Inspirational logo designs ~ Tactix Creative

When my mind is blank for logo inspiration, I love to travel through this website, Tactix Creative
The logos are slick and clean with nice type treatments.

Why we love Jessica Hische

I’ve been enamored with her work since I read her article in Print magazine.

The craftsmanship and frivolity of her work is inspiring. Her tatent is incredible. I can’t believe she’s only 24. From what she’s achieved so far in her career, I will be amazed by what she can accomplish in the future.

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I work at a newspaper and that does not allow for such craftmanship and design for projects. For instance, yesterday I had to create a 16-page section in one day. It looks good but it’s not perfect or charming like her work. I can only aspire to her design…. someday when I have more time.  

Amazing inspirational site

What a great website. It reminds me of when I used to go to the International Aspen Design Conference (before it became AIGA) The speakers were remarkable and inspirational. As a print designer, I truly believe you can get inspirational ideas from outside of the design world. Fashion, architecture, product design, and sociology have always interested me in finding new, creative ideas. This site, is a wealth of information and it’s free. The internet is a wonderful place….Sigh….

Very useful site for browsing web type and grabbing CSS styles

This site is very useful for visualizing web fonts and being able to grab the CSS coding. It nice to also see the difference between Windows and Mac display.

http://www.typechart.com/

One of the most creative and fun sites I’ve seen in a long time

Yay! I’m back. Sorry for the long hiatus. I was buried with work, crafts and the holidays. It’s a fresh start to a New Year and I plan on posting a ton. (How much does a post weight?)

I found this site a while ago and just loved it. It’s just plain creative and fun.

Click here to explore the site of Serge Seidlitz

Fun, clean, bright illustrations ~ Frank Chimero

I found this illustration site for Frank Chimero. I love the clean lines and fresh colors. Very fun illustrations.

Awesome typography flash site

I was looking for flash ideas and ran across this fun site. Click here to visit.

10 minute design inspiration ~ sites I go to for fast inspiration

Since I work in a fast-paced, newspaper marketing department, sometimes I have to create an ad in less than and hour. These are my tried and true sites that I go to for inspiration in less than ten minutes.

Graphic-exchange website has a links page with great inspirational sites. Click Here to visit the site.

 

De Barbaren website has a wonderful portfolio, clean and simple. Click Here to visit the site.

Wilkson website has a portfolio that is quaint and fun. Click Here to visit the site.

 

 

BestWebGallery website has unlimited links to many design websites. It’s always an adventure in internet surfing when you visit this site. Don’t forget to bookmark you favorite sites whey you visit them. I’ve lost many sites this way. Click Here to visit the site.

Oldie ~ but goodie website

Here is a website that I ran across years ago and I was hoping it was still around. It hasn’t been updated but I think the design is classic and still valid in today’s web world. Click Here to see the site.

Beautiful typography by Fred Dauzat

A few years back, I was so intrigued with this piece of typography, that I emailed the artist directly to find out what font he used. I was hoping that it was a typeface, instead, it turns out that he created it by hand. Very impressive. For some reason, I was enamored with this typography. Needless to say, I love his work and use it for inspiration. Click Here to see his work.