LorraineDesign

Although the sites are all fairly well-known, I thought I’d take a different approach this week and instead share several blogs rather than fun things that turned up in my reader. Of course, the blogrolls to the right have just a handful of the many I’m currently reading, but the ones I’m sharing below stand out mainly because they tend to focus on Eye Candy. Every morning I like to jump-start my creative juices by feasting my eyes at one or more of the below.

ShareSomeCandy

ShareSomeCandy is a new site that I came across over the past couple of weeks that showcases just images. No captions, no explainations, just the image and a link to it’s source. The images run the full gamut of great design, new packaging, odd things, photos…you name it.

NOTCOT

NOTCOT.org showcases the same types of images/links as SSC, only with a short blurb and in a cute polaroid-esque layout. The headlines make it easy to find things too…

Print & Pattern

Although I don’t check it regularly (for some reason the rss-feed doesn’t work), P&P has a Wealth of inspiration for me and is one of my favorite sites. I don’t know why, but looking at pattern design never fails to get my creative wheels turning.

BibliOdyssey

BibliOdyssey is also a recent discovery and I’m loving it! Each update highlights rare bookart spanning scientific illustration to engravings to maps, etc and follows up each collection of images with great background information.

Design For Mankind

And last, but certainly not least, Erin of Design for Mankind does an excellent job of scouting out the latest in photography, illustration, design, and fine art. Never fails to inspire…