June 22, 201214 yr Im looking for some insperation. Best places to get some design knowledge/ideas? Away from the computer. It may sound fairly ridiculous considering the computer is where the ideas will eventually manefest, but try stepping away from it from a few hours. Take a drive, go to the shops, walk around the park - take in everything around you from the trees, to the shapes of buildings and cars and you'll soon see that ideas will start popping into your head. It may seem like far-out-thinking, but give it a try. Many times it has helped me out (and hopefully others so i'm not completely mental!) That said, however, if you're just looking to copy some trends, then Design Fridge is pretty good.
July 4, 201214 yr Away from the computer. It may sound fairly ridiculous considering the computer is where the ideas will eventually manefest, but try stepping away from it from a few hours. Take a drive, go to the shops, walk around the park - take in everything around you from the trees, to the shapes of buildings and cars and you'll soon see that ideas will start popping into your head. It may seem like far-out-thinking, but give it a try. Many times it has helped me out (and hopefully others so i'm not completely mental!) That said, however, if you're just looking to copy some trends, then Design Fridge is pretty good. i think your second suggestion was more helpful. aha!
July 9, 201214 yr There are many blog sites now that list and review inspirational websites so it's pretty much as easy as typing the relevant search term into google - i.e. "inspirational photography websites" or "great looking band websites". Sites such as 1stwebdesigner dot com have a lot of these "30 most inspirational websites" styled blogs for a wide veriety of themes so if you're looking to get industry specific ideas, these are ideal. However, I am in agreement with MarkJenner, get out and about for a few hours and ideas will come to you - and more importantly these will be your own, original ideas which might be someone elses inspiration some time in the future .
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