Button Design Showcase

Button design is something that may be considered a small detail and doesn’t often get a lot of attention, but well-designed buttons can make a big difference in the overall look of a site. In this post we’ll look at 40 buttons that come in a variety of shapes, sizes, styles and colors.

If you enjoying seeing great examples of button design, you may also like:

• 50+ Gorgeous Navigation Menus
• 50 Gorgeous Navigation Menus – Part 2

GoodBarry

25 Incredibly Artistic Websites – Part 5

Highly creative and artistic designs are an excellent source of inspiration. More and more websites are going with this style of design, so I’d like to continue the series of posts that features outstanding design of this style. To older additions are available here:

• 25 Incredibly Artistic Websites
• 25 Incredibly Artistic Websites – Part 2
• 25 Incredibly Artistic Websites – Part 3
• 25 Incredibly Artistic Websites – Part 4

ANidea

Design Inspiration: Lighting Effects – Part 3

Those of you who read this blog regularly probably know that I enjoy browsing through inspirational designs that make use of lighting effects. I’ve showcased a few collections of lighting effects in the past, and today we’ll look at a 3rd collection. For more lighting inspiration, please see:

• Design Inspiration: Lighting Effects
• Design Inspiration: Lighting Effects – Part 2

25 Beautifully Colorful Websites – Part 4

During the past year or so, I have published 3 collections of colorful websites. Today we’ll take a look at another 25 sites that make exceptional use of color. There is a wide variety of color schemes and design styles represented here, so I hope the work of these designers provides some inspiration for your own work.

• 25 Beautifully Colorful Websites
• 25 Beautifully Colorful Websites – Part 2
• 25 Beautifully Colorful Websites – Part 3

By Marina

25 Nature-Inspired Website Designs

Inspiration or web design can come from anywhere. An increasing number of websites are including elements from nature in the design. Background images, photos, illustrations… nature can be used a number of different ways in web design. In this post we’ll look at 25 excellent examples.

For more nature-inspired web design, see 25+ Inspiring Designs by Land, Sea and Air.

Revyver

35 Inspirational Website Designs from the Music Industry

Within the music industry there is a great variety in terms of the quality of websites. Some bands have excellent, creative websites, and others have sites that are not so friendly for visitors. In this post we’ll feature 35 websites from the music industry. Some are band websites and others are involved in the music industry in various ways.

The Blizzards

25+ Inspirational E-Commerce Website Designs – Part Two

Well-designed e-commerce sites can provide a more enjoyable user experience, and they can also be excellent sources of design inspiration. Of course, usability is far more important than appearance when it comes to creating a user-friendly e-commerce website, but having an attractive and usable site is a great combination. This collection is intended to showcase some e-commerce sites that have an attractive design.

For the first part of this series, please see 50 Inspirational E-Commerce Website Designs.

Ginger Pup Lane

Design Inspiration: Lighting Effects – Part 2

Last month I published a collection of images for lighting inspiration. Since there are so many excellent examples of creativity with lighting effects, I decided to do this follow up. I hope some of these can be a source of inspiration for you in your own work.

25 Beautifully Minimalist Websites – Part 5

Over the past year and a half, I have published four collections of inspirational websites with a minimalist approach to the design. Since more great websites of this style keep appearing, and since readers continue to show an interest in this style, here is the fifth edition. You can see the first four parts here:

• 25 Beautifully Minimalistic Website Designs
• 25 Beautifully Minimalistic Website Designs – Part 2
• 25 Beautifully Minimalistic Website Designs – Part 3
• 25 Beautifully Minimalistic Website Designs – Part 4

Netlings

Design Inspiration: Lighting Effects

A few weeks ago I posted a collection of 25 websites with lighting effects. While these sites can be excellent inspiration for working with light effects in Photoshop, they’re not the only source of this type of inspiration. You can also find some great pieces of work by simply browsing through graphic design portfolios. In this post you’ll find 50 examples of inspirational lighting effects.