Inspired by Nature: 27 websites with Wood

19.02.08

Filed Under: Inspiration, Web Design with 49 Comments

Nature elements especially wood can be seen in many website design nowadays. The natural textures and shading of the wood surface and color can make a website looks rich in texture and green in feel. Even well known web designers like Alex Buga and Shane Seminole Mielke also used wood as part of their portfolio [...]

The irresistible AXE Effect!

23.01.08

Filed Under: Inspiration, Nice Ads with 4 Comments

AXE (or Lynx in UK, Ireland and Australia), is a world famous grooming brand from Unilever. The product line includes deodorants, body sprays, shower gels and a wide range of seductive fragrances. Their marketing campaign is always exaggerating “boys get girls” or opposite sex attraction especially the AXE Effect campaign. It is very eye catchy, [...]

6 sites for brochure design inspiration & tips

30.12.07

Filed Under: Art & Design, Inspiration, Resources with 43 Comments

A brochure or pamphlet is a leaflet advertisement that normally used to promote latest products and services, or serves as one member of corporate identity merchandise. The new year has come and my company decided to redesign and print new corporate brochures. To produce the best brochure printing, I started to look out some inspiration [...]

Entering the imaginative world of Aya Kato

28.12.07

Filed Under: Art & Design, Inspiration, Japan with 8 Comments

Aya Kato is a young female artists from Japan that has a great talents and skills in creating one of the most stunning and original artworks I have seen so far. Born in 1982, she studied painting by self-study and graphic design at the Aichi University of Education. She graduated in 2004 and started work [...]

4 Japan web design galleries that worth visiting

20.12.07

Filed Under: Inspiration, Japan, Web Design with 3 Comments

There is so much nice web design galleries out there like CSS Beauty, The Best Designs, Best Web Gallery and many more for web designers everyday design inspiration. They showcases the great web design examples from all around the world which displays innovative web surfing experience and design aesthetics. But recently I ask myself, is [...]

60 horizontal navigation bar design inspiration

14.12.07

Filed Under: Inspiration, Web Design with 12 Comments

Horizontal navigation bar is one of the basic elements of web design. It occupy less space and grouping the menus horizontally can make page navigation easier too. Plus, it can be customize to be fitted to any kind of designs, from clean and sleek to retro wooden style. Here, I presented you 60 good looking [...]

Drip like Jackson Pollock … with mouse

11.12.07

Filed Under: Art & Design, Inspiration with 3 Comments

Yesterday I stumbled upon this interesting website “Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas“. It was a blank white color canvas until I move my mouse over it. Magical happened, I start to drip painting like Jackson Pollock! I move my mouse crazily over the blank canvas and change color by clicking on it, a unique composition [...]

Typography + Ikebana = tenspace by WOW

09.12.07

Filed Under: Art & Design, Inspiration, Japan with 3 Comments

When the first time I watch animation “tenspace” by WOW, it was truely amazing! By mixing numbers ranging from 0 – 10 with ikebana, a Japanese art of flower arrangement to create out this masterpiece. The ikebana mainly illustrated by ink, giving a traditional ink and wash painting style, and sitting on the characters. Each [...]

Destroy the Web 2.0 look

26.11.07

Filed Under: Inspiration, Web 2.0, Web Design with 10 Comments

Until now, I’m still embracing the beauty of web 2.0 design: The glossy effect, the badges etc.. But the presentation of “Destroy the Web 2.0 Look” by Elliot Jay Stock has changed my perception and makes me understand even more about what is the real Web 2.0. Elliot presented this topic in FoWD event in [...]

Nice Site: Urban Soldierz 2

18.11.07

Filed Under: Inspiration, Web Design with 5 Comments

Last few days back I stumbled upon Urban Soldierz 2 website and was attracted by its rich textured urban environment design. Urban Soldierz is a graffiti artist collective that born in Spain, and their artistic works were displayed in both old school graffiti to new school graphic design. Now consists of 12 members, Urban Soldierz [...]