Where do you go for inspiration? Ideas? Trends?
(Returns from the dead and de-lurks)
At IA Summit, Stephen Anderson gave a great presentation on
Inspiration from the Edge. My write up of his talk is here: http://kevnull.com/2008/04/ia-summit-inspiration-from-the-edge.html
His talk
Some great links in these posts ...
I look at
:: Various design pattern libraries (Welie, Yahoo etc.)
:: An array of blogs (too many to mention) but include information
aesthetics, data visualisation, print (e.g. Creative Review)
:: Colour Lovers (http://www.colourlovers.com/)
:: Design
This is a good topic and a good question for job interviews with
interaction, visual, and other types of designers.
Here are a places where I go or things that I do:
Metaphor brainstorming
Architecture books
Trying out lots of software, especially that recommended by other designers
Cookbooks
I particularly fond of visiting design website/blogs... a few of stops
in my daily browsing would include:
-A List Apart:
http:/www.alistapart.com
-Core77 Design Blog:
http://www.core77.com/blog/
-Design Observer:
http://www.designobserver.com/
-I Love Typography:
http://ilovetypography.com/
Also, there's an interesting new site (just went live a few weeks ago)
called Scrnshots - http://www.scrnshots.com - that is worth checking
out.
Think of it as a Flickr for screenshots. A bunch of designers have
started posting bits and pieces of UIs. You can add a shot to one of
your
I'm working on an online project geared towards designers like us and would
love to know:
Where do you go for inspiration? Ideas? Trends?
Any and all thoughts are so helpful - thank you!
I'll be sure to post a link to the new site when it is live.
Thanks,
Carrie
