We all get our inspiration from various sources, whether it be movies and television, or nature and the outdoors. But Patrick Haney’s web design inspiration set on flickr is a resource that I continually come back to, and with over 400 of the web’s most beautifully designed sites it’s not hard to see why. Not only is Patrick not a sausage, he is a good friend of mine from back in the deviantArt days and a respected figure in design circles, so I trust his opinion. Patrick also shares how he captures and maintains his inspiration resource.
Flickr also has a wide variety of groups dedicated to design related topics; from typography to vector art to graffiti.
Where do you find inspiration?
Tariq Bamadhaj | September 8th, 2007 at 5:12 pm #
I guess for me my inspiration would be simplicity. To see things in their basic or to break it down to its foundation, that does it for me.
KiwiPulse | September 9th, 2007 at 12:19 am #
It’s a great set of Web Design’s picture he got there. I find the idea very simple and fascinated at the same time. I catch myself writing article about anything that interest me. The subject come very quick, I let the pictures decide for me what will be the next article.
Patrick Haney | September 9th, 2007 at 1:19 am #
Thanks for the mention, John. And it’s nice to see that I’m respected by someone at least.
You’d be amazed how many people follow my Flickr set. I started the thing for my own reference, yet it seems like I’m responsible for a lot of people’s inspiration these days. Glad to be of assistance to all of you designers out there!
Kevin | September 9th, 2007 at 10:39 am #
Good post John.
Patrick - there are some great designs listed in your flickr page. Bookmarked
Sahil | September 10th, 2007 at 4:04 am #
I get inspiration from big probloggers like John Chow and Darren