The world you and I live in is changing fast. I remember getting my first computer when I was 12 – almost a decade and a half ago. At the time – the Internet – which HAD already been invented – was NOT something any laymen knew about. It was a governmental/educational experiment. But even [...]

If you are creating a website that aims to sell custom sunglasses, skinny jeans, or the latest Charlie Sheen-endorsed product, you are not going to want a tame design. By taking a page out of the book of rock n’ roll, you can harness the energy of the gods of rock and blow the roof [...]

This is a post from Angela Nielsen of One Lily Creative Agency, a full-service web and print design company. Angela loves creating designs that win awards for clients, and is addicted to the thrill of helping people make sense of all this web-techno-marketing stuff. They say the proof is in the numbers. If that’s the [...]

We asked the CSS Awards team to create a selection with the greatest submissions from the last week. Check them out below and suggest other entries in the comments! Also, feel free to submit here other cool finds or your own creations. Tao Community Website Twofold RiSER Jeph Johnson Glitch AED | Aquiesdonde De Certeau [...]

As you may know by now, Inspired Magazine is a sucker for data visualization. That’s why we invited Tony Shin – a social media ninja and creative design samurai – to curate the weekly dose of infographics. If you like them as much as we do check out some of the older editions and follow [...]

The response to our previous Freebie Friday edition starring a newsletter platform was great so we decided to run a new one, this time in collaboration with our friends from ActiveCampaign.com - a small email marketing company from Chicago with over 50,000 users worldwide. We’re giving away three $75 email credits! Scroll down to see how you [...]

This is a guest post from Antonina of OpenBuildings - a community-driven and openly editable encyclopaedia of buildings from around the world.  In the last couple of decades cardboard has been rediscovered as an architectural material for being light yet load-resistant, recyclable, nature-friendly and warm, just like wood, from which it is derived. Treatment with different chemical [...]

In our effort to curate the best WordPress themes out there (see here, here and here) we invited our friends from the QualiThemes WP search engine to start a regular column on Inspired Mag, recommending the hottest themes in various niches. Check them out and feel free to suggest new ones in the comments section. [...]

Without further ado, here are the winners of our latest giveaway – Mailerlite – a fresh tool that took the newsletter world by storm offering just this: simple and effective email marketing. We offered full one-year subscriptions (worth $99 each) for 10 lucky readers! Here they are: Julia Diego Hamrath Enim Codeforest Billy Cravens k [...]

I was just working on a project where a client misused FTP – or didn’t quite understand the role it plays in the hierarchy of a website, building a website, and the maintenance of ones web properties. So I thought I’d write a post today in the iNoobs series in relation to FTP. Sure, you [...]

Brooklyn-based designer Jon Contino’s work can be found among various brands. But much of the freelancer’s creative energy is funneled into typography-centric menswear label, CXXVI Clothing Company, where he is the co-founder and creative director. He describes himself as an Alphastructaesthetitologist (say that five times fast). While specializing in hand-lettering and illustrations, much of Contino’s [...]