WHERE TO FIND CREATIVE INSPIRATION
WHAT YOU WILL FIND
Nothing is worse than writing or designing for a living and finding yourself stuck in a rut with no words or new ideas to put on the page. For that, I wanted to provide you with a list of recommended places where you can go for inspiration to hopefully give you a new way into solving your creative problems. Most of these are advertising or design related to help you see how others in the industry have approached work, but remember that inspiration can come from anywhere so definitely explore places outside of this page too.
★ = my personal favs :)
ADVERTISING AND BRAND INSPO
This is a website of the most inspiring creative commerce, brand experience and activation ideas
This is a thicc selection of marketing examples organized by type (SEO, copy, social, etc.)
This is a website of the most inspiring creative commerce, brand experience and activation ideas
Honestly this guy just has some very candid and helpful advice on being a creative in the industry
RGE aims to be the best showcase of email design and resources on the web for marketers
CREATIVE, DESIGN, AND ART
A collection of beautiful and badass street art from around the world. It's one of my personal favs for inspo
A site that helps UX designers and researchers find inspo and examples of great interfaces for digital work and apps
Self publishing platform where tons of people have written and shared great work and interesting writing peices
FilmGrab’s library comprises over 2500 separate films and 160k images all hand picked, representing the most comprehensive library of film shots on the internet.
Is a bimonthly magazine focuses on commercial creativity, covering design, advertising, photography, branding and creativity
Free to download toolbox of helpful resources for art directors created by an awesome AD from a previous job I had
A website focused on providing creative inspiration by highlight some of the best work coming from artists, designers and photographers
Collosal is a publication which explores visual culture through fine art, design, street art, photography, illustration, science, etc.
The Letterform Online Archive is an archive of past publications with beautiful design
Play Phrase is an app that lets you search for very specific phrases and soundbites that have been uttered on-screen. It's great for pulling inspo and media bites from movies and tv.