These creative speaker designs that you’re gonna see in this post combine both style and (hopefully) function, and we can say that they look better than they sound.

See the list -> Freshome

You asked for it, so here it is. Another awesome collection of wallpapers for all you graphic designers and developers. Checkout these wallpapers and let me know what you think. Feel free to link to your own wallpapers or others that you like.

See the list -> Outlaw Design Blog, tips by: Emil (thanks!)

In the overview below we present 55 more excellent, free and professional icons for desktop and web design. Some of them can be used for both private and commercial projects. You may always use them for free in your private projects. Nevertheless, it is always worth to take a look at the license agreements — they can change from time to time.

See the list -> Smashing Magazine, via: msaleem <- digg it!

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These are some of the coolest hotel suites, rooms, and villas in the world that are designed around the idea of minimalism. After seeing these awesome photos, I think that you’ll see that less really is more!

See the list -> ProTraveller, tips by: Andy B (thanks!)

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In the overview below you’ll find an overview of some beautiful and original product designs which will hopefully make the cut and will be available in the next years. Some of them are already available today.

See the list -> Smashing Magazine

In today’s tech-oriented world of short attention spans it is more important than ever to make a compelling first impression. […] Organized by category here are 42 extremely creative business card designs. Some of these are old, some new, but all are still amazing examples of out-of-the-box thinking in business card design.

See the list -> [RE]Encoded

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Below we present over 50 excellent pixel art designs — illustrations, paintings and posters as a part of our ongoing monday inspiration series. Some of the works presented below have an extremely high level of detail which is why you can observe pixel art for hours and still miss some details it contains.

Check it out: Smashing Magazine, via: Neatorama

There are a lot of really slick blog designs from very talented designers out there. So I thought I’d make a list of my all time favorite ones, hopefully you’ll find some you’ve never seen on this list. Here we go:

Check it out: Spyre

Below you will find an incredible amount of amazing colorful artwork to inspire any designer, also we’ve selected some of the best adobe tutorials hand picked to enhance or highlight whatever action is going on in the photo.

Check it out: Noupe, tips by: Emil (thanks!)

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Below you’ll find the celebration of retro and vintage design — ads, illustrations, book covers, pins and posters from 1920-1980s.

Check it out: Smashing Magazine

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