February 24, 2010 · Inspiration · (No comments)
The Design Inspiration is created by a group of designers who are looking for various design inspiration every day. To make every designer’s life easier, they have decided to trait some of the best logo designs, illustration art, websites, photos and patterns from the most endowed designers around the world. The site updates every day, so that you can get the new and top quality design inspiration daily.

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June 16, 2009 · Inspiration · (No comments)

Whether you have a broken link on your site or your visitors happened to come from a site that incorrectly hyperlinked your site; they are likely to land on a error page. If this error pages is properly handled, the visitor will be reading a Error 404 page.

Seeing things from a visitor’s point of view, when a hyperlink is clicked, it’s expected to return results of related information. And if it turned out to be an error pages, it is disappointing, sometimes frustrating too. Most of the time, a frustrated visitor don’t return.

So for a web designer or developer, though sometimes you cannot control the cause of error page, but you can minimize the damages by using a custom Error 404 page. The page can serve to educate, encourage visitor to re-search, display related information visitor might be interested or even redirecting them back to main page. Error 404 page is mandatory and if you currently don’t have one, here’s 49 nice and creative Error 404 pages begging to inspire you. Full list after jump.

  1. HomeStar Runner

  2. PEN-and-PAPER

  3. Project EUH

  4. Tix02

  5. Spore

  6. Psicobyte

  7. Poemofquotes

  8. Underconsideration

  9. Martinkorner

  10. MTV.de

  11. Jackfig

  12. Newyorker

  13. Meroigo

  14. Mikeace

  15. Jhuskisson

  16. Startdrag

  17. LookItsMe

  18. Amcharts

  19. Alistapart

  20. Enesto Timor

  21. Jtbullitt

  22. Galiacho

  23. Ateaseweb

  24. Cgcraft

  25. Codesense

  26. Suspended Animations

  27. Mixx.com

  28. Tysontate

  29. Rubberducky

  30. Aviation Reviews

  31. Twitter

  32. Kitty-yo

  33. Jibjab

  34. Pownce

  35. Freeshell

  36. Dazeofourlives

  37. The Big Noob

  38. Jeremy Fuksa

  39. Just Creative

  40. Slonky

  41. Frye / Wiles

  42. NTL World

  43. Lumino.us

  44. Bruno Bellamy

  45. Blue Vertigo

  46. HomeStar Runner

  47. Krystal Archive

  48. D20srd

  49. Rainfall Daffinson

  50. CUOMA Design Studio

Gathered from: Pingdom, Smashing Magazine, CNN, 404errorpages and a lot of Google searches.

June 4, 2009 · Inspiration · (No comments)

We are sucker for creative advertisement, particularly those that convey message with sense of humors, or deliver idea in ways we have never expected. Here is something light to digests for the weekend surfer – 60+ creative and smart advertisement we have collected around the web. Some of these advertisements come in series.

Wonderbra – You have 918915 friend requests

Terra News – Be the second one to know
More: #1

 

Motorola – Ming8, Now with GPS, thankfully
More: #1

motorola ming8 gps

CareerBuilder.com – Don’t Jump

Chevrolet – A designated driver is Death’s worst nightmare
More: #1, #2

chevrolet

013 Netvision – Extremly fast internet

netvision extremly fast internet

Axe Shower Gel – If you use a woman’s soap, you’ll smell like one
More: #1, #2

axe shower gel ad

Berlitz Language School – Now you understand English
More: #1, #2

Apple iPod – Play your music

Brighton Language School – Fix your broken English
More: #1

Nikon S60 Camera – Detects up to 12 faces
More: #1

Mambocino Coffee Co – Cialdi, Extra Strong

Bootcamps Australia – Make fitness part of your life

Samsung MP3 Player
More: #1

Allianz Insurance – It is hard to protect yourself from hail. But easy to ensure
More: #1, #2

Nissan

WWF – When you leave the light on, you’re not the only one who pays
More: #1, #2, #3

WWF – How tough is one hour without light?
More: #1, #2

Volkswagen Crafter
More: #1

Sony Alpha900 DSLR – Capture the truth with a 24.6 megapixel Alpha90
More: #1, #2

Sanyo Xacti CA8 Digital Underwater Camera – See what’s under the sea
More: #1, #2

Polish Chamber of Tourism – We’ve already been in your place. It’s time for you to visit us. Make history – Visit Poland
More: #1

NIKE ACG – Heavy as a feather
More: #1, #2

Levi’s Low Rise
More: #1

Lenovo – The Lenovo IdeaPad comes with Face Recognition Security

Coop’s Paint – Life in full color

Oxygo Gym – Long time no see

Dash Courier – The Carolinas’ most reliable same day delivery service
More: #1, #2

DIRECTV Plus – Watch it when you want to
More: #1

Heineken – History is made in Rome

June 3, 2009 · Inspiration · (No comments)

Most web designs start off with a pen and paper before its taken over by Photoshops. However, we have noticed a new trend  where designer are bringing back sketch as a form of designs. Without a doubt, hand-drawn art is one of the popular style adopted into web design. Nothing is better than using these sketchy design to convey and reflect individual style.

