Web Development

I'm in the business of producing material for print and web. So when I need a little inspirational boost, I go to a few sites that have an outstanding volume of pieces for me to review.

www.commarts.com
www.mediainspiration.com
www.2advancedstudios.com

Check'em out...I think you'll enjoy them.

Please post a response if you can offer suggestions to this reader:

"I am on a BIG task. That is to learn Dreamweaver MX and make an Ecommerce site. Would like your good solid recommendation on a site or sites that I can get creative ideas fromlike you did for the PSD sites. - Jim"

We received this resource recommendation from a reader:

"My favorite design research tool is the Google Image search: http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q= . I often find completely unexpected ideas after only a few minutes of browsing. - Kevin Brockschmidt"

We received these design resource suggestions from a reader via e-mail:

It's not a totally Adobe world yet. There is also the Corel part of the planet to consider. They have a great deal of resource material online at corel.com under the solutions selection.

Another place for inspiration akin to coolhomepages.com is "cool site of the day" (csotd.com) though not all cool sites are great designs. Some are just great ideas for a site, a product, a service, or a place to visit. (Note: You should have something akin to Zone Labs Zone alarm firewall protection if you go onto the site for CoolSiteOfTheDay.)

This is a particularly poignant topic for me. I'm at the point where I bounce easily from one language to another, one design paradigm to another, one management style to another - but don't have any good projects at hand.

It's like I have this great vocabulary... and nothing to say.

A few other sites that I use to find design inspiration include:

www.visualdesigner.net
Similar to coolhomepages, with sites organized by type, with a thumbnail view of each and a rating.

www.howdesign.com/links/
HOW design in general is a great design magazine and resource, but their link section is especially useful. Check out the "Creativity" and "Design inspiration" links.

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