Today's session entailed discussing sources of inspiration and materials to be taken advantage of to inform our own practices, remembering inspiration can be taken from anywhere.
"Inspiration can be taken from around you, and also within you."
Where can you find inspiration?
Blogs | Galleries | Books | Magazines | Zines | Gigs | Concerts | The Street | Socials | Performances | The Past | The Future | Friends | Family
Sectors inspiration can be taken from:
Art | Music | Poetry | Film | Literature | Dance | Photography | fashion | architecture | Technology | Science
Noted Sources
Ted Talks | Do Lectures | The Chicken Shed Chronicles | Instagram | Medium | The Plant Hunter | Radio 4 | Another | Dazed and Confused | Pinterest
Having compiled lists in groups of our inspirations, we then shared them with the rest of the class to provide one another with new sources to influence our practices. Below are 10 sources I discovered in the session:
Design Milk - http://design-milk.com
Design Milk, founded by Jaime Derringer, is a design blog featuring new interior design ideas, architecture, modern furniture, home decor, art, style, and technology. The blog has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Time Out New York, The San Francisco Chronicle, was one of the Google Reader Engineers’ Staff Picks and has been noted on Twitter’s “Who to Follow” list of influencers in Art and Design.
Alongside graphic design specifically, I also have a strong interest in interior design and decoration. Design milk provides imagery of contemporary interiors that excite me in that they make me consider how I may want my own home in the future.
Twitter - One Minute Briefs - https://twitter.com/OneMinuteBriefs
One Minute Briefs is a concept brought to you by Nick Entwistle, creator of The Bank of Creativity. They promote brands and causes via Twitter by challenging the creative community to respond to a brief in One Minute and reward the best ideas. When they publish their ideas, they are shared - generating hundreds of thousands of mentions per day which is all positive advertising content for the client. This enables the brand to engage with a large audience very quickly and cost effectively. It is also a great tool for educational workshops, talks, events and is a popular social network for the creative industry.
When inspiration and creativity is lacking, these briefs may act as a resource for myself to be able to begin generating ideas, which in turn will undoubtedly bring an abundance of thoughts on my own personal project considerations.
When inspiration and creativity is lacking, these briefs may act as a resource for myself to be able to begin generating ideas, which in turn will undoubtedly bring an abundance of thoughts on my own personal project considerations.
Newgrids - http://newgrids.fr
New Grids was launched in spring 2011 by Thomas Bouillot, with the aim of gathering some creative work, original thinking and digital experiences.
This curation of work and new ideas and considerations is abundant with articles and writings that not only inform on contemporary practices, but also provide information that is thought provoking and interesting. I feel regular visits to this website will keep my outlook on design fresh and exciting.
This curation of work and new ideas and considerations is abundant with articles and writings that not only inform on contemporary practices, but also provide information that is thought provoking and interesting. I feel regular visits to this website will keep my outlook on design fresh and exciting.
People of Print - http://www.peopleofprint.com
The People of Print website, originally created by Marcroy Eccleston Smith, began in 2008. Its purpose is to serve as a library of illustrators, designers and printers both creatively and commercially with the purpose of educating and inspiring.
Having been introduced to a number of print methods during my foundation and discovering a love I had for the processes and finishes alike, this website will allow me to explore the possibilities of contemporary print practice and perhaps inspire a preference for print over digital where possible and/or appropriate.
Friends of Type - http://friendsoftype.com
Friends of Type is a website featuring original typographic design and lettering. The site showcases fresh visual content typically every day, by four primary contributors. Posts are meant to log ideas, express, and inspire them and their readers. In the last week of every month they feature a guest designer, someone they admire and think will elevate their work and the site through their contribution.
As somebody who considers type something they want to form a significant part of their practice, this website will provide me with inspiration and links to practitioners in this field I may otherwise have been unaware of.
Eye Magazine - http://www.eyemagazine.com
Eye is "the world’s most beautiful and collectable graphic design journal." It is published quarterly for professional designers, students and anybody else interested in critical, informed writing about design and visual culture.
The writing style used in the magazine is what attracts me to this publication. I love reading interesting, professional articulations on design concerns. Wording and prose are something I have interest in, making eye a potential collectable of my own in the near future if possible.
The writing style used in the magazine is what attracts me to this publication. I love reading interesting, professional articulations on design concerns. Wording and prose are something I have interest in, making eye a potential collectable of my own in the near future if possible.
Typography and calligraphy, lettering. Find the best fonts suggestions.
To become more competent and hand lettering is a significant ambition of mine, so retype is an ideal online resource for exploring the practice and bettering my own.
My Modern Met - http://www.mymodernmet.com
My Modern Met is "the big city that celebrates creative ideas." The site is a platform for creatives to discover art, design and photography inspiration.
This site collates inspirations from all corners of the design industry. It is a great site for keeping informed on contemporary practices in all creative sectors, and therefore is an important site to visit regularly.
Nowness - https://www.nowness.com
Launched in 2010, NOWNESS is a video channel showcasing contemporary culture through film. A new video is premiered everyday that gets under the skin of the most influential names across art & design, fashion & beauty, music, culture and food & travel.
Nowness provides a more captivating platform for keeping up to date with the latest significant occurrences in contemporary design and beyond. By watching each premiered video daily, being informed on current affairs in the creative industry will be easier than ever for me.
Debbie Millman: The Top 10 Things I Wish I Knew When Graduating College
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkd8OSDa55A
Debbie Millman offers tactical and practical advice for soon to be design grads applicable to anyone in any walk of life.
This talk by Debbie Millman provides excellent insight into life as a practicing designer, interaction with clients and beyond. The talk by Millman allows for new perspectives to be adopted and for the industry, and life in general, to be seen with more clarity. This is one of my favourite talks.
This talk by Debbie Millman provides excellent insight into life as a practicing designer, interaction with clients and beyond. The talk by Millman allows for new perspectives to be adopted and for the industry, and life in general, to be seen with more clarity. This is one of my favourite talks.
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