Bad Usability Calendar is a calendar displaying "user interface design tips" with a sense of humor.
It has examples of exaggerated use of fancy Web 2.0 design, cover flow, personalization, pull-down menus and more…
It is presented in multiple languages, various sizes & PDF format.
MephoBox is a website displaying quality website interfaces with a well-categorized presentation.
MephoBox is free to use but anyone can register & add new designs to the collection.
It is definitely a nice & growing inspiration resource for any web designer.
The grid, which helps designers to organize text & images in a rational way, is hard to get used to, but after that, it makes most design related problems disappear.
The Grid System is a resource on grid based designs.
It is a very fresh website but already presents handy InDesign & Photoshop grid templates, interesting tools like Syncotype, Phiculator & more.
ecommr is a website presenting interface & design elements of e-commerce websites in a well-categorized way.
Besides the element categories, designs can be reached by retailer names too ( for ex: you can simply focus on the design elements of Apple Shop).
ecommr is definitely a handy inspiration resource for anyone into e-commerce related design.
Pattern Tap is a community which collects & presents well-categorized web design interfaces.
To give an example, you can find real-world collections of 404 pages, backgrounds, button, borders & more.
As a user, you can also create your own sets like these paper textures set and follow the users you like to easily find the sets they create.
With more users contributing, Pattern Tap may become a giant resource which every designer can find materials to inspire.
Design Police is providing a "Visual Enforcement Kit" to "bring bad design to justice".
The kit can be used to print real-world stickers or as stencils.
How applicable the idea is can be discussed but the messsages include good tips (or real world problems) with humor.
More images can be found in the designer’s portfolio.
Bomomo is a Flash JavaScript drawing application which is not totally under your control.
With some moving objects, you can choose between different object & animation types and it will draw figures due to your selections and mouse movements.
Bomomo works only in Firefox.
It is a very different application that can create random graphics which can be used in patterns or textures or just to be inspired from them.
On the other hand, if you would like to check some beautiful work built with Flash & randomness, you must definitely check the portfolio of Joshua Davis who uses random algorithms within Flash to create professional designs.
DaPino is a blog that presents beautiful free vector images created by Pien.
You can find lots of different vector resources from birthday cards to price tags, badges, human figures & more.
This great design resource is updated regulary and you can find new vectors almost everyday.
Vector love flowers:
Some vector design elements:
Vector wooden labels:
DaPino is definitely a must bookmark for every designer to find new things everyday for using them and to get inspired.
PSDfreebee is a website presenting free PSD files which you may find helpful while designing websites & applications.
You can find PSD logos, website layouts, icons & more. It is a fresh website where there are already 25+ quality files and new ones are added frequently.
Badges are maybe the most famous design elements of the Web 2.0 design trend.
They are commonly used to emphasize information, sometimes as buttons, in logos, and sure, for the "beta information" of web applications. When used creatively, they are really powerful.
I have collected 36 Web 2.0 badges from the websites which I like the designs of them and hope you will like and inspire.
To use badges on your website check the previous post: Web 2.0 Badges Collection.
