Designarchie Vol. 13

I save a lot of things each month that I find inspiring for one reason or another. I love organized lists, so I thought I would share those lists and maybe help someone out of a creative block.

Why Designarchy

Because inspiration and creativity have no real governance, we creatives have time and feedback constraints that prevent us from being true artists. Yet the process in our minds, that split second where we decide what direction to go and what to create, based on god-knows-what, is the black box that no corporate culture will ever own and control. And since this is the foundation of all other capabilities of a designer, I decided to always remind myself of this by changing the name of the list.

Your deliverables are the product of your inner spirit, which feeds your taste and craftsmanship. Enhance those, and you enhance your skills. All the software in the world won’t enhance your inspiration and creative spirit.

📙Watch Part 10 — April

📙See Part 11 — June

📙See Part 12 — June

Pro tip: use cmd + f to find the inspiration you need faster. For example: “Portfolio inspiration”

1. Refresh your loading animation

Griffin Johnston has a very nice library of loading animations that you can use to enhance your product. It is free, open-source loaders and spinners for your next project. Built with HTML, CSS & SVG, and powered by web components, for maximum compatibility.

LDRS – UI Ball

2. Data Visualization — Hearts and Minds

Federica Fragapane, a fantastic designer and teacher, created together with ODI (an independent, international think tank) and the IKEA Foundation a website presenting immigration statistics in Europe.

It is not only informative but also very creative and clear in terms of data visualization, which is always a difficult subject to present in an interesting way.

Hearts and Minds: How Europeans Think and Feel About Immigration

3. Pitch decks and design guidelines — Deck.Gallery

If you are creating a stakeholder presentation, a brand guidelines presentation or a management summary and are looking for high-quality inspiration, you have come to the right place.

Deck.Gallery collects beautifully designed decks, slides, keynotes, guidelines – or whatever you want to call them.

Deck.Gallery® – Beautifully designed decks, curated

4. Minimalist store design — Nice Studio

Nice Studio has such a peaceful layout that I almost bought an item because I didn’t really want to leave.
If you’re involved in e-commerce, this is a good reference for how much you can save.

Shop | Nice Studio

5. Large Visual Asset Bank — Crate

From assets to mockups and fonts, this website has it all. I like the vibe and style of the assets, definitely not what you normally find online.
I am not affiliated with the website, but please be aware that some resources are not free.

Crate – Expand your design inventory.

6. AI-Powered Tools for Rappers, Writers, and Wordsmiths — TextFX

TextFX is an AI experiment that uses Google’s PaLM 2 large language model. These 10 tools are designed to extend the writing process by generating creative possibilities with text and language. The website itself is fun and visually appealing.

TextFX

7. OnePageLove — carefully crafted landing pages

The One Page Love website was launched in March 2008 by Rob Hope in Cape Town, South Africa. He continues to add One Page websites and resources daily.
If you’re new to this concept, this is a great resource for all kinds of landing page designs and inspiration around them.

One Page Love – One Page Website Inspiration & Templates

8. COTODAMA speaker box

Founded in Tokyo in 2016 as a creative company that creates new connections between music and listeners, COTODAMA was the first Asian company to win an award at the SXSW accelerator and was selected for Abbey Road Red, Europe’s leading music technology incubation program.

We hope to contribute to the
development of lyrical culture and
create a more diverse and richer musical experience.

The style of this product gives new life to lyrics and creates a connection between what we listen to and the way we listen and experience it.

Lyrical speaker

9. A Day in Bengaluru — Arnaud Moro

Arnaud Moro, a French self-taught photographer, director and cinematographer based in Amsterdam and elsewhere, captured a day in the life of the South Indian city. The result is a very personal, intimate video that makes you feel like you know the place from the locals.

Listen with the speakers to get the full experience.

https://medium.com/media/8e1a58568b2a898f975be172eb41cc72/href

10. Idea into product – The note kit

Matthew Encina, a content creator, award-winning creative director, and educator, shares his entire creative process from Idea to Launch.
If you’re looking to make something yourself, physical or digital, this video is a very honest and professional resource that tells you what to expect.

https://medium.com/media/652dcd6d67f9d79daab7d838fa3c9583/href

The Note Kit | Grovemade®

Sum up

If you just scrolled past this list and said, “There’s nothing here that helps and sparks creativity,” then you need to adjust your curiosity. These links offer hundreds of sublinks, more references, additional work, more inspiration, and resource banks. Scroll back and now really look.

I hope you found this useful. Let me know in the comments.

-SH

Bonus

Manu – I code
Mother Design – Work

https://medium.com/media/55ebce91595609ee39a56b17dc87bd89/href

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