Muse.DrewWilson.com - Delving into Inspiration

Designers, as a rule, must always be on the ball when it comes to creativity; stale, kitschy work often comes off as insipid and therefore, unwanted. Inspiration however, can be fleeting.

Sometimes you hit a rut. Barraged by thousands of images and both good and bad designs, designers can become overwhelmed. Enter Muse. Its tagline reads ‘a collection of inspiration’. The site compiles artistic works (web sites, graphic designs, posters, etc) and showcases them on the homepage. Muse doesn’t stop there however; it delves into the means and motives of the piece by way of an interview with the artist. In fact, each showcase piece is divided into four separate sections: the review, the interview, the inspiration and comments. Under Inspiration you’ll find photos of works that have actually had an influence on the showcase item. There are also links to the artists’ homepages as well as informative blurbs about each artist’s life and work. New pieces are added often; there’s also an inspiration feed which the site’s creator uses to pull in fresh items on a daily basis (sans interview).