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Trent Walton: Paravel Inc., DesignSwap & TheManyFacesOf.com
How or where do you find inspiration? I try and try, but more often than not, inspiration comes when I'm away from the computer. I love the design aesthetics found in old American cars, signage and print ads. The last thing I was inspired by was a rusty old ... More -
Samantha Warren: badassideas.com
How or where do you find inspiration? I look for inspiration all over the place but often times talking with and collaborating amongst really talented people can be the best inspiration. I just got back from SXSW Interactive in Austin and I am having a hard time prioritizing the crazy ... More -
Rogie King of Komodo Media — UI/UX Designer/Developer
How or where do you find inspiration? Great question and I believe that somebody, perhaps on an interview on this blog penned my thoughts to perfection. In fact, the fact that I have no clue who said it or where it was said is the perfect introduction to this answer, because ... More -
Kyle Weems: CSS Squirrel and Front End Developer
Kyle Weems is the CSS Squirrel and a front End Developer & Humorist for Mindfly Web Design Studio. Also an opinionated cartoonist with a weekly webcomic about web standards. How or where do you find inspiration? Although someday I’m hoping to say “From sitting on the veranda of my multi-million dollar Hawaiian ... More -
Spencer Fry: Talking business with the co-founder of Carbonmade
Spencer Fry of Carbonmade was gracious enough to take time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions I had for him about his business, and they've been plenty busy lately with the relaunch of their flagship website carbonmade.com. What is your company called and what do you do? My ... More -
Jon Hicks: designer of print and new-fangled media
We're very happy to have in our designer interview series; Jon Hicks, of Hicksdesign. Maker of the Firefox, Thunderbird & Mailchimp logos as well as many other great additions to the web at large. How or where do you find inspiration? Usually from the opposite of what I'm working on. For example, ... More -
UMS Interview: Elliot Jay Stocks
Our most recent designer interview in our series is with Elliot Jay Stocks; designer, illustrator, speaker, musician and author of Sexy Web Design. How or where do you find inspiration? From all over the place, but I try not to rely purely on the web. I get a lot of my ideas ... More -
Tim Van Damme: Otherwise known as Maxvoltar & madebyelephant.com
Tim Van Damme, known as @maxvoltar, is a freelance web designer from Belgium (madebyelephant.com) and innovator in the industry. We have enjoyed his personal blog maxvoltar.com and suggest he makes it into your list of people to follow online. How or where do you find inspiration? I find inspiration in everything that ... More -
Lea Alcantara: Design with sass and class
Lea Alcantara is the design power behind Lealea Design. We've been admiring Lea's design for a while now and are very happy to have her as part of our designer interview series. Make sure and follow her on Twitter: @lealea. How or where do you find inspiration? It depends on ... More -
Aarron Walter: UX Designer at Mailchimp, Author & Teacher
Aarron Walter. is the author of Building Findable Websites: Web Standards, SEO, and Beyond (New Riders, 2008) and the lead user experience designer for MailChimp. For more than a decade Aarron has been busy building websites for his clients, and teaching interactive design courses at colleges and universities in the ... More

