Site of the dayartvee.comenWorldwide
Artvee: public domain art, in high res
Artvee is a big archive of public domain paintings, drawings, illustrations and posters, neatly sorted, with artist pages and free high-resolution downloads.
Design Inspiration Websites
Design inspiration websites are where you go to train your eye, not to copy a template. Every site in this collection was picked by an editor, opened and checked live, and given a short review of what it offers and who it suits.
Fonts In Use is an archive of real-world graphic design that names the typefaces on book and record covers, signage, packaging and posters. The Pudding explains ideas through interactive visual essays built from data and beautifully drawn. Haikei generates layered waves, blobs, low-poly grids and gradients you can export as SVG or PNG. Method of Action trains a designer's eye with free mini-games on kerning, Bézier curves and color. And Iconic Houses is a network of 20th-century house museums, with homes by Aalto, Le Corbusier and Loos.
Some of these inspiring sites aren't about design at all, like the animated wind map Earth Nullschool, which looks like a living painting. That's the point: good ideas come from looking widely. New finds are added regularly.
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10 finds
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Site of the daystitchfiddle.comenWorldwide
Stitch Fiddle: design your own stitch charts
Stitch Fiddle is an online chart maker for knitting, crochet, cross stitch, fuse beads and more. Draw a pattern square by square or turn a photo into a chart.
Site of the dayiconichouses.orgenWorldwide
Iconic Houses: visit the icons of modern living
Iconic Houses is a global network of 20th-century house museums: homes by Aalto, Le Corbusier, Loos and others, artists' studios, and even a few iconic houses you can stay in.
Site of the daymethod.acenWorldwide
Method of Action: design skills as games
Method of Action is a set of free mini-games that train a designer's eye: kerning, Bézier curves, boolean shapes, color and letterforms, plus a simple web vector editor.
Site of the dayhaikei.appenWorldwide
Haikei SVG generator
A browser tool that generates backgrounds: layered waves, blobs, low-poly grids, steps, gradients. Set your colours and size, roll the dice, export SVG or PNG.
Site of the dayweavesilk.comenWorldwide
Silk generative art
A generative drawing toy: move your mouse and glowing silk threads follow, mirrored into symmetrical patterns. A striking image in a minute, no skill needed.
Site of the daypudding.coolenWorldwide
The Pudding: stories told in charts
An online publication that explains ideas through interactive visual essays: music, language, sports, relationships — all dug out of data and beautifully drawn.
Site of the dayfontsinuse.comenWorldwide
Fonts In Use: typefaces in the wild
An archive of real-world graphic design that identifies which typefaces were used: book and record covers, signage, packaging, posters.
Site of the daydavidrumsey.comenWorldwide
David Rumsey Map Collection
A huge online collection of historical maps, atlases and globes — over 150,000 images you can explore in high resolution.
Site of the dayearth.nullschool.netmixWorldwide
Earth Nullschool: wind over the planet
An animated map of Earth showing how winds, ocean currents and air pollution are moving right now. It looks like a living painting.