Best Web Design Inspiration Marketing Websites 83
By: They Make Design
Tags: Startup, Visual Design, Design, Inspiration, Business

Here is list of these unexpected sources for web:

1. Quora

We generally hate reading questions about web design on IT hangouts or more formal forums. There is really no place for non-designers to post questions about web design matters. Quora came to the rescue; a place where people can post questions and receive answers from web designers who have strong web design skills.

2. Design*Sponge

Design*Sponge is a site that offers web design inspiration, tools and resources, and interviews with people within the web design industry. I know that is a mouthful of words.

3. WPCandy

Let me get this straight, a blog that offers web design inspiration and tips? How is that possible? WPCandy turns out to be a site, a blog for web design inspiration and ideas.

4. The Intersection

A web design news website focuses on web design, web development, usability and also details on small business web marketing. The Intersection focuses on web design tips and tricks, social media websites, and all related information.

5. CSS Tutorials

Accelerate your web design career and make your website look more professional and creative with this online CSS tutorial.

6. Speckyboy Design Magazine

If there is any other source for web design inspiration, tips, and tricks in one place, it is this one! Speckyboy holds monthly design contests, along with all of the major social networking sites: Digg, Twitter, and Facebook.

7. Youve Been Doing It Wrong

If you haven’t ever gone through this website, then you’re missing out! Youve Done It Wrong is where you can find all of the latest tips and tricks for digital artists.

8. Creative Bloq

CreativeBloq is the main source for web design inspiration. The images on the site are about 10–20% of the total content. There are also free, useful, and good quality tutorials on their website.

9. This is Colossal

This site is the latest addition to the web design inspiration list. This site offers great articles and information on painting, web design and all kinds of graphic design.

10. Designer Ethics

If you are a designer, then this site is THE best news site in the web design industry. Designer Ethics is for all web designers and designers alike!

11. WordPress.org

WordPress is a blogging and web publishing platform all in one. The main goal of this website is to keep the WordPress website up-to-date and to make it a powerful website.

These are my Google-able favorite sites for web designs inspiration.

And what about web development inspiration? Well, there are still a number of web dev blogs that I like to read but I have included only these in the list:

12. Smashing Magazine

Smashing Magazine is the biggest web development blog that covers news, tutorials, and tools. Smashing Magazine also covers up-to-date tutorial issues and how-to articles on HTML and CSS.

13. Web Designer Depot

If you are looking for ways to display dynamic information on your website’s front-page, then Web Designer Depot is for you! Web Designer Depot covers all of the latest and greatest in web design as well as funny, serious, or useful articles on web design.

14. HTML & CSS Design School

The last in the list is an independent site with multiple authors. This WordPress site covers HTML and CSS, useful design articles, tutorials, and news for web developers.

Conclusion

All of the above sources are personal favorites of mine. This was hard to do, and I wanted to also take in account the top websites that everyone goes to for web design inspiration and design-related news. I’m always on the hunt for more cool sites to check out, so if you have any suggestions, please feel free to share.”

Design is all around us all the time. A good designer doesn’t see the cherry blossom trees, but he or she sees the concept of beauty that others miss.

That is it for this week.