sites
dribble.com
Dribbble is show and tell for creatives. Designers, developers and other creatives share shots—small screenshots of the designs and applications they are working on.
smashingmagazine.com
Smashing Magazine aims for a large variety of useful and inspirational high-quality articles. Because they have very different readers, they also try to cover a wide range of their interests. They cover various topics and areas in design and web-development, delivering new design approaches, fresh ideas as well as best design and coding practices. Overall, they have 9 main categories – or sections – in the magazine. Of course, each of these sections stands for some particular aspect of design and web-development.
boxesandarrows.com
Boxes and Arrows is devoted to the practice, innovation, and discussion of design; including graphic design, interaction design, information architecture and the design of business.
uxmatters.com
UXmatters provides insights and inspiration to both professionals working in all aspects of user experience (UX)—at every stage in their career—and students who are just beginning their journey in user experience.
uxbooth.com
The UX Booth is a blog by and for the user experience community. Their readership consists mostly of beginning-to-intermediate user experience and interaction designers, but anyone interested in making the web a better place to be is welcome. If you’re interested, join them and discuss best practices and trending topics, or share your experiences.
functioningform.com
Publications on the critical details and big picture behind digital product design. LukeW’s eight years of writing cover Web and device strategy, interaction design, visual design, usability, and much more.
useit.com
Bi-weekly column by Dr. Jakob Nielsen, principal, Nielsen Norman Group.
siteinspire.com
siteInspire is showcase and CSS gallery featuring the best web design today, designed, developed and curated by kulör.
notcot.org
NOTCOT Inc is a growing network of design sites currently including NOTCOT.com and innovative community contributed sites NOTCOT.org + NotCouture.com + Liqurious.com (+ previously TasteSpotting.com).
NOTCOT is a visual filtration of ideas + aesthetics + amusements. NOTCOT’s two sites have become the daily sources of inspiration for creatives everywhere, fighting the good fight against “creative block” since 2005 with visually stunning imagery, the latest in international trends, and a passion for all things well designed.
