Monday, September 26, 2011

When all else fails, and I need inspiration on a project, I turn my attention to cars.  Fast, sleek, classic, or modern automobiles.  Rev it up.

Challenger

‘64 AC Cobra

Chrome

‘63 Corvette

Corvettes

Posted on 09/26/11 at 11:13 AM by Tim - Categories: Tags: Corvette, Challenger, Hot Rod, Cobra

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Friday, September 23, 2011

I was able to investigate Facebook’s new Timeline feature first-hand last night.  What I saw of it, I liked.  Take a listen!

Posted on 09/23/11 at 01:22 PM by Tim - Categories: Design Podcast Thinking Out Loud Social Media Tags: Interface, Facebook, Timeline

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Feast your eyes on this sample platter of beautiful fonts as you head into your weekend.

Lost Type

Cloak & Dagger

Amazing logos

Simple K

R

Why So Serious?

Black Wood

Rug

This font rocks!

Woods of Wisdom

Hi

Posted on 09/23/11 at 10:59 AM by Tim - Categories: Tags: Graphic Design, Typography, Fonts, Composition

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

There are many online resources for designers to utilize, but some of the most important are inspiration showcases.  When learning CSS back in the day, I spent countless hours perusing some of the first CSS galleries, closely examining each pixel of a layout, digging into the source and figuring out how folks were getting sites set up without tables.  Now that CSS layouts have become the “norm” I still cruise these showcase sites for ideas and inspiration.

1. csscutie.com
2. cssmania.com
3. csselite.com
4. bestcssvault.com
5. cssdesignawards.com
6. css-design-yorkshire.com
7. creamycss.com
8. cssbeauty.com - (Not updated since January 2011, but this is still a classic and deserved a place on the list.)
9. cssdrive.com
10. cssheroes.com

What favorite galleries do you rely on for inspiration?

Posted on 09/21/11 at 10:39 AM by Tim - Categories: Design Tools User Interface Inspiration Tags: Web design, CSS

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I stumbled across this beauty while browsing Fancy last night. Beautiful, elegant, simple.  Words actually can’t do this justice.

Posted on 09/21/11 at 07:52 AM by Tim - Categories: Apple Tags: iPad, Fancy, Macintosh Classic

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