Inspired by

November 24, 2009

Every designer is inspired by some other designer—better or more experienced. Inspiration is must to keep us moving forward and keep trying to produce better results. Without inspiration, sometimes we get stuck when ideas stop falling. Every designer should be prepared for such situation. Inspiration can come from anything; nature, dreams, others design. So, don’t steal, get inspired.

Here are some famous web designers whose work inspires me.

Jason Santa Maria

Graphic Designer/Speaker living in sunny Brooklyn, New York. Serving as Creative Director for A List Apart, recently transitioned from long-time position as Creative Director for Happy Cog Studios. Member of the Board of Directors for AIGA/NY. Stan maintains balance between design and usability.

Favorite work

Inspiration

Simple, clean and intelligent designs enhanced by simple and symmetric layouts, beautiful typography and efficient use of markup & style.

Andy Clarke

Freelance Web Designer/Speaker/Author and founder of tiny studio Stuff and Nonsense in North Wales since 1998. He has been called by various names like: ambassador for CSS, industry prophet and inspiring. He loves making designs for the web, writing about design and teaching it at workshops and conferences all over the world.

Favorite work

Inspiration

Innovative markup & style, beautiful color choice and unique page layouts.

Khoi Vinh

Design Director for NYTimes.com where he leads a full design team in user experience innovation.

Favorite work

Inspiration

Grids and simplicity of design.

Other Favorites

These are some of the best web designers who feed my inspiration every day. Who inspire you the most?

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  • # praveen
    says on November 29

    I’d like to add a few more to the list.
    Dave shea(mezzoblue), douglas bowman(stopdesign) and jina boultan(sushi n robots)


  • # Amrinder
    says on November 29

    Thx Praveen. I had these people in my list before writing this post but somehow left them out. Now the list is almost complete 🙂


  • # R.Bhavesh
    says on December 04

    Interesting list. Most of them are my favorite as well.

    Looking at this site, this page tells me that you are after something different and really getting inspired. e.g. you used times new roman in such beautiful way.

    Nice to know about you amrinder. Read the post on smashingmag and must say you are really a talented guy.