An uninspired designer is a dangerous weapon. Being inspired is a CRITICAL component of the web design process. At Stonewall+, we’ve found that the greatest source of inspiration is the internet, which incidentally is the medium we’re designing for anyway! The first step of our design process involves browsing the web for inspiration, taking screenshots of stuff that grabs us, and dropping them all into an “Inspiration” folder

This process helps us to:

• define the creative benchmark - finding the best and trying to better it is a tried and trusted approach (just look at Apple and their product development approach)
• refine the desired art direction of the project - narrow down the overall style, colour scheme, etc.

Without a clear vision of what you’re trying to achieve, you’re likely to get lost in the design process, lose motivation and ultimately deliver something that you’re not entirely proud of (and, quite frankly, could be a hellova lot better). So, to help get you started, here’s my ultimate inspiration list.