Design Inspiration

Here I collect links and images that have or will prompt or inspire the design of this site.

sqrtminusone.xyz, 2023-04-17 kirk.is, 2023-04-18 berkeleygraphics.com, 2023-06-03 anaritamorais.com, 2023-04-17 simongriffee.com, 2023-04-17 Xerox 6085 with optional PCE board, showing Viewpoint 2.0 desktop and running PC Emulator. Found at www.typewritten.org/Media

A page from Dave On Design liveabout.com, 2023-10-25 verygoodfilms.co, 2023-10-25 Rek Bell, kokorobot.ca, 2023-10-27 hellohappy.org, Chad Mazzola, 2023-11-04 www.readcereal.com, Cereal, 2023-11-04

Screenshot of Jon Hicks’ Supernatural Detectives Field Guide, 2024-10-25

The Manuals Plus collection at the Internet Archive is a treasure trove of simple graphic design.

Sidenotes

Also see SEP 54: Sidenotes.

A screen of an article by Leo Gao showing an elegant use of sidenotes in web design.

Semantic sidenotes for the web by Koos Looijesteijn

Dorian Taylor has been a useful source of inspiration with respect to taxonomies/hierarchies.

ThoughtStreams is interesting architecturally, specifically with respect to mapping a space of many small interconnected thoughts.

Useful links:

Minimal Gallery
URL Design — Kyle Neath
The Design of Silicon Notes — Das Bityard