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40+ Creative Contact Forms That Will Inspire You

Jameel Khan — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:00:20 +0000

We have previously posted many collections about inspirational contact forms, but in this post we have collected the most innovative and amazing contact forms which you can bring into play for inspiration in your own designs. Contact forms have developed very much since the days of plain featureless HTML forms. This applies especially correct for portfolio websites and design agencies.

The modern designs are attractive and can be tremendously innovative. In addition to the regular fields that everyone anticipates, forms can be elevated by adding additional features such as maps, social networking data and interesting illustrations. A solid and aesthetically pleasing contact form assures the viewer’s trust in the person or company at the back of the site and improves the entire experience.

Here is the full collection after this jump. Enjoy!

1. Aterlier Detour

Here the contact us form is placed at the bottom of the page when you click Contact button. The design looks different and unique when you compare it with others.

2. Try Triangle

Here you will find that the contact us form is more like a paper form that is placed on the table.

3. Asvalia

A post card like contact us form that gives the whole page a very unique and visually calming look.

4. Foto Marcol

Slightly vague but truly creative contact us form that sets itself apart from the identical contact us forms.

5. Square 1 Media

Yet another example of beautiful and visually attractive contact us form that encourages your visitors to contact you.

6. Stan Gursky

Extremely creative contact us form.

7. Ctrln

Here, the form has been given a nice look by placing a post box at the end that connotes the communication through written messages.

8. Denise Chandler

This form holds a different color and that is red which grabs the attention on the first look and signals that this is something you should pay attention to.

9. Carsonified

Simple, uncomplicated and easy to complete form that does not ask too many details.

10. David Hellmann

An envelope is placed as the background image with the form in this website giving it a very personal touch.

11. Step2reality

A cute image is used at the side of contact fields that implies the delivery of written messages.

12. Xruiz

The creative web designer made use of his creativity and designed this visually compelling contact us form.

13. Silly Poems

No big images, no huge typography; just a simple contact form with a nice and simple background surely is enough to grab the attention.

14. Fseid

This contact us form looks like a notice board where you can post different notices with the help of paper clips and thumb pins.

15. La Masa Mimatta

Somewhat mysterious yet appealing form that does not ask for much information to send your query to the webmaster.

16. Fundo Los Paltos

Contact details are also provided in case if you want to contact them over phone or though fax along with the email.

17. Five Cent Stand

A very dynamic contact us page with loads of interactive elements to create user interest in the website.

18. Red Bull Soapbox Racer

A casual and unfussy contact us form that is different from all the other forms in this collection. See the simplicity of this contact us form.

19. Camping ilfrutteto

This contact us form is simplicity at its best.

20. Svn2ftp

A very cool and fresh approach to design a contact us form is apparent in this website. You can see how interactively the designer has used certain elements to bring this web design to life.

21. Just Dot

A very unusual contact us form that is present at the end of the web page. You simply have to navigate to the bottom of the web page to find this lovely contact form.

22. In my Bubble

You may feel like as you are writing on a paper but actually you are not. The design really is very marvelous and imaginative.

23. Harmony Republic

Harmony Republic also designed a very simple and clean contact us form.

24. Corvusart

A nature inspired contact us form with a beautiful color combination.

25. Rescueseo

This contact us form is presented in company with SEO packages choices that you can pick for your project. A very unique approach.

26. Reverend Danger

Simple and uncomplicated contact us form that lets you quickly fill the required fill in order to send your query to the webmaster.

27. Webfoo London

New and innovative approach of placing contact us form at the top of the web page emphasizing its importance.

28. Melonfree

Melonfree makes use of the concept of minimalism for its contact us form and keeps the design simple but appealing.

29. Hit Digital

Quick and efficient contact us form without much complexity and confusion. This is truly helpful for such websites that expect their users to contact them more frequently.

30. Zeropixel

Zeropixel contact us form is somewhat different from the others with respect to its design and color usage.

31. 1minus1

1minus1 does not have a separate contact us page but rather the contact us form appears like a pop up window on your screen when you click the contact button present at the top and bottom of the page.

32. Syropia

Syropia also uses the concept of mailing envelope to design their contact us form, looks simply ground-breaking.

