Two websites that I think are worthy of checking out this week…

• Open Source Web Design
• Design By Humans

Open Source Web Design - URL: www.oswd.org

This is great site to get inspired, browse and download free web design templates.Perhaps, more importantly, it allows you to share your designs with others. Currently, they boast 2080 web designs to browse and download at no cost. I often browse around the site when I need to get inspired and feeling creatively challenged - good source for design ideas. Francis Skettino founded the site in September 2000 with a goal “to provide the Open Source community with quality web designs to help get people’s projects on the web in a way that is both organized and good looking.” You will find all types of sites from personal blogs, to content management systems to full fledged businesses.

The site is definitely worth a look go check them out at www.oswd.org

Design By Humans - URL: www.designbyhumans.com

I found this site posted on Open Source Web Designs site - I thought it was worth a mention and a good example of the ideas that can be found at the Open Source Web Design site. I think Design By Humans is a neat concept - “a community centered around t-shirt designs” - with a twist. Created to provide “a place for people to submit, discover and buy amazing custom t-shirt designs created by artists from around the world.” The cool part of the concept is that the site is based around an “ongoing t-shirt design contest”. Headquartered in Irvine California the site was officially launched in July 2007. This is another site that should provide some inspiration when you find yourself at a loss for creativity.

Worthy of a look see at: www.designbyhumans.com

A quick note about a cool contest they are having over at Earners Forumn - they are calling it the Webmaster Inspiration Contest. I was tipped off about this contest from one of my favorite Wordpress Theme designers - Brian Gardner, you can check out his stuff at www.briangardner.com. In addition, Brian has entered the contest see his contest entry here…

A little more about the webmaster inspiration contest, prizes and how to enter if you are interested. There are six categories in which you can enter:

• Blog Success Story
  How did your blog become the success that it is? Is it highly trafficked? Is it your sole income?
• Forum Success Story
  Did you grow it from scratch? Has your membership growth been exponential? Huge traffic and/or income?
• Affiliate Marketing Success Story
  Is it your sole income? Did you have a campaign with extraordinary ROI? Did a campaign buy you a new car?
• SEO / SEM Success Story
  Are you #1 for a hot keyword? I pwn Google? Did you drive huge traffic to a new site (viral, social media, organic)?
• Rags to Riches Success Story
  Did you go from the poor house to Trump’s mansion? Did your net worth finally move in to positive numbers?
• “I Quit My Job” Success Story
  Did you quit your day job due to your internet success?

Be well and have a great day!