Design Inspiration, Tutorials and Resources – Best Of 2009

Posted on 01. Jan, 2010 by SmashingShare in Resources


2009 was a great year and we hope every body have enjoyed this year. Different topics were discussed in this year but Design Inspiration and Tutorials were the two hot topics around different websites in 2009. Throughout year there were great articles posted related to design inspiration and tutorials. We learned a lot of new stuff from these resources and expecting much more amazing stuff in 2010.


Below we have compiled a list of “Design Inspiration, Tutorials and Resources” for our readers. We have tried to bring Best of the Best from the year 2009 in this list. We must have missed a lot of resources and expect from our readers to mention it in the comments. We will try to keep this list updated if the link is worth of putting in the list.

Thank you for all your support in 2009 and we wish you all 2010 a very successful year.

Design Inspiration

55 Excellent WordPress Site Design for Design Inspiration

55 Excellent WordPress Site Design for Design Inspiration

50 Stylish Navigation Menus for Design Inspiration

50 Stylish Navigation Menus for Design Inspiration

100 Websites With Outstanding Artistic Design

100 Websites With Outstanding Artistic Design

16 Popular Website Redesigns Of 2009

16 Popular Website Redesigns Of 2009

65 Creative And Stylish Footer Designs of 2009

65 Creative And Stylish Footer Designs of 2009

60 Humorous Print Advertisements to Tickle Your Bones

60 Humorous Print Advertisements to Tickle Your Bones

45+ Creative and Refreshing WordPress Designs

45+ Creative and Refreshing WordPress Designs

45+ Inspiring Examples of Vintage in Web Design

45+ Inspiring Examples of Vintage in Web Design

34 Places to Get Design Inspiration – Online and Off

34 Places to Get Design Inspiration – Online and Off

Resources

Smashing Highlights 2009

Smashing Highlights 2009

The Most Popular Posts of 2009

The Most Popular Posts of 2009

The Best Photoshop Resources of 2009

The Best Photoshop Resources of 2009

50 Best Web Design Blog Posts In 2009

50 Best Web Design Blog Posts In 2009

The 15 Best Articles for Designers in 2009

The 15 Best Articles For Designers in 2009

69 Coolest Web Apps of 2009

69 Coolest Web Apps Of 2009

The Best Free Texture Packs of 2009

The Best Free Texture Packs of 2009

Designs of the Year: 2009

Designs of the Year: 2009

Best of 2009 in the Blogging Industry

Best of 2009 in the Blogging Industry

Best WordPress Themes Websites Every Blogger Should Bookmark

Best WordPress Themes Websites Every Blogger Should Bookmark

Mastering Your WordPress Theme Hacks and Techniques

Mastering Your WordPress Theme Hacks and Techniques

Best Logo Design Resources

Best Logo Design Resources

Top 50 Best CSS Articles and Resources

Top 50 Best CSS Articles and Resources

Tutorials

49 Most Creative Photoshop Tutorials of 2009

49 Most Creative Photoshop Tutorials of 2009

The 100 Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials 2009

The 100 Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials 2009

The 50 Best Adobe Illustrator Tutorials from 2009

The 50 Best Adobe Illustrator Tutorials from 2009

The 30 Best Photoshop Tutorials of 2009

The 30 best Photoshop tutorials of 2009

The Best Vector Tutorials of 2009

The Best Vector Tutorials of 2009

Best WordPress Tutorials of 2009

Best WordPress Tutorials of 2009

Best Collection of CSS Rounded Corners Tutorials

Best Collection of CSS Rounded Corners Tutorials

Best Photoshop Website Layout Tutorials of 2009

Best Photoshop Website Layout Tutorials of 2009

13 Tutorials to Help You Grow Your Blog Readership Next Year

13 Tutorials to Help You Grow Your Blog Readership Next Year

WordPress Website Design Process for IT-IS Ltd

WordPress Website Design Process for IT-IS Ltd

A Collection of HTML5 Resources and Tutorials

A Collection of HTML5 Resources and Tutorials


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Written by SmashingShare

A web designer and founder of Smashing Share. We love to be active in the design community by sharing web resources including articles, templates, interviews, freebies and tutorials. You can find us on Twitter @smashingshare or join us on Facebook

Tags: Design, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials

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designfollow

01. Jan, 2010

great great

thank you very much

Anupama Rao

01. Jan, 2010

really nice resources, hope you will try Smashingbuzz.com too in your next best resources list.

Arni WebDesign

01. Jan, 2010

not bad collection, thanks

sriganesh

01. Jan, 2010

thanks for the good list. and do add us in next list

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02. Jan, 2010

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02. Jan, 2010

nice list! happy new year, very creative, Very inspiration!

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02. Jan, 2010

Thats like the mother of design lists! Will take a while to get through this one, you have been bookmarked.

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03. Jan, 2010

Nice round up – thank you!

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04. Jan, 2010

Nice collection ! Thanks for sharing with us !

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Waheed Akhtar

05. Jan, 2010

Glad you all liked this. Did not heard from anybody about any list missed here ?

Dzinepress

05. Jan, 2010

amazing bundle of roundups you sharing, really inspiring stuff. thanks

Ashley Fleishel

05. Jan, 2010

Wow! These are amazing! I can’t wait to have a full day to really go through and absorb all lot of this stuff. I’ve really been into creative CSS footers and designing stylesheets for my own blog. There’s so much out there you don’t know where to begin sometimes. lol!

Thanks!
Ashley

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12. Jan, 2010

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27. Apr, 2010

This is really noticeable post…i am happy to find all tutorials in one place thank you :)
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Thu Nguyen

14. Jun, 2010

Great collective gathered for the year. While design is something I haven’t gotten too deep into, it’s definitely a place to which I’ll have to focus a bit on when I’m blogging. Overall, its’ your clothes online. Why not learn how to wear it well?

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