33. Agencyp

Agencyp contact us form appears to be identical to that of others but in actuality it is not. The website will take you to the contact us form in a sliding style once you clicked the Switch Board button.

34. Freestyle Night

Extremely innovative approach to design a contact us form and taking it to the next level by just mixing up some innovation and creativity.

35. Ultranoir

Ultranoir has designed its contact us form by keeping the concept of creativity and simplicity intact, and has successfully created this awesome contact us form.

36. Cplx

Send messages in the clouds; this is what this design speaks about. You will like the originality of the designer with which this form has been created.

37. Bio-Bak

The most unusual and innovative contact us form in this collection that was designed with an out of the box approach.

38. Lunalunerafestival

Write your message on the piece of paper, fill you name and email address in the envelope and send it to the webmaster. Isn’t it interesting?

39. ElectricPulp

In addition to the contact us form, other details such as phone number and email address are also provided for the users to contact them directly.

40. Fabric Adecaricaturas

A somewhat ugly caricature is there with the contact us form, I don’t know for what but somehow it completes the overall look.

41. Z-Index Media

Again the concept of a letter is being applied to create this contact us form. The design is simple yet speaks volume about itself.

42. Social Snack

Social Snack also utilizes another interesting and creative approach to get their contact us page appear different and unique from the rest of the contact us forms.

43. World-Arcade

The contact us form appears when you click on the Contact button asking you name, email address and your message that you want to send.

44. Hybridworks

In this contact us form, you will see that the letter box is the only graphic element. Despite that the web page looks visually interesting and appealing.

Get Inspired: 45+ Amazingly Creative Papercut Artwork

Ari Suardiyanti — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:00:15 +0000

Derives from the Greek term for the ancient Egyptian writing material, paper as we call it today is being used for many purposes. From writing a simple note to advertising media, the paper it self become very important in our life. Furthermore, paper can also be used as decorations.

Papercut for example, is a simple paper decoration. Though, when it comes to creative ideas they will no longer look simple. Instead, these stunning papercut artwork will leave you with praise. In today’s post, we have selected 45+ amazingly creative papercut artwork for your inspiration. Make sure to check them all and be amazed on how amazing one paper could be.

1. Hedgerow Birds by Helen Musselwhite

2. Gucc Grafik and Film by Julene

3. Bluness by Stealinghearts

4. Main25 by Aoyama Hina

5. Papillon by Aoyama Hina

6. Altop-p by Aoyama Hina

7. Eros & Thanatos by Kako Ueda

8. Reciprocal Pain by Kako Ueda

9. Autobio by Beatrice Coron

10. Dominik by Beatrice Coron

11. Webtime by Beatrice Coron

12. Welcome by Ufocinque

13. Dark Night by Carolg2007

14. Tree by Carolg2007

15. Rimane by Ufocinque

16. Vernissage by Analu Prestes

17. Tree House by Elsa Mora

18. Por Dentro by Elsa Mora

19. Brain by Elsa Mora

20. Française by Kris Trappeniers

21. Mesmerized by Kris Trappeniers

22. Atomic Jellyfish by Bovey Lee

23. Telaraña by Irene Tobón

24. Papercut Spread by Naomi

25. Tarjeta Jimena y Marcelo by Chiquita Boo

26. Blonda by Chiquita Boo

27. Tsunami Oblivious by Bovey Lee

28. Papercut for “The Scene” by Himmapaan

29. Asphyxiation by Lorraine Nam

30. Gender Role by Lorraine Nam

31. Paper cut out map

32. Anna by V_A_A

33. P1 Fragment by V_A_A

34. Follow Your Dreams by Julene

35. Girl & Storks by Iris-b2007

36. Papercut by LI

37. Wip by Ruth Mergi

38. Etsy Papercutting Art Works

39. Etsy Papercutting Art Works

40. Papercut by Jam Wu

41. Papercut by Jam Wu

42. Now I Got Worry (StressMonkey) by Patrick Gannon

43. Your Touch, It Does Something To Me by Patrick Gannon

44. Laura by Disaster.Strikes

45. Xinagraf by Christina Graf

46. Rob Ryan – Valentines 2008 by Velda

47. Ceca Sustentável by Uriá Fassina

Make Your Own Papercut

Aren’t they all amazing? It is actually not so difficult to create a papercut artwork, though you will need to be patient and practice on cutting the desired shapes. If you’re really interested on how to create one, check out this tutorial: How To: DIY Papercuts by Skinny Laminx. Don’t forget to tell us which is your favorite piece or if you’re a papercut artist, feel free to show your artwork to us.

