Lots of food for thought on Scott Berkun’s essay page. A few that caught my eye:
#23: How to run a design critique
pictures from old books
Over 880 images scanned from old books, most with multiple high-resolution versions! They are all public domain (copyright-free, out of copyright) unless otherwise noted, and can be used as historical reference in teaching, royalty-free stock images, scrapbook clip art, or even on your own Web site…
Scanned Images, Engravings and Pictures From Old Books
This is excellent! Go Liam Quin (person behind the site)!
(via particletree)
double inspiration wire
Mav from port2port{press} has a “Double inspiration wire” hanging in her place. What a wonderful idea! There might be one going up in Brooklyn soon… :)
netinspiration
NetInspiration: Inspiration for web designers – quite literally.
japanese packaging
Another inspiring find via Frederik Samuel’s Blog:
Japanese packaging for bananan juice. Oh, how much I would *love* to travel to Japan one of these days. I am sure, I would go coo-coo over all the beautiful/simple packaging over there. I have such respect for Japanese aesthetics.
chicago design archive
What an inspiring find over at BB:
visual thinking practice: randomness
How randomness can be inspiring: Tea Stain Drawing.
Lovely.
(via design*notes)