So "content is king". You've heard it before- but it's sort of insulting to us designers, right? Maybe. But still, every once in a while I see a killer example of the phrase in action. Take LiveScience for example. The design is very understated. It completely supports the content by exposing lots of information in an easily scannable, unobtrusive ...

Decided to keep a list of fashion/shopping sites for inspiration. http://www.bluefly.com/ http://www.eluxury.com/ http://www.shopintuition.com/ http://www.revolveclothing.com/ http://www.smartbargains.com http://www.dashaboutique.com/ http://www.shefinds.com http://www.lauramercier.com/ Recurring theme seems to be squared, hard edges- different from much of the cutesy, rounded cornery Web 2.0 stuff I come across. Also of interest is Lucky magazine's sites we love ...

Campaign Monitor has a great blog/design gallery of their clients' promotional email and newsletter designs. A few of my favorites are: Flirt Creative East Day Spa I Heart Luxe Inside Packaging Aston Workshop Go check them out for yourself.

Smashing Magazine  (I swear I've posted something about them before) has a tremendous post on Data Visualization. With 7 example filled sections covering: Mindmap Displaying News Displaying Data Displaying connections Displaying web-sites Articles & Resources Tools and Services See the full post here

I recently came across Flash Source Code, a site that offers several downloadable flash files that you could learn from/edit/etc. With source code for a random image loader, a photo gallery, a simple preloader and more, this is definitely one to bookmark for later.

I like to do market studies to see what's out there when I start a new project. I'm going to start sharing those here: Artists Kanye West - http://www.kanyewest.com/ Trick Daddy - http://www.thug.com/ Yung Joc - http://www.yungjoc.com/ (myspace) 50 Cent - http://www.50cent.com/ Busta Rhymes - http://www.bustarhymes.com/ Ice T - http://www.icet.com/ Mariah Carey - http://www.mariahcarey.com/ Fat Joe - http://www.fat-joe.com/ The ...

Laura Ries is so smart. Definitely worth a bookmark.