12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn)

Darren — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:00:34 +0000

In this post I’ll feature some web designs that went viral on StumbleUpon/Digg/other social media sites and the lessons you can learn from them. As you browse the designs, I’m pretty sure you’ll find some common patterns I overlooked. If you see that, let me know in the comments :) For now, let’s get started.

One more thing before we start. The lessons I’ll share are just principles and observations that come from my 3+ experience in viral marketing and getting over a million people to my websites. Feel free to disagree with some of the principles and let me know why in the comments below. Now, let’s REALLY get started :)

1. Man in The Dark

What can we learn from this: People want control. That’s one of the reasons games are more engaging than videos. This animation makes use of that principle by giving people an incredible control over the flying man. Even if you move your mouse a little bit, you should get him flying immediately. The lesson here is: If you’re making a game or an animation people can control, ask yourself how can you make it so even a small move with the mouse (smallest effort people can possibly take while sitting on a computer) can produce a ‘wow’ results.

2. 10 Common Misonceptions Dispelled (Infographic)

What can we learn from this: Appeal to the general audience. Going niche doesn’t work if you want to go viral (except if the niche is fascinating for the general public, like astronomy). This infographic is a great example of appealing to the overall mass population. The name is ’10 Common Misconceptions Dispelled’, not ’10 Common Teeth Whitening’ or ’10 Common Acne’ misconceptions. In viral, fun and entertainment are a priority over being informative.

3. Horses Singing

What can we learn from this: There are so many principles behind this viral flash ‘game’, but I think what’s most important here is unexpectedness; when horses open their mouth, you expect that awful and loud voice. But these horses can sing; and they can actually sing in chorus! Imagine real horses doing that; one of the most annoying things in the world? :)

4. Different Live Quotes

What can we learn from this: As a general rule of thumb, too much text doesn’t work in viral (see why in the next lesson). That doesn’t mean, however, that text doesn’t work at all. This example shows that. If you combine it with something insightful (like quotes), funny (once someone on Twitter made an account named “shit my dad says”), anything that brings emotions, you should have a good probability most people are going to like it.

5. TheOatMeal

What can we learn from this: I’ve actually known this OatMeal guy before he went viral on Digg. I expected his site to be great success, but never expected it would get viral to this extent! (his site is in the top 2500 most visited sites in the world according to Alexa). He taught me one very important thing with his designs. You see, there is a lot of text in some of his infographics. But it’s all illustrated, like a comics, and the text accompanies the graphic rather than the graphic accompanying the text. This is a very important distinction to make; if the text accompanies the graphic then you try to illustrate as many things as you can with the graphic, while the reverse is true with the graphic accompanying the text (like in this article, for example).

6. TypoOrganism ASCII (or, it’s Obama in ASCII!)

What can we learn from this: Ah, the power of associations. Combining technology + famous people = win. You could argue that we were making all these ‘associations’ in the previous examples as well (connecting pictures with emotions etc). But this is different. In this example, there is a politician, a celebrity. Some will like this and some will not. But they would both agree this is ‘fascinating’. A lesson/idea: You can take a present trend/famous person and make a creative design out of it. Like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.

7. Drawing Example

What can we learn from this: Most people like drawings. If you’re a drawing master, why not try and submit your masterpiece on StumbleUpon? Or alternatively you can find a drawing group on Facebook and post it there and see what happens (just make sure the group/page has enough members!) Drawings go viral on StumbleUpon.

8. ShinyBinary – Oh, It’s So Beautiful!

What can we learn from this: People love beautiful stuff. Now, aren’t different things beautiful to different people? Not really. For example, if you show the 2 pictures above to different people. most will say they’re quite beautiful. Maybe 2 in 30 will say they don’t like the pictures. But the rest 28 will usually say positive stuff. And not surprisingly, beautiful things often go viral ! They appeal to most (remember the second principle, appeal with information? Well this is same just you’re appealing with beautiful stuff).

