LearnSaving Inspiration with Image Spark

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writes on August 26, 2009

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I’ve been using this online tool for saving inspirational images for ages now. It’s called Image Spark and just thought I’d tell you about it in case it’s something you’ve never come across.

Notice: Mike will be speaking about “How to Break Web Design Conventions” at The Future of Web Design New York City on November 17th.

How Does it Work?

Image Spark was developed by Teehan+Lax and is like an online scrapbook. Once you’ve opened an account (it’s free) you can upload images to your library from the web or your computer. You can do this in a number of ways using either the Firefox Plugin, Mac App or browser-based uploader.

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Image Spark allows you to tag your images, make them public and private. It’s great because it dispenses with the need to bookmark an endless amount of web pages and it’s very easy to use.

You can also create moodboards (each user can have two) for when you’re working on a project and you want to compile certain images as inspiration for that project.

You can also view other users library of images, so the site in itself is a massive source of inspiration. I often copy images from other users libraries to mine.

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Go and check it out!

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0 Responses to “Saving Inspiration with Image Spark”

  1. moratmarit on September 17, 2009 at 11:30 pm said:

    Thanks for info..:)

  2. Martin on September 9, 2009 at 7:40 pm said:

    Sorry to disagree, but I’d rather prefer http://vi.sualize.us

    Imgspark interface is so overwhelming for me!

  3. David on September 5, 2009 at 5:56 pm said:

    I think this is a real good find.
    Thanks for letting us know about it.
    I know it will be very useful and
    I see a lot of things I can
    use this for.
    Thanks again.

  4. Lonnie Bradley on September 2, 2009 at 10:46 am said:

    Great work!!! Your post has inspired me a lot…Keep it up.

  5. Kaplang on September 1, 2009 at 6:52 am said:

    thanks for this I am going to check it out now…oh and good look for the convention in November 🙂

  6. Wedding Cake on September 1, 2009 at 6:26 am said:

    yes it is really good for futher

  7. Arvii on August 31, 2009 at 11:20 am said:

    So damnnnnnnice. Thanks a lot.

  8. rogerdouglas on August 29, 2009 at 8:28 am said:

    waw,awesome i like it

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    good info

  10. Kenali Dan Kunjungi Objek Wisata Di Pandeglang on August 28, 2009 at 11:06 pm said:

    thanks to sharing

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    good job

  12. Shikeb Ali on August 27, 2009 at 6:31 am said:

    Wow …. mike its amazing, I got a huge collection of selected images in my local drive, soon I’m going to share it with the world.

    thanks !!

  13. BebopDesigner on August 26, 2009 at 10:33 pm said:

    Wow, this is brilliant! I had no idea. Very handy, very cool. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

  14. Louis W on August 26, 2009 at 7:16 pm said:

    I love Image Spark, great place for saving images. Get the firefox plug in for easier adding.

    They need to work on the navigation of images. Hardly any are shown per page and the pagination nav sucks. I am sure it will be improved.

  15. Karel-Jan on August 26, 2009 at 5:01 pm said:

    Nice share. I was always looking for a tool to manage my inspiration material. Picasa didn’t do the thing, but this does. Thx!

  16. qncenterlab2 on August 26, 2009 at 4:22 pm said:

    thanks for sharing us,keep it up

    james:
    Quantum Nutrition

  17. Geoff Teehan on August 26, 2009 at 2:32 pm said:

    Thanks for the post Mike.

    The database has grown well since its launch earlier this year (120,000+ public images). The community feed is usually pretty good but be sure to try searching terms like “infographic” or “typography” for some great examples.

  18. Brit Mansell on August 26, 2009 at 1:45 pm said:

    Thanks for the recommendation. Your post inspired me to create a new post for our “Web Design Lungh” group about the other tools used to catalog inspiration. You can see it here: http://www.webdesignlunch.com/blog/inspiration-catalog-tools/

  19. webtraffic211 on August 26, 2009 at 1:12 pm said:

    thanx a lot for inspiring me.

  20. Jordan Moore on August 26, 2009 at 12:58 pm said:

    Awesome, thanks for the inspiration Mike. See you guys in Belfast next Wednesday 🙂

  21. Dominik Porada on August 26, 2009 at 12:48 pm said:

    I have LittleSnapper for such gathering of inspiration images. And I truly recommend it. 🙂
    http://www.realmacsoftware.com/littlesnapper/

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