10 Places To Search for Design Inspiration
By: Inês Bernardino
Tags: Creativity, Web Design, Visual Design, UX, Inspiration

One way or another, we’ve all found ourselves somewhere in the time and space of the internet looking for inspiration, whether it be writing, illustration, web design, home decor, or any other type of industry and art.

The world wide web has given us many excellent tools that help us every day, in many different ways. When it comes to Design, we can find numerous different platforms where creators from all around the world can share their creations with others and showcase their work.

I love looking for different styles and seeing people’s unique creations to get inspired for my work and learn more about the possibilities of various tools, per example.

Like me, I know many others who like to browse for this type of content, so I’ve decided to compile a list of some of the places I usually use.

Behance

Behance Homepage (Source)

Behance is a classic, and probably one of the first places that every designer learns about. Maybe by being so popular, it offers such a wide variety of projects and creators.

And apart from the browsing feature, there’s also the possibility to search for job offers and freelance opportunities.

Muzly Inspiration

Muzli’s landing page when opening a new tab

This one is a Chrome Extension that you can easily add to Google Chrome browser. After activating Muzli, every time you open a new tab, you are greeted with a page full of design creations.

The great thing about Muzli is that it changes every day and you can browse through different categories, as well as see what things are trending around the world.

Awwwards

Awwwards Homepage (Source)

At Awwwards, you’ll find projects not only from individual creators (like designers and developers) but also agencies. They have a wide variety of categories and evaluate websites based on different factors.

This evaluating system grants the content with awards like “Site of the Day” or “Mobile of the Week” so the content you see is always changing throughout the days.

Typographic Posters

Typographic Posters Homepage (Source)

Typographic Posters is the perfect place for lovers of typography, posters and editorial art. You can find a vast array of projects that use lettering in creative and different ways and multiple media pieces.

Baubauhaus

Baubauhaus Homepage (Source)

From illustration work to graphic/visual design, typography, editorial and others, Bauhaus is a platform where you can find many different types of work.

Their website allows you to browse through a specific category, such as photography or illustration, or through the most popular creations of a particular period (day, week, month).

Httpster

Httpster Homepage (Source)

At Httpster, you can find Web Design related inspiration. It features creations from different creators globally, and you can browse throughout different months to identify trends and time based highlighted projects.

Identity Designed

Identity Designed Homepage (Source)

Not so directly related to Web/Graphic Design, in Identity Designed, you’ll find great branding inspiration. You can find multiple examples that you can click to discover more about with better details, images and descriptions.

It’s great to find more in-depth content and explanations behind the designs we find.

Dribbble

Dribbble Homepage (Source)

This is one of my favourites, as I find myself browsing Dribbble many times, even if it’s just in my free time. It’s possible to browse through different categories of art (like Web Design, Photography, Illustration and others) or search for a specific keyword and then refine through them.

I also find it useful to see animation content and examples.

One Page Love

One Page Love Homepage (Source)

One Page Love was one of the best places I found when I started to study Front End Development. It showcases different types of one-page websites and layouts.

Pinterest

Pinterest Homepage (Source)

As we all probably already know, Pinterest is the home of imagery inspiration. By searching any keywords, you’ll get endless browsing options, and you can always adjust what your searching for to get better results, more aligned with what you’re looking for.