If you want to see whether something you designed is beautiful or not, try sending it to 5 people (but don’t tell them it’s your design) and hear what they think.

9. Fractal World Gallery

What can we learn from this: Making a showcase of beautiful pictures/designs used to work quite successfully on StumbleUpon. This isn’t the case anymore (they still work, but not so phenomenal like previously), not because of the pictures but other factors. If you show same things to people all the time, they’ll become accustomed to those things and they’ll lose they effectiveness. The things they see will become ordinary and ordinary is the enemy of viral and buzz. So why am I telling you this? Because you can make twists for these showcase posts and make them ‘not-so-ordinary’.

Most people just throw a bunch of pictures for a particular topic, name it ‘x beautiful [theme] pictures’ and that’s it. Boring. Imitation works for getting viral, but not for long. Here are some ideas on twists you can make:

’10 Remarkably Similar, Yet Very Different [theme] Designs’

’10 Designs and Their Ugly Counterparts’ (you can show similar designs here, first the ugly one, and then the beautiful one)

10. Iconscrabble

What can we learn from this: Simplicity helps a lot. Especially if you have a site where people are just trying to do 1 thing (like search for something). If you’ve noticed, all the previous examples are kinda simple, they don’t have any extra parts that take your attention. They make you focus on the ‘meat’ and don’t do much fluff.

11. Phong

What can we learn from this: When this animation started, something strange happened to me. I started associating the animation with the essence of life, the stars, the universe…and I bet most people also did that when they saw this. Can you do this with your design? Can you insert an element which will help visitors associate your design with the essence of life? Some objects that can help you accomplish this are: stars, galaxies, planets etc. But it’s not just about what you present, it’s about HOW you present it. Just take a look at this animation and its slow motion. Think on how you can present your static/animation design. Slow motion usually helps a lot in the ‘how to present it’ part.

12. LAB – Freestyle Creativity

What can we learn from this: At the end, it’s important to mention that there are not specific rules for going viral. There is a dose of randomness in the viral formula. The more viral designs you see, the more you can ‘steal’ from them and then make your own ones. This is an example of what I call a ‘freestyle creativity’, the guy probably just said ‘I found this fascinating and other people will probably find it too’ and went with that design. There’s no rule that says you can’t do the same too.

45 Creative Examples of Illustrated Characters in Website Design

Nikunj Tamboli — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:00:31 +0000

I am huge fan of website with character illustration, Using characters in your website design not only improves your website visually but also easily connects with the audience in one way or the other. Now-a-days use of character illustration is not limited to just gaming website, people from various background like cooperates, individual & bloggers are using illustrated characters in their design to gain some extra attention.

Using character illustration in website design can help you in many ways. I have shared some amazing websites that are making effective use of character illustration in their website design for your inspiration.

1.Vunky Blog

2.Naldz Graphics

3.Inspired Monkey

4.CSS Jockey

5.John O’Nolan

6. Smashing Magazine

7.Moxie Design Studios

8.Black Moon Design

9.Get Me Fast

10.Michael Coyle

11.VEBOO Labs

12.Creative Switch

13.Cats Who Blog

14.Iwit

15.Using character for introduction

16.Agencia Mobi

17.Inspiredology

18.Stone Skipper

19.Code Button

20.iii

21.Profsouz

22.Character centric navigation on website (Jason Gray)

23.Crayons Life

24.MultiWays

25.John Shammas

26.Pixel Cookers

27.Real Men

28.Interactive Character Design Website (Meomi)

29.Vision 18

30.Awesome Js

31. Representing 404 with character illustration

32.The Many Faces Of

33.Natrashka

34.Minding Monsters

35.Vincent Mazza

36.Illustrating your services using your character

37.Call-to-action parameter in design using character

38.Indiqo

39.Ephfx

40.Tijuana Flats

41.Single Frame Design

42.Robert Fenech

43.Mochimedia

44.Introducing fun elements in website through character

45.Making your own personal character for personal branding

Tell us in comments if you have created website with character illustration in it or which example from list you like the most.

