A quick recap on this year’s articles for Envato (so far)

This year, I’ve been writing a monthly column on web design inspiration for my friends at Envato. It’s a series about finding inspiration in unusual places and applying what we find to product and website designs. Here’s a recap of the articles so far.

1) Fanzinetastic web design

When I was growing up in the 1980s in a steel-making town that had lost its steelworks, there was a thriving subculture of fanzines and fly posters printed in garages and community centres.

2) Movie poster-inspired web design

What do you see when you look at a movie poster? Is it simply advertising to promote a movie or a piece of artwork you’d potentially hang on your wall at home or in an office?

3) Web design Smash Hits

How can a long-defunct popular music magazine for teens influence the design of today’s websites?

4) Web design inspiration from ’90s cartoons

Have you ever considered how ’90s animations might relate to web design today? I show how they inspired a new website design for Emmy-winning composer Mike Worth

5) Web design inspiration from retro wrestling

How can a collection of dog-eared posters from the golden age of British wrestling influence the design of today’s websites? Web design pioneer Andy Clarke steps into the ring to give us the lowdown.

6) Colour palette inspiration from B-movie posters

What do giant spiders, invaders from Mars, and a 50-foot woman have in common? Incredible colour. B-movie buff and web design pioneer Andy Clarke shows you how the over-the-top palettes of horror and sci-fi posters can inspire memorable colour choices for modern websites