Blast from the past: Websites that (used to) feed us with inspiration

November 24th, 2009 - Design, Inspiration - 13 Comments

Back in the day where Feedburner wasn’t around and RSS wasn’t so popular, there were a few sites (comparing to the number of sites that exist today) that really stood out of the crowd.  The following list should be really longer but most of the sites that i wanted to include aren’t available, have changed owners and maybe topic. So here’s a list of  trend setters from the past.

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Black and white social icons

November 22nd, 2009 - Design, Icon Sets - 19 Comments

Here’s a new tiny icon-set. This time the icons are in black and white. The set consists of 14 icons in PNG format (32px X 32px). As always, free for any use (personal or commercial projects). Enjoy!

collectivesunited.com | collecting creative roundups

November 20th, 2009 - News - 1 Comments

This is my new pet project called collectivesunited.com and the idea behind it is very simple. I am trying to collect all these really interesting roundups about design, development, photography etc. I decided to give the authors or people who’d like to share something interesting, the option to publish their own roundups (moderated of course). So have a look and if you are an author feel free to submit your roundup!

Inspiration: web design trends in 2009 (and 2010): Where are we heading? Volume 2

November 2nd, 2009 - Design, Inspiration - 3 Comments

Here’s the second part of posts about web design trends that we will see in the end of 2009 and 2010. If you missed the first post have a look there as well. In this post we will check a few examples using text replacement techniques (image based or through javascript), a touch of flash and/or complicated (but non intrusive) backgrounds.

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