Finding Design Inspiration

Finding Design Inspiration And learning from the accomplishments & mistakes of other Date

Who am I? The name is Haney, Patrick Haney.

iSites, a CMS/CMS

What do I do? I make pretty websites.

What do I really do? I make web interfaces attractive, and more importantly, usable.

Inspiration: Fun & Educational

Color Date

Multicolr Date

Adobe Kuler Adobe’s “color” tool

Colour Lovers Tracking color trends and favorite palettes

Photos Date

Take a walk

Color from photos Date

The action shot Date

The Milo palette Date

Inspiration on the Internet

The Rissington Podcast Date

eWedding Date

nclud Date

Inspiration in Art

The color of art

Vincent’s Alternative From shirt.woot

Clothing is inspirational

The business of cards

Be a “creative sponge” As Jon Hicks would say Date

Collecting Inspiration

Web Design Inspiration on Flickr

Storing Screenshots

iPhoto Not just for photos anymore! Date

LittleSnapper Like iPhoto, but for screenshots Date

The Low-Tech Route Mike Rohde’s sketchbook

Why Collect This Stuff?

“Good artists copy. Great artists steal.” - Pablo Picasso

How do we learn from this stuff?

Usability Testing

Guerrilla Usability Testing Or “gorilla” in this case

People are Inspiring

Use it or lose it

Learn from your own mistakes

Questions?

Finding Design Inspiration

by Patrick Haney on Mar 06, 2009

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