There are days when everything goes without saying: ideas flow, typos agree by themselves, and even your color palette seems to applaud you. And then... there are the other days. The ones where you stare at your screen as if a miracle was going to fall from the sky.
At Studio Elias, we have our little routine when the design mojo goes awry: we go rummaging in the most creative corners of the web. Well-designed portfolios, neat interfaces, mixed (but brilliant) concepts: some sites are gold mines to nourish your visual culture.
So we've prepared a selection with the greatest care for you from best sites to find your design inspiration in 2025. Whether you are in the midst of branding, UX, motion or redesigning your showcase site.
Promise, after that, your white screen won't be smart anymore.
When we talk about design, we often think of technique, rigor, rules of composition or UX. And it's true, there is a lot of method.
But what we sometimes forget is that design is also (and above all) a matter of sight. A good designer is not only someone who knows how to “look pretty”: he is someone who sees what others don't yet see. And to do that, you have to constantly expose yourself to the best.
Let's get things straight away: no, getting inspired does not mean “stealing” or “pumping” ideas. It's observing, understanding the mechanics, analyzing what works and why, and then create something new, in your own way.
It's a bit like a chef who tries other dishes to enrich his cuisine, without ever using an identical recipe.
When you regularly expose yourself to different designs, to approaches that you didn't know about, your brain starts to move. It connects ideas, it builds bridges between things that you wouldn't have associated otherwise.
And that's often where they're born the best ideas : in this mixture between what you see, what you know how to do, and what you feel.
The more you look at good designs, the more you refine your eye. You can identify what works more quickly, you understand the visual hierarchy better, you gain in detail.
It is a type of passive training, but extremely effective.
When you work on a project for days, you sometimes have your head in the handlebars. To seek inspiration elsewhere is to gain height, See how others have dealt with the same subject, or on the contrary, let yourself be surprised by things that are completely opposite to your universe.
Sometimes a good visual argument is worth a thousand words. Showing a client concrete examples can help them understand an artistic direction, validate a style, or avoid being out of topic.
Inspiration is also a educational weapon in your customer relationship.
Do you want to upgrade your next project, enrich your mood board or simply marvel at great ideas? Here is our 2025 selection of must-see sites to inspire you — tested, approved and used (almost) every day by the Studio Elias team.
www.wards.com
The great classic. This site recognizes the best web designs from around the world. Interactive experiences, clever micro-interactions, fluid animations... it's a permanent masterclass. 👉 Discover our complete Awwwards guide.
siteinspire.com
Perfect for exploring by styles, typologies or platforms. Minimalist, portfolio, e-commerce... you will find everything there, sorted with care.
land-book.com
Ali Baba's cave of landing pages. A great resource to boost your conversion pages without falling into deja vu.
collectui.com
A collection of UI interfaces classified by theme (login, dashboard, e-commerce, etc.). Great when you need a quick visual boost.
onepagelove.com
The name says it all: if you work on a one-page site, you will love this ultra-targeted selection.
Mobbin.com
Want to see how Airbnb, Revolut, or Notion designed their apps? Mobbin brings together thousands of UX captures classified by flow, interface or use.
pttrns.com
A vast directory of mobile interface models. It's clear, well-organized, and you can filter according to your needs.
uxarchive.com
Rather than isolated captures, here we study complete user journeys. Perfect for structuring coherent navigation.
Behance.net
One of the largest networks of creative portfolios. Branding, typography, editorial design... there are complete projects, very well presented.
dribbble.com
Rather oriented to micro-details and impacting visuals. Perfect for fine-tuning your eye, especially on color, composition, and animations.
logoinspirations.co
A database of creative logos organized by themes. Very useful in the visual identity creation phase.
pinterest.fr
The good old inspiration board. Practical for quickly assembling a moodboard and exploring various aesthetics.
Muz.li
A Chrome extension that gives you a daily dose of inspiration. A reflex to adopt to start the day well.
designspiration.com
Search by color, keyword, or theme. It's clean, well-organized, and very effective in building a visual ambiance.
instagram.com
By following the right designers and studios, you turn your feed into a real source of continuous inspiration.
Lapa.ninja
Hundreds of hand-picked landing pages. Ideal when you want to work on structure, animations, or calls to action.
We are not going to lie to each other: by dint of scrolling for hours, inspiration can quickly turn into creative paralysis. You open 14 tabs, you ping 300 references, and in the end... you don't know what you were looking for. So, to avoid visual overdose, here are some best practices to adopt.
Before diving into Behance or Awwwards, ask yourself the question: what exactly am I looking for?
A visual mood? An example of a mobile menu? A CTA animation?
The more specific your intention is, the more quickly you will find what really speaks to you.
Don't let your favorites disappear into the limbo of your browsing history. Use tools like:
A good, well-structured moodboard will save you a lot of time during the creation phase.
Don't settle for a simple “it's pretty.” Ask yourself the right questions:
Why does it work? What catches the eye? What is the hierarchy of information? How are the elements animated or spaced?
This analytical reflex transforms passive inspiration into active learning.
What you're seeing may be working great... for a banking app. But is it suitable for a yoga showcase site?
Each design must be recontextualized according to your project, your client, and your target audience. Inspiration, yes. Copy and paste, no.
You don't have to search for everything at the last moment. Adopt an inspirational routine: 10 minutes per day or one session per week to discover what's new, record what appeals to you, and stay connected to trends.
Finding inspiration is good. It's better to channel it. At Studio Elias, we have a few favorite tools to capture our ideas, structure our references, and transform inspiration into concrete creations. Here are the ones we use on a daily basis (and that we recommend with our eyes closed).
Our creative headquarters. We prepare our models, our moodboards, our 87 versions of the same button... and we integrate our visual inspirations.
A little extra: plugins like Unsplash, Iconify, or Blush to enrich our explorations without leaving the interface.
To centralize our monitoring, store inspirational links, classify our projects and record customer feedback.
It's a bit like our ancillary brain: everything is tidy, accessible and shareable with the team (and sometimes with customers).
Yes, we know. This good old Pinterest is still a safe bet for quickly building a visual mood board.
Practical when you want to define an atmosphere, an artistic direction or a photo style at the beginning of a project.
We're not going to lie to ourselves: we also use it to explore the best.
With the Webflow Showcase or projects created by the community, we always keep an eye on the latest gems of no-code design.
We don't all use these tools at the same time, but they support us according to the needs of the project.
The real secret? It's not the tool, it's what you make of it. And in our agency Webflow Studio Elias, we use it to transform great ideas into strong and coherent identities.
Inspiration is a bit like a good playlist: you have to renew it regularly, but also know where to find it.
With the right tools and the right platforms, you can nurture your creativity, think outside the box, and offer your projects that little extra that makes all the difference.
At Studio Elias, we don't believe in ideas that have fallen from the sky. We believe in curiosity, in constant vigilance, and in the ability of designers to capture beauty in order to better transform it.
While you are in the middle of redesigning a site, creating a logo or campaign moodboard, keep this article handy: it will quickly become your visual dashboard.
And if inspiration is no longer enough, you want to go further, build a real brand identity, or rethink your entire digital universe: We are here to accompany you.
