Friday, August 29th, 2008
Author: Jon B
15 Sites That Will Inspire You To Become A Better Web Designer
I remember back in the good ol’ days when I first started gaining interest in web design, there weren’t as many websites that offered tips and resources as they do nowadays. I believe there were only 2 sites I frequently visited to help me improve my web design skills, it was Web Monkey and HTML goodies. These 2 sites are still pretty relevant to date, however, there are now thousands of web design sites that offer helpful resources, tools, tips and tutorials.
So whether you are a veteran web designer or an upcoming designer, here’s some sites that will inspire you to step up your design skills. (In no particular order)
Reader Suggested Websites For Further Inspiration
www.designmeltdown.com
www.graphic-exchange.com
www.sitepoint.com
www.csszengarden.com
www.techbranch.com
www.decographics.com
www.veerle.duoh.com
If you know of any other websites that you think is worthy of honorable mentions, feel free to post it on your comment and I will add them here.
You also might want to check out the books below, these will further develop your knowledge and perspective of web designing.
hope they’ll useful!
mieketsai Replied:
July 26th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
sorry, that should be “hope they’ll be useful”
Great layouts,and a very inspirational list.
I usually end up going to http://itdiscover.com/ for design ideas,as they have list of new design tuts and tools.
It’s a good site and very refreshing. It could inspire yourself, too.
Cool collection! Very inspiring indeed! Thank yoU!
Indeed very inspiring sites, thnx!
Really these sites design are quite inspiring. Thanks for sharing
sick and tired of the tabs on every single website and blog. Horrendous, ugly and way over used. Get them OUT!
Wow nice man, those sites will be my inspiration for the upcoming sites i built.
These are really good websites. really useful! Keep up the good work.
Nice list on website design resources. This is great reading material for a beginner like myself.
Great list, I’m a huge fan of all of those sites. And I must say, I love your design here!
p.s whats up with the code?
sweet list!, some of this sites where none functional but still good list!
Nice list.
Don’t forget Veerle’s blog:
http://veerle.duoh.com/
I would like to add a lot more…
Don’t look at our website, the real design is coming up in 1 month and I’m ashamed of the actual version…but the new one is going to rock !
Jon B Replied:
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Thanks…it’s been added.
Interesting post…
Keep up the great work!
Ovi Dogar
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Awesome, They are all great designs, its interesting how they are all different yet they all have the same look and feel to them..
Wow! What a fantastic looking page. I need to learn this.
Thanks for the info.
I know a couple of the sites, will check the rest out, thanks for the list. (Found you by stumbling)
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Stumbled too! this is good stuff…thanks for the share.
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I love using W3 schools and visiting the Outlaw Design sites, always tons of information and inspirational. Thanks for the list of new ones!
Hey Mang,
Those are pretty cool sites. Here are a couple Web Design sites that inspired me.
http://techbranch.com
http://decographics.com
Jon B Replied:
September 21st, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Thanks..I just added them!
Ha! I stumbled here too… great list man. Back in the day I used to frequent:
k10k.com
halfproject.com
So nice post! Thanks for sharing!
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Nice list. You should also add pixelbrick to the list. They have some real nice designs and a lot of web designers use their creations for inspiration
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This layouts are realy beautiful.
Hi there,just wanted to say what a terrific page this is,it’s really eye-catching,fun,bright and clever!
good..
Yep, SU rocks
Nice list, found a few sites I didn’t know yet. Thanks for putting this together.
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Another 2 that might interest you
http://www.graphic-design-blog.com
http://www.graphic-design-links.com
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this blog is very well built!!, These are great resources, thanks.
P.s. I love how the comment css boxes are set up inside this blog, very creative.
great resource links i can say this post is an ultimate blend of all the web designing website that are mot famous.
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Not inspired by any of them.
yes a good list I didn’t know youthedesigner.com
Great list! I love Smashing Magazine, NDesign and Dezigner Folio. I also was familiar with zengarden and a list apart, but the others are new to me! Thanks.
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Your subject inspire me to go there
How can you forget about csszengarden.com?
Jon B Replied:
September 5th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Added….thanks!
I land on here stumbling.
Let me suggest one more websites you could add as a reference for webdesigners : http://www.supashirt.com!
Good list of useful sites. yea theres alot of good resources these days
Great links. Thanks for sharing.
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Nice collection. Please advise me where I can get small note sticker the one you have created with yellow color paper on right corner of the header of your webpage with small clip.
thanks
Jon B Replied:
September 1st, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I actually created that in Photoshop…I’m thinking about writing a tutorial about it so stay tuned to this blog.
one website to make you give up everything
http://www.microsoft.com
The only site I disagree with on this list is the W3Schools site. While they have a lot of tutorials, they don’t keep them up-to-date or respond to corrections. Having errors on a site like that is not surprising, but not fixing them when they’re pointed out is not good service, IMHO.
The other 14 sites you listed are absolutely great, however.
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cool, thanks
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cheers, thanks
Great list, I’m a huge fan of all of those sites. And I must say, I love your design here!
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STUMBLED!
Awesome post, I use some of those sites already, will definitely check out the others.
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You should include Sitepoint books and website in your list. I’ve benefited greatly from them as well as many that you have listed here.
Margaret
I stumbled here as well.
Great list!
I would add 2 sites to this list. Designmeltdown.com and graphic-exchange.com They are personal favorites of mine.
Excellent Links. Thanks for sharing
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Hello from the UK – I really like this site, I found it through Stumble. The 15 sites are a useful resource. Keep up the good work!
Great post. Thanks for including CrazyLeaf Design Blog in such a great list.
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