flash inspirada

This will be a dumping ground for fresh new flash design inspirada for getting into the zone on your next flash project.

the first one is...

http://www.webdesigndev.com/inspiration/50-amazing-flash-website-designs

Break out of the norm in your website design

When designing a new site I am constantly trying to push myself to try and tap into that "next" great thing... However, if I push myself to create a conceptual design I may lose my target audience, or even the client which it will never get to the client. I believe a lot of the "crap" that's out in the world isn't due to the lack of creativity, but the lack of trust a client has in their designer... I guess as long as we try and challenge ourselves and try and push good design through the approval process we may be able to break the "norm."

Get inspired, comment.

http://boagworld.com/design/standout

Harness Creativity

Here is a fantastic article that discusses the challenges of being creative.

I have often fantasized about having a water jug of creativity in the studio so when its time to be creative I can walk over and pour some out.

The problem is that it's not that easy, it takes a while to get the creative juices flowing, and once you get it flowing it's hard to stop it, and undoubtably a few weeks or months later the best idea ever hits you and its too late... The project has already been done.

My biggest challenge as a professional graphic design studio owner is to try and find the right set of parameters that nurtures creative solutions that speak directly to the client's target audience.

This process becomes more psychological than anything else.

The article then talks about coming up with great ideas is easy, but making that idea a reality is the challenge. I couldn't agree more. I often think of some cool approach to only find that it doesn't translate in the medium I am working in; or, I am heading in a particular direction and along the way I see an alternative solution that I didn't think of that may be better idea than the original one...

What do you guys think?

Here's the article so you can be inspired too.

http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/09/11/truths-about-creativity/

Logo

questions to ask client before beginning a logo project

http://bhoff.wufoo.com/forms/logo-worksheet/

Inspirada

http://creativebits.org/inspiration/top_logo_inspiration_sites

Logo development inspiration

http://www.logodesignlove.com/best-logo-design-resources

http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/30-examples-of-brilliant-logo-design

Effective logo design

http://veryweblog.com/?p=6252

Process of logo design from the persecutive of a designer

http://justcreativedesign.com/2009/09/09/blog-logo-design/

http://abduzeedo.com/logo-design-z-d

Logo design process

http://www.thedesigncubicle.com/2009/05/11-steps-of-a-successful-logo-design-process/

Software Ideas, I was thinking of trying Coda by Panic instead of dreamweaver

http://www.myinkblog.com/interviews/designers/an-interview-with-graphic-designer-brian-hoff/

Print ads that sell

http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=138810

Mega Menus

if you have a ton of content that needs to be organized for easy access.

Check out mega menus

its the latest craze and after you see the samples you'll know why.

Because they look good and they work!

http://designm.ag/inspiration/mega-menus/#comment-9145

The only fonts that should be installed on your machine

http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/25-classic-fonts-that-will-last-a-whole-design-career

Tight corporate design

this is a tight corporate design

http://www.astutetech.com/

Single Page Inspirada

http://www.instantshift.com/2009/07/24/70-inspirational-single-page-website-designs/

Branding Metrics

What I like about this selection is the diversity of the styles, so many times these types of showcases tend to present designers that share a similar look and feel, where as this one runs the gamut If this doesn't get you out of designers block I dunno what will

minimalist sites

http://www.revolvercreative.com/

Branding trends and research

http://www.hatchfest.org/blog/highlights-from-hatch-design-panels/

Collection of inspirada and tutorials

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/development/popular-promising-web-design-blogs/

Simple site design

http://www.noupe.com/design/simplicity-in-good-web-design-advantages-how-to.html

Typography sites

http://sixrevisions.com/design-showcase-inspiration/beautiful-examples-of-inset-typography-in-web-design/

http://weburbanist.com/2009/09/14/masters-of-form-plus-function-12-amazing-web-designers/

heres the greatest place to find the top websites for a specific industry

http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Business

Think about is illustrations would work for your design

http://designerscouch.org/show_article/120/70-impressive-websites-with-outstanding-illustrations.html

Examples of site's that break out of the typical 3 coulmn layout...

http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/css-design-out-of-the-box/

This is the closest example of of a list of top brands' websites that can be used to help "define" a brand attribute

http://www.smashingapps.com/2008/11/06/27-eye-opening-and-inspiring-websites-of-top-brands.html

Top brand logos and who designed them

http://www.mainlinemenswear.co.uk/page.php?xPage=brands-directory.html

how about putting the face behind a website!

http://www.outlawdesignblog.com/2009/what-if-websites-were-people/

footer design inspiration

http://www.webdesigndev.com/inspiration/30-inventive-website-footer-designs

At the beginning of every web project I start I ask clients to tell be brand attribute words that describe what kind of business they like to thing they are...

http://www.dzinepress.com/category/inspiration/

http://thefwa.com/

http://spyrestudios.com/category/inspiration/

http://siteinspire.net/

http://sixrevisions.com/user-interface/20-fresh-new-design-galleries/

Otherwise known as mood boards
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2008/12/why-mood-boards-matter/

how to create one

http://www.from-the-couch.com/post.cfm/title/creating-an-effective-mood-board

There may be a bit of digging to find what your looking for but this site could prove to be the best place to start

"search design inspiration"

http://www.designbump.com/

search flickr for inspiration boards

vandelaydesign.com seems like a tremendous resource for this type of research...

http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/galleries/outstanding-church-websites/#comment-35128

and

tremendous call to action buttons

http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/galleries/add-to-cart/#comment-35400

http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/latest_news/this-weeks-favourites-july-24th-2009

http://www.webdesignjunkies.com/2009/07/26/five-types-of-effective-headers-in-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-70

some more inspirada

http://abduzeedo.com/sites-week-62

http://www.ttuts.com/

Destination Hospitality Inspirada

http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/galleries/travel/

Custom 404 page ideas

http://www.problogdesign.com/inspiration/35-most-creative-404-pages-around/

http://www.bizreport.com/2009/09/dont_overlook_404_error_page_design.html

15 top graphic designers

http://weburbanist.com/2009/09/21/communication-dedication-15-amazing-graphic-designers

Fantastic css Gallery

What is CSS?

Well in short css, and css sites are what makes current websites, web 2.0 compliant. 

Google loves it w3.org loves, php and other programming technologies love

And you know what, Designer's love it.

With CSS if and when you get past the hurdle of learning this new approach after years of designing with tables and a whole other skill-set.

Once you get over the hurdle, with css you can do things the old ways could never imagine.

I have always been a fan of flash, and that was because with flash i could layout things in ways simple html and tables couldn't do.

But now I don't need to rely on flash with all of its limitations.

In addition I could do some crazy animation and user interactions that made navigating sites really cool.

Css doesn't animate per-say  but jquery can and it integrates well with in css.

But css can now let designers layout pages in ways they want the page to be seen instead of conforming to the limitations of html technology.

Check out this site here they showcase a variety of great css sites for inspiration for your next project. The site is updated daily so come back again and again.

If and when you are moved by something and you can't wait to try it on your site, be sure to contact nopun.com to get your website design done.