Here at Inspiredology we’re looking to break into a new category of articles. One of our new sections will involve book reviews, so when we were approached by Alex Mathers to write a review for his new eBook 10 Steps to Powerful Online Self Promotion for Creatives we were happy to do it!

It’s a user interface tug o’ war…
When it comes to UI, there is inherently a balance that needs to be struck between the needs of the user and the needs of the client. Sometimes these needs are the same and you have an ideal situation on your hands – congratulations!

Last week I posted 7 Hi-Res Bokeh Textures that I took over the Christmas break. Thus far the post has been very popular and with Bokeh effects blowing up everywhere, I thought I would try to gather some really cool sites that utilize this effect.

As a follow-up to Chad’s iTunes Music on the Web post I have compiled a list of websites from my current playlist in iTunes. Like many designers, I get my inspiration from all kinds of sources, one of the major ones definitely being music.

Music and me go hand in hand, I hate silence, my house always has music playing – and it plays in every room of the house. I am very particular on how my music is organized in iTunes. I always have my iPhone, iPod and iTunes synced… my library is very organized and I have [...]

We recently showcased Very Colourful Websites , so now I think it’s time to give the opposite “colour” scheme some time in the spotlight. By opposite of course I mean Black and White. I find it very fascinating and inspiring when website designers take the Black and White design scheme approach, in a web marketplace [...]

Grid based websites have become very popular over the past year. With a lot of heavier websites users are thrown off or confused because the information is showcased to them in an unorganized way.

Another Friday Fix, thanks to all your submissions – we are getting more and more submissions per week. Also with the new introduction to the designer/studio Twitter feature we are trying to get more interactive and make the Friday Fix about you. So let us know what you think, and if you have any suggestions [...]

Retro Design has been a popular style for quite some time now, and the trend will likely continue in the future.
These examples showcase many different ways a design can be “retro”.

Hello everyone, I am back from my vacation… It was a great time, made it out alive you can check out some photos here. This week we order Starbucks with our iPhone, enter the How Poster Design Awards and more…