A quick round-up, in no particular order, of some websites I always tend to find myself referring back to. A mix bag of sites that you might find useful or inspiring.

Moleskine Girls by Julia Bereciartu

A collection of illustrations she creates using mixed media, in her moleskine.

ColourLovers.com

ColourLovers is a resource that monitors and influences color trends. ColourLovers gives the people who use color – whether for ad campaigns, product design, or in architectural specification – a place to check out a world of color, compare color palettes, submit news and comments, and read color related articles and interviews.

PingMag.jp

PingMag is an online design magazine based in Tokyo. Defining the term design as broadly as we can, PingMag writes about ideas and inspiration coming from both world class designers, and from the little store on the corner. We look at everything; product design, packaging, architecture, web design, typography, illustration, photography, fashion, programming, graphics, video, art, toys, traditional crafts, graffiti, set design…. anything, in fact, that we consider inspiring and we think will excite you too.

Vault49

Vault49 is a boutique design, illustration and photography studio hailing from London and now based out of New York. In 2008 their work was considered a genre in it’s own right by WGSN, and one of the 10 most influential trends of the last decade.

We Bleed Design

This is the portfolio site of Bryan Katzel. At this very moment, Bryan is locked away on the 2nd floor of his home in Sycamore, Illinois.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need – a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.
Definitely worth considering if you are sick of the likes of XP / Vista!

Invader invades Newcastle and Gateshead

There is a mysterious gathering of Space Invaders around Newcastle upon Tyne. This is a collection of images hopefully capturing all of the little aliens out there. Can you work out where they are?

Fafi

My favourite graffiti artist, Fafi. She comes from France and over the years has gradually become well established in the art community and now created canvases and pieces of work for the likes of Addidas and LeSportSac.

Bibi1004

Bibi is a japanese illustrator, creating digital images in vector and pixels. Unfortunately the site is not in English but from her work you can tell she is a popular artist.

Better Font Stacks

A great resource where you can download a rather detailed pdf, showcasing which web fonts work well together and how they can look on screen. Handy to have when creating a web design.