Web Design Inspiration

Need a website but not sure where to start?

When commissioning a new website, the more examples and links you can show the web designer, the better understanding they will have of the style you're looking for. Think of it as taking along photos to your hairdresser. Check out our list of inspirational sites to get your creative juices flowing.

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Websites

CSS Drive
A showcase of the latest and best standards-compliant websites including ideas for menus.

CSS Zen Garden
A beautiful collection of designs by graphic artists to show how CSS can be used to achieve great results without the need for Flash.

Tag Society
Tag Society features websites from around the world by displaying snapshots of websites and the tags (keywords) that describe them.

Photos and Illustrations

iStockphoto
A huge collection of professional photographs and illustrations for every occasion. For a small fee, you can download images for use on your website.

stock.xchng
A free stock photography site. Fairly high-quality photographs and graphics.

Microsoft Clip Art
Free clip art, animations, icons and photos from Microsoft.

deviantART
The largest art community in the world. You can't use the images without first contacting the artist but the site is a great source of inspiration.

Colours

COLOURlovers
Over 300,000 colour palettes to inspire your creative projects.

Color Scheme Generator
Generator of colour schemes and palettes to create good-looking and well balanced and harmonic web pages.

ColorSchemer
Another colour scheme generator that provides a harmonious palette from the colour you specify.

Fonts

Browser-Safe Fonts
A list of fonts that can be used on your site without the need for images or Flash.

dafont.com
Archive of freely downloadable fonts. Browse by alphabetical listing, by style, by author or by popularity.

Icons

IconShoppe
Royalty-free stock icon sets design specifically for the web.

FAMFAMFAM
Four free icons sets that are absolutely free!

Widgets

Motigo
Free tools for your website. Get free counters, forums, guestbooks and online calendars.

Google Gadgets
Google Gadgets are miniature web objects that you can embed into your website for free.

Domain Names & Hosting

myGlobal-iD
Competitively-priced domain names & reliable, feature-rich hosting.