8 Amazing Places To Find Design Inspirations For Free

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Finding the right design inspiration can play a major role in the UI and UX of your upcoming website.

You can create amazing websites using only as little as three colors, or even with just a plain old black and white theme!

However, it is not always easy to come up with ideas, and therefore, having a curated collection of places to find beautiful design inspirations can be a lifesaver.

Below are 8 amazing places to find design inspirations.

1. Codrops

Codrops was my go-to when I was new to the field of front-end development.

Source: Codrops

Codrops holds the first position in this list simply because not only does it showcase fascinating designs but also provides tutorials on the same.

It also has an ‘Articles’ section which has some interesting articles on topics related to design, best practices, and opinions.

2. Dribbble

Source: Dribbble

Dribbble is an excellent platform not only to get design inspirations but also to showcase your own work.

Dribbble has some of the most professional designs which are free for commercial use.

However, the most standout feature of this site for me is that it is very much like a proper social networking platform. It let users comment on designs and start conversations.

Moreover, one can like designs as well as see the views, saves, and likes a design has received, very much like Twitter.

3. UI Design Daily

Source: UI Design Daily

UI Design Daily is another amazing place to find modern, sleek looking designs for your next project.

I have been using this site for quite some time now and I absolutely love the simplicity and features this site offers.

You can easily find the color palette used in making the design and it showcases how few colors are required to create professional designs.

Another feature I admire about this platform is that it allows you to download the design files, enabling you to tweak and play with them.

At the time of writing this article, you can find Sketch, Photoshop, Figma, Adobe XD and Studio files on the site and you can even sort designs on this basis.

4. Awwwards

As the name suggests, this site rates and collects the best websites based on UI.

Source: Awwwards

Each design is rated on several factors such as design, usability, creativity, content, mobile, etc.

Like Dribbble, you can comment on designs. Additionally, it also has an engaging blogs section where you can find discussions and opinions with regards to web design and user experience.

It also features a list of nominees that you can sort based on categories, tags, frameworks used, colors, etc.

You can find collections on almost everything, from navigation to freelance portfolios to fancy hover effects.

In my opinion, this is the perfect platform to find design inspiration and stir up your creative juices.

5. Httpster

Source: Httpster.

Httpster is another place showcasing amazing websites made by people from all over the world.

You can filter websites based on style(for example light, minimal, dark, etc) or type(for example blog, sport, travel, etc).

Although this site is not as mature as some of the other sites mentioned in this list, it does have some of the most polished, intriguing sites such as this.

Personally, I have only used this site a couple of times so far purely to find unique landing pages.

6. SaaS Landing Page

Source: SaaS Landing Page

This is my go-to site for finding the best landing page examples.

It has templates of various common pages such as pricing, landing pages, about, contact, features, etc.

Besides these, you also get blog templates.

You will also find a link to the Cruip site which is another fantastic place to find landing page templates, specifically for startups.

However, you can also buy the templates at the Cruip site for $45. The templates are designed using HTML, React, Vue.js, and Tailwind.

It is worth noting that even without paying, Cruip lets you see a live demo of the website for inspirations and ideas.

7. Collect UI

Collect UI is a one-stop destination if you are building apps for mobile as well desktop.

Source: Collect UI

From the image above, you can see this site offers mobile app designs as well as website templates.

Moreover, you also get various illustrations.

However, it is worth mentioning that the site is basically a curated selection of the finest designs available on Dribbble.

In other words, it is the handpicked collection of the resources available on Dribbble. You can find more on that here.

Nonetheless, this site has extensive categories such as Leaderboard, Dropdown, Search, Pop-up, Shopping cart, and even 404-page templates.

The site was essentially built to showcase the works that are no longer featured in the Dribbble’s popular section.

8. Graphic Burger

Source: Graphic Burger

This site offers many inspiring designs however the most highlighting feature of this site, for me, is that it offers a bunch of graphic assets as well.

Although this is a good place to get design inspirations for absolutely free, to get access to the wide array of graphic assets, you need to pay a $16.50 monthly subscription.

The subscription will grant you access to over 54 million creative assets.

It does not mean that the free resources offered by Graphic Burger are any less though and can be used for both personal & commercial projects.

You get access to a ton of icons, vectors, design mockups PSD files as well as some amazing textures that you can use in your projects.

You can also find fascinating text effects as well as high-quality backgrounds with text overlays.

Conclusion

The internet offers plenty of places where one can find design inspirations and contexts for absolutely free.

These designs and mockups can help you create outstanding websites that not only look but also behave elegantly.

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These design resources will give you an idea of how you can style even the simple pages such as the 404-error pages or the about page.

Hopefully, this curated list of amazing places where you can find design inspirations helps you in your next project.

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