November 24th, 2009 - Categories: Design, Inspiration
Blast from the past: Websites that (used to) feed us with inspiration
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.
Kaliber 10000
What can we possible say about this site. It used to be my no1 place for design news and inspiration. While pixel fonts were around before them, i believe it’s really their “fault” that this kind fonts became so popular in the web design world. There are some sections of the site still alive though. Have a look
Spoono
Another popular community. News, inspiration, showcases, tutorials. No more. Their “Grapevine” section seems to be active in a way though.
Phirebrush
One of the best art magazines out there. Their last issue came out in October 2008 but if you haven’t been there before, well, take a few days off just for this so you can browse through their amazing 64 issues.
AbsoluteCross
Not a portal but a source of some excellent tutorials for Photoshop, Flash and PaintShop. Glossy buttons, plastic buttons, soft bevels, tentacle tubes. I am sure you’ve spent some time playing with these in your “brand new” Photoshop 6.0 or even better 7.0.
Rasterized
If you’ve finished browsing through Phirebrush then get another doze of inspiration from Rasterized. I haven’t visited this site for a while and i can’t really tell if this art magazine is still alive. No matter what, tons of amazing artwork in there too. Respect.
Pixelsurgeon
Officially dead but even like this, they do deserve a link back.
Lounge72
Officially dead too. Not forgotten though. The quality of content provided in this site was second to none. Respect once more.
I’ve done a bit of research before posting this and these are the ones i’ve found that actually provide a working link (even like the last 2 ones). Do you remember any other sites that we should mention here? If you do, just leave a comment and i ll add them in this list.
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HitMan
November 24, 2009
Spoono! w00t!
Rahul - Web Guru
November 26, 2009
Never had heard of of any of these website before.
Grets
November 26, 2009
Awesome! inspiration indeed!
Online ideas
November 26, 2009
Do you remember 2advanced first version? :)
Oreana
November 26, 2009
Nostalgia… I used to check a site called ThreeOh all the time, but it seems to be gone now. I can’t even remember what was great about it. http://www.designiskinky.com/ is still around though.
David
November 26, 2009
Fun read. I don’t suppose anyone remembers AndyArt.com from the early 90’s (long before it was mashed up with scream-design).
e
November 26, 2009
Don’t forget dreamless, wer
Maxu'
November 26, 2009
fantasya.net used to claim hours and hours of dial up over 5 years ago :) and my parents had to pay for :D
Design Informer
November 26, 2009
I used to visit Spoono daily.
Elixart
November 26, 2009
I used to love K10K. Another great design inspiration source I loved was Nemo Nox’s Pictoblog http://www.nemonox.com/pictoblog/. It hasn’t been updated since 2003 but you can still view all of the archives.
nadia
December 14, 2009
very creative and interesting..