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A collection of 30 awesome logos from TV shows from the past and present
Infographic inspiration
Infographic inspiration
I have no idea why, but I love infographics when they’re done creatively. They’re a great way to display lots of data in a way that’s easily digestible. The toughest part about creating them is figuring out a theme to start with.
The king of all info graphic websites: Visual.ly:
For more inspiration, you can visit any of the infographic showcase sites that I frequent by clicking on their banner below.
CV/Resumé design inspiration
CV/Resumé design inspiration
Nearly 100 create resumé designs to draw inspiration from.
Creative resumé inspiration
Creative resumé inspiration
A few days ago, I shared some advice for job-seekers in the creative business. Once piece of advice was making sure your resumé was creative, brief and on target.
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If you’re looking for a little inspiration like the one above, you can see a large collection of fantastic resumés at CV Parade.
Design inspiration: 100 logos in 100 days
Design inspiration: 100 logos in 100 days
One man's goal of thinking creatively each day
Robert at Behance Network took on a personal challenge of creating 100 different logos over the course of 100 days, spending no more than 100 minutes of time on each one. While we can make the argument that most of them can be classified as an illustration rather than a logo, it still serves it purpose of inspiring creative thinking each day.
Inspiration: Apple education infographic
Inspiration: Apple education infographic
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Infographics are quite popular, and can be a great experience for designers to work on because it allows you to be totally creative without the concern of how the graphic fits in with an existing campaign, etc.
The infographic, How Apple is Revolutionizing Education, uses simple graphics and a small color palette to get its point across. I think they pulled it off quite well.
You can view the full size graphic here.
I love working on infographics, and found a great place for inspiration. You can check out what other designers are doing with infographics by visiting The Infographics Showcase.
Design survival: Finding design inspiration outside the digital world
With just a few years under your belt as a graphic designer, you’ve no doubt come across a time or two when you experienced a complete and total lack of creativity; a sort of designer’s block, if you will. If it hasn’t happened to you, you either haven’t pushed bounds of creativity yet, or you’ve been darn lucky. Either way, it WILL happen.
Design survival: Finding design inspiration outside the digital world
With just a few years under your belt as a graphic designer, you’ve no doubt come across a time or two when you experienced a complete and total lack of creativity; a sort of designer’s block, if you will. If it hasn’t happened to you, you either haven’t pushed bounds of creativity yet, or you’ve been darn lucky. Either way, it WILL happen.The best way to fight it is to seek-out and find creativity in places and things that you wouldn’t normally look for it. The key is getting your butt out from in front of the computer screen and into the real world. For some, it’s easy to do – for others, it’s not as simple. Where to go to look for inspiration? And where to find it once you get there?
Package design inspiration
Package design inspiration
Package design is one of the more difficult aspects of design. You’re dealing with three dimensions instead of the typical one. 
Dzineblog has posted a fantastic list of creative package design for your inspiration that I think is worth checking out!