The document discusses design elements the author found inspiring for their magazine design, including photos with different poses, fonts to stand out as headings, geometric shapes that work well together, soft colors, hand-drawn arrows to break up text, simple rug patterns that are not distracting, a pull quote layout with a different colored background, and an interesting way of using a drop cap to present an article. The author considered including natural poses, concerts photos, different fonts, big quotation marks, geometric shapes, photo frames, soft colors, hand-drawn arrows, simple rug patterns, a centered pull quote with different background color, and a drop cap style in their own magazine design.