let there be colour

http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html
a colour scheme generator. great help, if you're more into the writing part of the business.

paper sculpting

http://www.schleehdesign.com

Beautiful art using desktop paper pads. Keeps you staring at each piece.

socks!

http://www.minisock.com/
Well designed. With an insight into what we're missing out (sock-wise).

typographic search

http://amaztype.tha.jp/


Type in a word. The programme searches for all the books on Amazon where that one word appears. And just to get you more excited it arranges all the books it's found to form that word. Click on any book that forms the word and you can buy it from Amazon. wheeeeeeee!!

creatives rejoice

www.veer.com

It's an image bank made for the fun loving creative person.
From images (tasteful ones) to wallpapers (mad ones) and a crazy blog that takes you through the best of international design.

ta ta google

http://www.snap.com/


You get to see your search results (as a web page). Saves a lot of time as you don't have to do the painful 'Open in new window' routine.

Also got a very classy, fun, user-friendly layout.

dear future

http://www.futureme.org/


It's really cool to receive a letter from yourself about where you thought you'd be a year (two years? more?) later.

Exactitudes

http://www.exactitudes.com/


Truly worth a link.

"Rotterdam-based photographer Ari Versluis and stylist Ellie Uyttenbroek have worked together since October 1994. Inspired by a shared interest in the striking dress codes of various social groups, they have systematically documented numerous identities over the last 8 years. Rotterdam's heterogeneous, multicultural street scene remains a major source of inspiration for Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek, although since 1998 they have also worked in cities abroad.
They call their series Exactitudes: a contraction of exact and attitude. By registering their subjects in an identical framework, with similar poses and a strictly observed dress code, Versluis and Uyttenbroek provide an almost scientific, anthropological record of people's attempts to distinguish themselves from others by assuming a group identity. The apparent contradiction between individuality and uniformity is, however, taken to such extremes in their arresting objective-looking photographic viewpoint and stylistic analysis that the artistic aspect clearly dominates the purely documentary element. "

and just in case someone asks you where you want your ring from

http://www.tiffany.com/International.aspx

design tips

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/in_depth/features/50_ways_to_become_a_better_designer

A list of 50 ways you can become a better designer. Real suggestions from real people makes this click truly worth your while.

the next time you can't find your ruler!

http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/paper_rulers/


Printable rulers!! Ta-dah!

all tied up

http://www.croata.hr/interesting/tie_a_tie.php

At last, a simple site which explains all the different ways you can tie a tie!

when'll india get this one, i wonder

http://www.starkwaxingstudio.com/

Dedicated to the skirted woman, the bikin'd babe, the glamour doll. Jeez.

thought starter

never tried it. but will when i'm really stuck. looks interesting.

http://www.kennieting.com/mousebrains/

drool worthy

check out the gallery (just before lunch).

http://www.paperpalate.com/

splash

Create a spatter-paint masterpiece with some clicks of the mouse, then print out your artwork for free.

http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

doodle doo

http://www.doodlearchive.com/

i did. now you do.

and the classic..

http://www.altoids.com/index.do


awesomely designed site, with lots of things to see and do. retro colours, images and fonts. clicko.

where i got these templates from

http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/

some really neat ones here. sadly through my blind editing i lost their link. anyways, here it is. and thank you to whoever did it. i'll try and do some of my own soon :D

treasure trove for art lovers

www.art-dept.com

I've been raving about this site for a few years now. Here it is.
Though the pics are not hi-res, they're excellent for referencing and the illustrations are to die for.

storage space

www.box.net

A lovely sky blue place that allows you to store stuff. Click.