In this post, we would like to show you 50 great examples of how hand drawings and web designs can fit beautifully together.

K4 Laboratory

Esteban Muñoz

Studio IMG

 

Espuma Restaurant

Agami Creative

Biola Undergrad

Kusoyama

XM Radio – Wild Ride

WeFail

Web Designer Wall

Dean Oakley Web Design

Fat Heads Creative Studio

Booma Web Design

Boompa

Casio Exilim Lab

Bootb

Richard Stelmach

Dax and Alice

We Are Not Freelancers

Von Dutch Originals

Toucouleur

Simon Reynolds

Teresa Walsh

Satsu Design

St. Francis is Happy in Greenville

Squidfingers

Flossy Yannik

Pointless Ramblings

Philippe Mignotte

QuakeQuizSF

Mplusz

New Art for a New Era

Christian Sparrow

Matt – Multi Account Twitter Tweeter

Mariska

Lucuma

Mikimottes

Mobious

Kutztown University

Kitty Attack

Look Designs

Idiotic Adventures of Philippe and Pierre

Lionite Internet Ventures

Get ready to rox

Elan Snowboards

ARS Media

It Looks Good

Jesus Rodriguez Velasco

Kinetic Singapore

Bearskinrug

May 30, 2009 · Inspiration · (No comments)


via wikipedia

Tilt-shift photography is a method of photography that utilizes tilt-shift lenses to overcome the restrictions of depth of field and perspective that normal lenses provide. A tilt-shift lens allows for the rotation of lens against the image plane, as well as the movement of lens along the image plane. By applying Scheimpflug principle, tilt-shift photography is able to obtain a very shallow depth of field using tilt and a large aperture.

Tilt-shift miniature faking is one of the most popular application of tilt-shift photography. This is a process in which a photographer manipulate the angle of a tilt-shift lens to distort the focus of a scene to be captured by the camera, thereby creating an illusionary depth of field usually produced by macro lense. This makes the particular scenes appear smaller than it truly is.

Due to the popularity of tilt-shift miniature faking, it is often misunderstood to be synonymous with the tilt-shift photography method itself. There are other effects that can be achieved from this method. For instance, tilt-shifting is widely used to capture architectural scenes because of its unique ability to remove perspective in photo and manipulates the plane of focus.

We present here 60 cool examples of tilt-shift photography for your reference.

 

Tilt-Shift Photography

Nakayan’s tilt-shift Tokyo ??????
by pinboke_planet

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Eiffel Tilt-Shift II
by ArnarBi

Tikal Miniature
by roevin

Vatican Stairs
by Toshio

Oregon State Beavers Tilt-Shift Miniature
by wikipedia.com</p>

Mini-cars on a mini-street
by nahadef

Miniature living room
by countlazarus

Tilt-shift crossroads
by ochmonek

Tilt-shift house
by pernillep

School Walk
by hello hayley

Dirt bikes race start
by wakeboy

New York City Miniature
by Daniele Pesaresi

Real world in miniature: Construction site
by Super tourist

Street in Downtown LA
by CFrancisco

Small Worlds at the Technisches Museum Vienna
by bre pettis

Tilt Loader
by entropy462

Real Macro
by deMiguel

Landschaft30
by Matthias Focks

Mini Traffic
by Studio Skitz (Steven Hsieh)

Toy train
by rolohauck

Two-Bump
by cityshrinker

Kid’s store
by Stevo Arnold

Clock tower
by Rolo Hauck

Houses on a slope
by mcsixth

Bigrig
by Hamish D. Grant

Canal Grande
by jjjohn

River boat on the Mississippi
by djnekokittie

Tilt Shift – Puente del Inca, Mendoza, Argentina
by Al Zuwaga

Vegas mini six
by californiabirdy

Tilt-shift ? Jhongjhu Port
by Yueh-Hua 2009

old_city-hall_sheraton
by wvs

Peering into the Miniascape
by rawheadrex

The Corniche in Muscat Oman
by Eric Lafforgue

Southern Cross Station
by JamesDPhotography

Small houses
by H? Nim</p>

Small People
by ChristofferEngström

serralves 08
by ronyjux

Harvard Book Store – Tilt Shift
by Carmel Kozlov

Man in the woods
by Cheapshooter.com

 

More Photos

Can’t get enough of these amazing tilt-shift photographs? Here are more:

Tilt-shift lenses (D.I.Y)

Not surprisingly, tilt-shift lenses can be quite expensive, costing $1000 and above. Here are some alternative methods you can go for:

Tilt-Shift With Adobe Photoshop

If tilt-shift lens is not within your budget at this time, how about some Photoshopping to get your photo to look really tilt-shifted.