20+ Inspirational And Informative Resources For Logo Creation

Ari Suardiyanti — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:00:45 +0000

Being a logo designer and finding ideas to design a stunning yet effective logo is not an easy task. Sometimes we have to check out what logo trends are going on in the current year, and seek the inspiration sources as well.

Today, to find such informational and informative resources for logo is as easy as you snap your fingers. However, if you know which sites to go to, it will save more of your time rather than searching for them one by one on Google. Therefore, we have provided you with 23 of best sites for you to look for logo creation ideas.

Logo Galleries Websites

On sites below, you will find various and hundreds of different logos around the globe. They can be viewed by top ratings logos, recent logos, or featured logos.

1. Logo Of The Day

2. LogoPond

3. Logoed

4. Logo Faves

5. Creattica Logos

6. Logo Moose

7. Logo Fury

8. The Logo Mix.com

9. Logo Galleria

10. TypeBased

11. Logo Spire

12. Logo Heroes

13. Logo Gallery.net

14. Logo Gala

15. LogoHolic | DeviantArt Group

16. Logo Club | DeviantArt Group

17. Youthedesigner.com | 25 Amazing Logo Collections

Informative Logo Websites

Sometimes, looking at the logo galleries is not enough. On the this list, you will find detailed information related to logo designs. Ranging from logo design trends, tips on creating logos, to the free resources.

18. Logo Lounge

19. Brand New

20. LogoDesign.org

21. Logo Design Love

22. Freelance Logo.com Blog

23. Logo Templater.com

More Logo Creation Resources

A Roundup of the Best Photoshop Logo Design Tutorials Online

Corporate Logo Design – 6 Keys to Success

Importance Of Questionnaires In Logo Design And 7 Fantastic Resources

Logo Design Creation Process from Start to Finish by Expert Graphic Designer – Angela Ferraro-Fanning

Logo Design Creation Process from Start to Finish by Expert Graphic Designer – Mark Misenheimer

15 Fresh Logo Design Processes That Teach Volumes

Logo Identity Guideline Template For Download

So, which website do you usually explore to get logo inspirations? Let us know your thoughts as well about the logo website lists above. If you think we miss your favorite logo website in this post, share it with us on the comment section.

50 Meaningful and Creative Logos with Thoughts Behind Them

Michal Kozak — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:00:09 +0000

When it comes to describing what a good logo is, this old saying comes in handy: “A good logo is a dead logo”… Uhm, well, ok I’m just kidding :). Actually, it’s quite the opposite.

A good logo is a logo that lives.

The collection below features great, creative logos that have a message hidden. They try to convey that message through type, shape, negative space, and by triggering image and/or meaning associations in our minds. Enjoy!

I realize not everyone gets it from the moment they look at it for the first time, so I allowed myself to add a short description to every logo.

1) Doghouse Brewing Co.

This logo utilizes negative space. As in the name, we see a dog house, and the brewing element is incorporated into logo by having a beer mug shaped entry to the dog house (which is accented with the mug’s handle and stand).

2) Matrimony

Another use of negative space. The holes between M’s legs are actually people holding hands, which expresses what matrimonial bureaus stand for – helping people find each other and fall in love.

3) Pizza Time

The clock’s board is actually a pizza, so it’s kind of like the clock’s hand says: “It’s time for pizza”.

4) Cloud Corner

Clouds are round, but corners are edgy; the corner here is nicely separated from this cloud’s round shape. Also, the colors from the name are nicely reflected on the cloud and its corner.

5) Bee

The B’s shape is formed by bee swarm.

6) Beercation

People associate vacation with traveling, and so this travel bag is actually a beer mug, with handle and wheels – which nicely reflects the logo’s name.

7) Love Clip

The logo’s shape is a heart, which stands for the “love” part of the name, and it’s made from a clip, which of course stands for the “clip” part.

8) Fly

This one is really good. Its shape is an “F” letter, rotated in away so that it reminds an air plane up in the air.

9) Fitmiss

Fitmiss logo combines two shapes: barbells and female sex sign. Of course, barbells shape stands for the “fit(ness)” part, and the female sex sign stands for “miss”.

10) Fold It

The logo’s is a folded “F” letter. Couldn’t be more obvious.

11) Families

This one is great: the middle part of the word “families”, the letters “i”, “l”, and “i” are actually very simplified shapes of people. The biggest one is the father, the mid-size is the mother, and the smallest one is a child – a family.

