Here are ten band gig, or show, posters. Old or new gig posters can always be used as inspiration. They usually have some great typography elements, nice use of colors, and interesting imagery. I never really thought about looking at gig posters for inspiration until a recent trip to Nashville, Tennessee. There were posters everywhere down there. Hatch Show Print posters are found all over in Nashville. I'm only showing ten posters, but there are literally thousands of gig posters out there. Some of these are Hatch Show Print and some are ones I found at GigPosters.com or GIGART.com.

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Here is a quick look at 6 different blogs that are very stylish. All of these blogs have a very creative design to them - inspirational indeed.

Loon Design

Full of great creative illustrations. The character in the header and the rss icon in the cauldron - very well done. Each section on the sidebar has its own custom graphic as well. The search illustration is clever - a map and compass.

The top half of the blog.

The footer area of the blog.
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Here are a few great sites for logo design inspiration.

logosauce: "To free logos from the hidden depths of the designers hard-drive. To expose logos great and small to the world for comment and adoration. To inspire great and fantastic logo design. To give logos their provenance and lastly to show people the path to enlightenment and more importantly to the source of the very logo artwork itself!" (from their about page)

A good selection of logos to browse through, nicely organized as well. They also have a competitions page where you have a chance to win money for your logo design skills.

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Everyone runs out of ideas at some point in time. And imitation is the sincerest form of flattery right. Well, here are four sites you can browse when you need some design inspiration.

csswebsite: "Css Website is an innovative gallery of simple websites. Its purpose is to showcase designer’s work and to expand the CSS design community. We propose a classification by color and contents for a better usability." (from their About page)
They have a nice assortment of web sites to gain inspiration from. You can browse by Color, by Content, by Date, or just type in a search term. They also allow you to rate each site 1 to 5 stars.

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