What inspires you? Recently I was asked to handwrite the answer to this question on a blank piece of paper for a internal work project. (I’ll update you later with the final project from all of these answers.) It’s a hard question for me to answer because I feel like I am inspired by pretty much everything! Anything from patterns in nature to a beautiful photo from a wedding to marc jacobs new collection—it all gets my wheels turning. All in all, I felt like I gave a nice summary of some of my favorite everyday sources.
I also keep monthly inspiration folders on my desktop to house anything and everything that tickles my fancy. Problem is I didn’t keep track of the sources for these images. (I’ll try to fix that this year.) The monthly folders are a great way for me to see design trends and they serve as a great reference if I need inspiration fast. Here are some of my favorites from 2009.
And now I’m dying to know what inspires you? Any daily rituals before you starting creating? Please share…
Great post…and beautiful art.
Have a look at Evernote – a free app for mac/pc/web that might work great as your “inspiration folder”.
thanks for the great resource. looking into this pronto
i am inspired by fabric, paper, smells, handwritten notes, and my students. i am a total nerd when it comes to my “pre-creation” thought process because i makes lists and outlines and word webs…