12) The Golf Park

The logo’s shape is a tree, but with a golf stick as a tree’s trunk.

13) Heart Build Foundation

The logo is a shovel (which is associated with building) with a heart at the end. So there you are, heart + building.

14) Invisible Agents

This one is one of my favourites: those lines look almost the same. Almost, because the middle one is slightly different, it’s tie-shaped. First of all, agents wear ties :). Second of all, good agent can blend in so good that it’s really hard to spot him. And that’s what this subtle middle line difference stands for.

15) Killed Productions

The “i” of the “killed” word lies on the ground. Like it’s, well, killed :).

16) Locks

This one is kind hard to explain. You know locks have those little triggers inside them, and when you turn the key, those trigger rotate, causing it to lock. Now, look at letters “o” and “c”. That ring a bell?

17) Mister Cutts Baber Shop

Mister Cutts literally IS the logo. It looks like a mister with eyeglasses and mustache, but that’s actually a scissors upside down.

18) Wine Searcher

The name here reflects nicely in the shape. The shape consists from two wine bottles, but without the inner lines. This make it look like eyeglasses – and you often put eyeglasses on when you’re searching for something.

19) Newcastle Food & Wine Festival

Another creative use of negative space. The white shape is a fork, which stands for the “food” part, and the fork teeth are the shapes of wine bottles, which of course stands for the “wine” part.

20) CinemaCafe

A coffee cup made of a film reel. Yup, a Cinema Cafe cup.

21) Baloon Chef

The balloon is actually a chef’s hat, and the balloon’s basket is a chef’s apron with kitchen utilities attached to it.

22) Cowbra Productions

A game of words. The logo is a cow, but with zebra stripes; a Cow-Bra.

23) CityCliq

The city here is actually a hand cursor we see on computers, simulating a “click” on the sun above the city.

24) Dig for Saint Michael’s

Another shovel here. Shovel itself stands for the “dig” part. It’s made from two elements people usually associate with saints: a cross, and a stained glass windows you usually see in churches.

25) Iron Duck Clothing

The “clothing” part is reflected by a hanger. Most hangers are made from iron, plus it has a duck-shaped hook. So it’s an iron duck hanger. So it’s Iron Duck Clothing.

26) MonKey

A good one, another game of words. “Monkey” has a word “key” in it already, so there couldn’t be a more obvious logo than a key with a monkey-shaped head.

27) Martini House

Yet another creative use of negative space. We see two martini glasses standing right next to each other – forming the space between them into a house. And there you go, Martini House.

28) Filmurbia

This logo is a nice combinations of concepts from the CinemaCafe and CityCliq logos. The city here, the buildings to be exact, are made from a movie reel too.

29) ChemisTree

One more game of words. The name is a combinations of words “chemistry” and “tree”. And so the logo reflects it in this weird tree – the trunk is actually a test tube, and a cloud of fumes that is often produced in chemical experiments represents the upper branches.

30) Black Cat

One of my favourites. When you first look at it, you might say “nothing fancy here”. Just two words, taken out of the name, and rotated 90 degrees. There’s nothing to it, right? Wrong! Look at letters “C” in both words. They are actually cat’s eyes :).

31) Brain Finger

A finger print in a shape of a brain, a brain-finger.

32) uReach Media

I like the concept here, this one triggers meaning associations in our minds. The logo is U-shaped, which obviously reflects the “uReach” part of the name. Also, letter “u” is commonly used as a replacement for “you”. The “U” has hands on both ends, which triggers in our minds a meaning association: reaching out for something. So it’s like “you reach out for media” -> uReach Media.

33) Econergy

Quite obvious one. The logo is “e” shaped power cable with a leaf at the end. “E” stands for “eco”, and the cable for “energy”. Eco-Energy.

34) Rocket Golf

Awesome use of negative space. The “golf” part is reflected in two tees. The space between those tees looks just like a rocket, which reflects the “rocket” part of the name obviously.

35) Hole

Very simple one. The “O” letter out of the word “hole” is… in the hole :).

36) Optical Strength

A bodybuilder raising a barbell. Only the barbell is not really a barbell, but eyeglasses, which stand for the “optical”.

