You never know when inspiration is going to hit you and translate into a billion dollar idea - I love browsing magazines, watching old movies, looking a vintage packaging etc in search of that piece that strikes me. My favorite Flickr user's photostream is an endless source of inspiration for me...
I could browse his photos all day long...But I don't really have time to spend my whole day on Flickr. Recently I discovered a screensaver called ShuffleSaver
The screensaver connects to Flickr and offers and endless stream of photos; either from the user of your choice or a certain keyword. Say you're doing a project on Music Festivals you can simply type in those two key words and the screensaver will load 500 images directly from Flickr and display them at random on your screen. The other feature I love is that you can simply click "s" to save the image to a directory of your choice. Instead of having a blank screen or some abstract color design fill your dormant computer's screen, why not have a stream of inspiration pouring into your home?I hope this tool is as helpful and inspirational to you as it has been to me!
PS The tag that gives me the best results is : graphicdesignephemera
Wow, after looking around the site, I immediately understand why others may want to look at all these images for inspiration. Very useful!
ReplyDeleteSometimes it's hard to get inspired but looking at other designs can really help get the ball rollin'. Love new sources of inspiration...thanks!
ReplyDeleteI look at several blogs each day to get inspiration. The images you posted are very much my style of work. One thing I love about the internet is the endless treasure you can uncover for inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up, that sounds like a really nice program to have. I can always use more resources to get inspiration from.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's excellent! I'm going to try this when I get home. Flickr has some great stuff, to understate things.
ReplyDeleteI see a lot of 1960's era adds in the image that you've uploaded! I love seeking out old ads from the past for inspiration because they have the color and the boldness that I love to use to a certain extent in my own work.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! I dont know about anyone else, but when I see other people's design I always try to figure out how they did it of most often look up the tutorial. There were some great finds!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gem! I love that you can filter it as well!
ReplyDeleteThat is a cool resource. I love change, I get bored with things after a while so to have a new image come up every so often sounds pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic idea!
ReplyDeleteThis makes me want to have a screen saver!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! Love the colorful images!
ReplyDeleteThat is a really cool idea, I usually collect images online and make them my screensaver. This will be an awesome time saver.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! And very inspirational!
ReplyDeleteI'm always looking for new sites to inspire me. Thanks for this resource!
ReplyDeleteGreat find makes me want to start a new project!
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