Further Readings

Here are some other articles and links about tilf-shifting photography you might be interested in:

May 28, 2009 · Inspiration · (No comments)

night photography

When the sun goes down and sky gradually turns dark doesn’t mean you’ll have to keep your camera in the bag. In fact, it is during the night where some of the most beautiful photos are snapped. No doubt shooting under low light is challenging, but by getting familiar with the shutter speed, exposures, lightning and taking advantages of surrounding objects often help compensate the light and create amazing output.

Here’s a collection of 60 Examples of Beautiful Night Shots, taken by avid and professional photographers who jumped into action when the sun sets.

Cities

Poisonous Darts
by 13thWitness

94th Floor, Chicago, IL
by shutterBRI

 

Kuala Lumpur City Centre
by Christopher Chan

Hong-Kong night citiscape lights from Victoria Peak
by QT Luong

New York City, USA
by QT Luong

Toronto Skyline
by CarbonSilver

Eiffel Tower
by kayess2008

City of Lights
by paul (dex)

City Night View
by inoc

Metropolis
by VJ Spectra

Rush Hour
by Stuck in Customs

Escarpment
by VJ Spectra

Kowloon
by VJ Spectra

Merlion Night Scene
by fravenang

Rays From Above
by VJ Spectra

Wow Macau
by VJ Spectra

Reflections

A Night at The Bay Bridge
by MattGranz

Red Bull Illume
by CarbonSilver (gbenz)

Night Photography
by bob west

Night Waterfront Cityscape
by 32tsunami

Westmister Palace, London at night
by QT Luong

Sea Of Tranquility
by VJ Spectra

Night Sky
by VJ Spectra

City of Niagara Falls
by Jon Ramsey

Positron
by Kamuro

Night Life
by marcelgermain

Singapore
by Christopher Chan

Sydney Opera House
by shrillian

The Louvre at Night
by dealived

OAKA Main Entrance View
by NikGr

Ghent by night
by nonkelduvel

Florence Night scene
by choongcheehuei

Manarola
by VJ Spectra

Blue Hour
by ??????

Symphony
by VJ Spectra

Shoot that Bridge
by tomalu

Misc

Another late night Drive
by John A Ryan

The Glass House
by darklogan1

Candelária Nights
by Leonardo Paris

Pigeon Point Lighthouse
by Susanne Friedrich

Aurorus Reflectus Colosseo
by Stuck in Customs

Railway
by mara-mara

Night Walk
by Gerrit Wenz

Milan Train Station at Midnight
by Stuck in Customs

Capitol View
by Todd Klassy

Invisible Sun
by jrtce1

ExPort
by VJ Spectra

Night at Loch Lomond
by guillaume-dauphin

Fireworks

If you are fan of firework photography, check out this entry we’ve previously written: 100 Most Breathtaking Fireworks in The World

Liftoff
by VJ Spectra

Engage
by VJ Spectra

Australia Day
by VJ Spectra

Light Trails and Star Trails

Berlin at Night
by d5e

Quantum Photonic
by VJ Spectra

Poteet Strawberry Festival 2007
by bceichman02

Interstellar Overdrive
by VJ Spectra

Intersection
by VJ Spectra

Curves
by VJ Spectra

Human Pendulum
by Kirpernicus

Star Trails
by bob west

May 22, 2009 · Inspiration · (No comments)

At the size of 48×48, Twitter avatars definitely have more rooms for creativity compared to a 16×16 website favicon. Having a nicely designed Twitter avatar is fairly important, especially when it comes to profile branding and attracting new followers.

If a nice Twitter avatar is what you are looking for, we’d like to take a bit of your time to show you some of the really nice Twitter avatars we’ve come across before you start creating one. Here are 100 Extremely Creative Twitter Avatars from the twittersphere, ranging for cartoon and faces, icons, symbols and typography.

Cartoon and faces

 

Icons

     

Symbols and Typography