-cut, are very bland and uninspired. How about putting some graphical elements in your design, rather than just 2-colors and gradients? I hate to be pessimist, but I wish people would design sites based on the content composition - not based on the current trends of web design.- CircleFusion, on 06/11/2008, -0/+1I think you're generalizing a bit much. Speaking of trends, I think it's become quite popular to complain about "web 2.0" designs. Some of those design elements are things that have existed in graphic design for decades. Sure, there are a lot of designs that are quite similar, but you find that in any media. Do you not think that web design, overall, has improved over the last 5 years?
- GarethLWalt, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3http://www.gmunk.com -- this guy was pushing flash to it's graphical limits back in version 2. you simply have to get past the awkward navigation and the fact that there's a dancing half naked guy.
- kubedawg, on 06/10/2008, -0/+3http://www.pixelranger.com
http://www.2advanced.com
Best sites for my inspiration for years.- GarethLWalt, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1if eric and shane are your inspiration, definitely check out what i said above -- gmunk.com
i remember reading an interview of eric jordan (2advanced) that suggested he was a fan of bradley (gmunk.)
i met the dude a few years ago at a design conference. he's a nice guy, didn't give me much ***** even though i was bugging the hell out of him.
- GarethLWalt, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1if eric and shane are your inspiration, definitely check out what i said above -- gmunk.com
- adriaanz, on 06/10/2008, -0/+1Great resources - a lot of these designs maintain simplicity, which is key. Will definitely keep an eye on these sites...
- Fubeman, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2And what about The FWA:Favourite Website Awards? I like the list that they have up, but come on, this is a great site for getting the latest cutting edge sites out there. You can not only see a list of the sites awarded, but you can also see profiles of the design firms, interviews as well as view the sites by a whole list of categories. Only half Dugg.
http://www.thefwa.com/ - reclusivemonkey, on 06/10/2008, -0/+2No Smashing Magazine? http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
- xtreme4s, on 06/11/2008, -0/+0I always went to cssthesis.something.com, however it dissapeared about 6 months and has returned as thecssthesis.com
- 3dsn2008, on 06/11/2008, -0/+0You may search for graphics content and design ideas at 3dsn.com:
http://3dsn.com/#keywords=art&category=0 - antoncox, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1The list is not bad at all. Talking about inspiration take a look at the vector art gallery here : http://vector-art.blogspot.com/search/label/Galler ...
- blogriffic, on 06/28/2008, -0/+0awesome designs
- onlinenetwork, on 07/01/2008, -0/+0Good information..thanks.
All the designs will give the inspiration to everyone of us to involve in designing...
http://how-to-create-minisite.blogspot.com - theadvinci, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1Couldn't really get any inspiration from those sites. Usual web designs with 2.0 elements. Nothing new or original.
- Sadia123, on 07/22/2008, -0/+0Nice list of web design.CSS Mania is good web site for css design,You may search free web templates from this site http://freetemplates.webdesigningcompany.net
http://www.webdesigningcompany.net - seefirewithu, on 07/29/2008, -0/+0did you seen http://www.pixint.com
its design is unique. -
Show 51 - 52 of 52 discussions
Digg is coming to a city (and computer) near you! Check out all the details on our 
© Digg Inc. 2008 —
Content posted by