Do films require video to be entertaining? Take away the people in a movie, what left is there?. Add in cleverly designed typography, and you’ve birthed life into something that was lifeless. Below are fifteen examples of stunning kinetic typography pieces timed to fifteen different popular films.

All business writing has one goal and that’s to persuade someone to do something. Whether you’re writing a blog post or sales copy, you want your audience to act. Persuasive writing can often be the most difficult type of writing, especially when the average person is barraged daily by a never-ending flow of information.

Well since it’s Friday and everybody’s happy I thought we should get even more reasons to be cheerful so we invited Neil of Dennis and McGregor (one of our newest advertisers) to recommend us some insanely cool items to offer as a gift to a designhead. Or to crave for.

And I’m back with the ninth edition of Be Inspired! I’ve only had half a week to gather the best design so there’s fewer than normal but not to worry, everything will be back to normal for next week.

It’s 2010 and we’re still in the thralls of the New Great Depression. We’re waivering, for sure, and that’s a solid sign of fortune in times to come. But whether we choose to acknowledge the reality or stick our heads in the sand, there are challenges ahead, for sure.

Still don’t have a custom FaceBook page for your business? Well it’s time to inspire you to make one. The showcase below is a collection of 50 custom Facebook pages of top brands & celebrities. Some of them are just pictures, some use Flash or Javascript, but mainly they are plain HTML pages.

I’m not a really big fan of reading, but I like to think that a book cover can tell you a lot about what you’ll find in it! Book cover art is a great way for graphic designers to showcase their skills to the world at a mainstream scale. Most of the book covers I picked are made by designers so maybe I’ll start reading a little more.

I have a passion for creative thinking. The process of discovering a new approach to solving problems of any kind is challenging and invigorating. My latest endeavor of designing the album artwork for the “TECHNICOLOR EP” was no different. Here’s a step-by-step look into my creative process.

The last edition of the Inspired Giveaway was a massive hit so we continue to offer brilliant web related books – this time in collaboration with Rob Ford of the FWA fame and TASCHEN Books. The Internet Case Study Book is nothing else than the bible of any web entrepreneur!

Last Friday we started a new Inspired Freebie session with our friends from Envato offering three copies of the must have book for every blogger – How to Build a Successful Blog Business by Envato’s evil genius himself – mr Collis Ta’eed. See the winners after the jump!

This is the eighth edition of Be Inspired and the last one for a fortnight while I’m off on holiday in the Lake District, and there isn’t an Internet connection where I’m staying, I’m sure I’ll cope now I have my shiny iPhone with 3G connection. Anyway, this collection is all nice and full of print, photography, illustration and animation inspiration. Enjoy!