# 1) David Airey of Logo Design Love:

Outside. Working from home can become claustrophobic, and it’s healthy to get into the great outdoors.

# 2) Jacob Cass of Just Creative Design:

Usually online however I do have a couple of inspirational books, my favourite being inspiration from Semi Permanent 2007 (A design conference here in Australia) , I have hundreds of sites I visit. I actually compiled them all for myself over at 101+ Places to get design inspiration.

# 3) Michael Martin of Pro Blog Design:

I use CSS Mania to see some great looking blogs every day, and I would browse the photography on Flickr a fair bit (The StumbleUpon toolbar is fantastic for it!), but beyond that, I don’t have any real go-to places. I wouldn’t sit and think “time to get inspired!” You get inspired constantly, by almost everything, and keep the creativity flowing that way.

# 4) Claudia Medellín from Company - Audacia Comunicación:

While designing a logo, I consider the personality what is going to be represented by the logo. So, we have to define the brand before we create the logo. We need to use words to define the personality, images (we can cut some pictures from magazines), types, colors. Something that I like to do is to project how the organization is going to be in 5 years. If you  know how and where you want to be in 5 years, you will easily achieve your goals if you get the look.

# 5) Von Glitschka from the company - Glitschka Studios:

I take in all the variables I glean from a client and my process and let them slowly boil in my mind. Once the ideas start to form is when I begin to sketch. Sometimes inspiration comes from seemingly mundane sources, others times it’s something I see, hear or even smell. So I guess in the most general of terms it’s living a “Creatively Curious Life” that inspires me the most.

# 6) Roby Fitzhenry from the company - Always Creative:

Nothing inspires me more than having a face-to-face meeting with the stakeholders. Once I have the project locked down and all parties are ready to move, I take a two-week period in which I let the identity simmer in my subconscious. Sometimes, the idea hits you immediately. Other times, you have to let it break out of its shell and show itself. What inspires me most is an established set of parameters, or project restrictions, paired with complete creative freedom within those boundaries. It also really helps the quality of the end product if I know the client trusts me. That is always very, very exciting. Other inspirations that help me generate ideas include brainstorming sessions with my creative friends (especially Eric Downs and Chris Pitre), reading a good design book or magazine and a tasty brew.

# 7) Heather Carson from company - Memo:

I gather inspiration all around me, from nature, everyday objects, my family… But, I am so amazed at the creativity of humankind. There are some seriously crazy talented people out there! The internet has opened up a whole world of inspiration to explore other graphic works, photography, print, web… truly amazing. I love social media. I love Twitter. I love getting cool links and information that I might not have found on my own.

# 8) Matt Griffin of Liquid Design Media:

In the past, I’ve gone website galleries and “best of” sites. But recently I’ve been looking more and more to historical design for inspiration. Since web design is new, we can forget that there was several thousand year of design in other mediums that informs our practices. I’ve learned a lot from past designers.

# 9) Alen Grakalic of CSS Globe:

There are numerous css showcase galleries like CSS Remix or CSS Mania that you can use as a source of inspiration. The important thing is to get inspired, not to steal My clients usually send a list of sites they like so that pushes me in the right direction.

# 10) Wez Maynard from the company - DivVoted:

I have now and I guess always will be inspired by found type and imagery. I keep a moleskin with me all the time, if I’m out and see, for instance, a dilapidated old shop with old posters all over it - and a few of the posters are merging into each other creating new layout/imagery, I’ll take a snap and do a little sketch. The picture for posterity and a sketch of exactly whats going through my head at the time. This, was my Sunday afternoon!

I’m also hugely inspired by other designers - logo and other mediums. The best inspiration comes from individuals who really push the boundaries and are afforded the freedom to push their creativity. It can be hard to be as expressive as you’d like in every design, but there’s always someone else who has just launched a fantastic new website, or released a tutorial on how they created their latest logo masterpiece. I salute you!