37) Evolution X

Great one here, my favourite from this collection. The name is “Evolution X”, and in the logo we can literally see the “X” evolving from a one short line, to a fully shaped “X”.

38) BarCode

The beer mug stands for the “bar” part, and it has a barcode pattern on it. Doesn’t get any more obvious than that, does it.

39) Water Empire

When you hear “empire”, you hear “king”. And when you hear “king”, you think of a crown. The crown here is made of water, and so it stands for the name: Water Empire.

40) Lost

Another one playing with associations. When someone’s lost, you need something to find them, best if it’s something unique that will point to that person, and that person only. What’s more unique than a finger print?

41) Devil’s Music

You hear “music”, and you immediately think of notes and clefs. The logo here is a clef, with horns on the top. You hear “devil”, and think of horns of course. Plus, the clef is red, which is also commonly associated with devil.

42) SoundDog

Very similar. A dog, only with music notes instead of legs; a Sound-Dog.

43) Wiesinger Music Piano Service

This logo utilizes negative space. Letters “W” and “M” are the first letters of words “Wiesinger” and “Music” from the name. Those two letters form piano keyes, which obviously reflects the “piano service” part.

44) VinoPiano Elegant Taste

Similar like the one above, only little different. The logo consists from three wine bottles, they reflect the “vino” part. The white space between them with bottles form a piano keys, which stands for the “piano” part.

45) Long Neck Music

Funny one :). What’s music? Notes! And so here the logo is a note, only the note ends with… a giraffe’s head. Plus, both giraffe and the note share the “neck” part. Long Neck Music.

46) Pelican

Another negative space usage. Here, both “P” letter and the space inside it, which looks just like pelican, stand for the name – Pelican.

47) Pilot CMS

A word “pilot”, with cut out airplane-shaped part. Crystal clear :).

48) Shocked Film Group

Another funny logo. The “O” out of the “shocked” word looks just like the emoticon we all know – two eyes and widely open mouth. Shocked, jaw-dropped, if you will.

49) Shutterbug

The logo is a ladybug, only she has a shutter-shaped buckler. So there you go, nicely reflected “shutter” and “bug” words.

50) Water Drop

Negative space again. The “W” stands for “water”, and the space between the low part of W’s legs is actually a water drop -> W-drop -> Water Drop.

That’s all folks!

I hope you had fun looking at this collection and figuring out what each logo is trying to tell you :). I sure did!

60 Brilliantly Blue Web Designs for Your Inspiration

Hilde Torbjornsen — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:00:26 +0000

Web design inspiration is something that after years and years is finally taken a bit more seriously. More and more web designers dare to go out there and use elements from other types of design to make new and stunning creations. And fortunately technology supports a lot more advanced and stunning web design than what we saw only a few years back.

This time we’ve spent quite a few hours trying to find some of the really awesome blue web designs out there. The color blue especially saw a new blooming era after Twitter became such a huge hit. These are 60 designs in various tones of blue that we think are great pieces of work. We’ve tried to pick out a variety of different styles and tones.

Enjoy!

1. Festival Creative

2. Box.net

3. Today’s document

4. Icelab

5. Lead Zeppelin

6. Eagle rock yacht club

7. Eric Campbell

8. Los colores olvidados

9. Love freelancing

10. NineFlavors

11. Hull digital live

12. Mighty dream

13. BountyBev

14. Drag city

15. PSD2HTML

16. Iemai

17. Knoxville leadership foundation

18. Yiipu

19. Masswerks

20. Deckpeck

21. Creative Nights

22. Victory church

23. Cbi research center

24. Rockstar new media

25. Edward Dark

26. Steven Little design

27. Talker

28. Reichweite

29. Ben Stock design

30. Fuel brand inc.

31. Behind the web design

32. Alex Swanson

33. Phureal

34. Altitude marketing

35. Three60

36. Sman96

37. Design attik

38. Jai Pandya

39. Indigo media

40. SkyLuke

41. Full thrown magic

42. Blackwave

43. North2

44. Piipe

45. Whitewater

46. Qwert city

47. Polargold

48. OhLife

49. TGC

50. Icebrrg

51. Sean Halpin

52. Posicionados

53. Testlab2

54. Tympanus

55. Vancouver 2010

56. Ek och Gren

57. Jon Leverrier

58. Pony

59. 2AdvancedStudios

60. Hull digital live

We hope you’ve found these websites inspiring. As usual we’re looking forward to your comments. Thanks!

