The Designer’s Shortcut: Branding, UI, UX

The Designer’s Shortcut: Branding, UI, UX

We tell ourselves inspiration is a simple errand: open Pinterest or Instagram, take a walk, buy a coffee, return with a spark. In reality, it’s more like skimming a library’s returns cart, you have to go through stacks of almosts to reach the book you actually need.


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Meanwhile, the hours slip by and your page is still empty. So here’s a shortcut, a small map past the noise and straight to the useful stuff.

Branding & Graphic Design

Start with a labor of love. Alessandro Scarpellini’s Visual Journal collects branding and graphic design projects from around the world with zero fluff. It’s ad‑free and run by Alessandro. If it helps, buy him a coffee so he keeps up the good work for the rest of us.

If you want more raw discovery, The Index is a curated gallery and directory of graphic design projects that rewards curiosity and wandering.

To widen the lens, Craftwork’s curated web UI pulls from portfolios and agencies, filterable by style, illustration, and attributes. When your brain needs examples instead of adjectives, go here.