Resources for creative stimulation
Sometimes the idea, that vital spark won’t just come. Now while trying to force it is generally a bad idea – there are some ways around a creative roadblock short of packing up and leaving work. I usually check out some websites or even (gasp) games to get my creative gears grinding.
A small selection:
bestwebgallery.com
A gallery of various Flash and CSS based web-designs as well as other design tidbits. Not super-regularly updated but worth a look every now and then.
webcreme.com
More good website designs and techinques in a comprehensive listing.
designflavr.com
A hand-selected and maintained gallery of all kinds of good design ranging from print, typography to web-design. I especially like to be inspired by non-topical designs. E.g. drawing inspiration from a video for a website. Recommended!
csszengarden.com
A well known classic. None the less this gave me some good ideas for workarounds to CSS problems, as well as showing off some refreshingly un-pretentious and unassuming designs.
smashingmagazine.com
Your one stop-shop for design advice and good articles on all things design. If you just visit one of those pages listed here, make it this one.
flabber.nl
Dutch weblog, not exactly work-related and may not be viewed safely at stricter workplaces. Fun links and topics – ranging from the plain weird over design to geek gadgets. Nevermind the language barrier. I don’t speak dutch either, nevermind my name.