35+ Beautiful Examples of Creative Collage for Your Inspiration

Ari Suardiyanti — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:00:20 +0000

With numerous graphic design software these days, creating aesthetic artworks is just a matter of artist’s or designer’s ideas, creativity, and concepts. The basic idea of design is to unite the concept and to visualize it in order to attract people’s attention and deliver the message and information. Collages are a perfect example for this. A collage may include pieces of related images, several different type of fonts, and a well-organized layout. This design technique made a dramatic reappearance in the early 20th century. Below are samples of graphic and web design work using the collage technique with great concepts for your inspirations.

1. Bram Luyts Website

2. Care Label Website

3. Mmmmm

4. Nokia-5300 Website

5. Elan Chicas Website

6. Elan Snowboards Website

7. Clever Craft

8. Childhood City Website

9. Lanikai Properties

10. Juan Vellavsky Website

11. Katey Nicosia Website

12. Aerodesign Website

13. 7 Styles for Seven Dials

14. Needle Website

15. Bobrovy Log Website

16. Veer

17. UN-touchable Flyer

18. I.d. Fest Poster

19. Orange Bent Lee Poster

20. Play With Typography

21. Gallery Opening Flyer

22. Acolytes Poster

23. Bicentenario Mexico Poster

24. East of Eden

25. Feed the Animals

26. Calistoga Still Normal Ep Album Design

27. Amplitunes Innards CD Cover

28. Bacio 3rd Anniversary

29. 35 Mms Menu

30. Visual Diplomatic

31. Cut & Paste

32. HART Calendar

33. Digital Collage

34. 2008 Design Calendar

35. Nokia N76

36. Hobbyism

37. You’ll Laugh and Cry (The Guardian)

40 Creative Twitter Status Designs for Your Inspiration

Ari Suardiyanti — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:00:55 +0000

Twitter has become one of the most popular social media sites by playing a major role in marketing and business for the past few years. People use Twitter for many purposes ranging from product marketing, spreading discount info, sharing interesting news to bizarre photos they found around the internet.

Most of us put up our Twitter status on our website to let the visitor know our latest activities or information. Of course, every website has different layout and to make it more interesting, a different Twitter status design. Below are 40 creative Twitter status designs that will encourage you to create your own Twitter status to match your website’s design.

1. FoodTease

2. Ilovecolors (Elio Rivero)

3. Alex Art (Alexey Abramov)

4. Douglas Menezes

5. Chykalophia (Ari Suardiyanti)

6. BrownBag Film

7. Argee (Rohit Garg)

8. Meagan Fisher

9. Kev Adamson

10. Vikiworks

11. Jeff Sarmiento

12. Nick La

13. Sam Wilson

14. Blogamuki

15. Orman Clark

16. Cultura Positiva

17. Ready Made Designs

18. Digiti Interactive Media

19. Harmony Republic

20. Yodaa

21. Frenzy Lab

22. Komodo Media

23. Sketchen

24. Tori’s Eye

25. Spout Creative

26. Denise

27. Matt Salik

28. Giancarlo Fajardo

29. Robo Cat Applications

30. The Great Bearded Reef

31. Squarefactor

32. Dawghouse Design Studio

33. I Primi Dieci

34. Love Tweet

35. Chi Garden

36. Social Media Mullet

37. Giraffe

38. Guga Fit

39. ShortMoves

40. Tim Marrs

Which one is your favorite? Which Twitter status design do you like the most? Let us know in the comments below.

90 Creative Advertisements You Will Listen To

Daniels Mekšs — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:00:22 +0000

Nowadays we’re usually tired of advertisements, but there’s still some ads that make as smile. In this article you gonna find lot of creative and funny advertisements that will probably uplift you and definitely inspire.

They surprised myself with their uniqueness and even if our daily life seems so usual and gre, out there still are creative minds who can think of smart ads, which will make you look twice and maybe even gain sympathies of product it is representing since company isn’t afraid to stand out and think about people.