Let’s be real designers need constant inspiration.
It’s like a fuel tank constantly running on empty without fresh ideas.
And let’s face it sometimes even the most seasoned creatives can get stuck in a rut.
That’s where Pinterest comes in a goldmine of design inspiration and I’m not just talking about pretty pictures.
There’s a whole universe of creative content out there waiting to be discovered.
I’ve been a designer for years and I’ve learned that following the right Pinterest accounts can make a huge difference in my work.
So I’m sharing my secret sauce: 33 Pinterest accounts that every designer should follow.
Design Inspiration: The Big Names
Let’s start with the giants of the design world.
These accounts are packed with amazing visuals tutorials and design resources.
They’re like a curated art gallery showcasing the best of the best.
Adobe: Your One-Stop Shop
Designers know and love Adobe products.
Why not follow them on Pinterest? Adobe is the hub for designers marketers photographers and businesses to create their best work.
Their boards focus on appealing to those audiences with a few surprises like a Travel Bucket List board.
Behance: A Global Showcase of Creativity
Behance an Adobe-owned platform boasts “the best creative work from around the world.” Their Pinterest follows suit including stunning boards dedicated to 3D design illustration motion design and more.
Canva: Design Inspiration and Resources
Canva is a fantastic platform for online graphic design and publishing.
Their Pinterest boards provide inspiration for photographers and designers alike while also highlighting Canva tutorials and blog posts.
Creative Market: A Treasure Trove of Design Assets
Creative Market boasts over 1 million followers and 10 million monthly views! Their Pinterest is the ultimate hub for design inspiration.
You’ll find graphics photos fonts website themes icons brushes and more.
This account has over 100 boards so be prepared for a Pinterest rabbit hole!
Designhill: Connecting Designers and Businesses
Designhill connects graphic designers with businesses seeking design help.
Their Pinterest boards are full of design inspiration business tips and blog posts dedicated to design entrepreneurs.
Finding Inspiration for Your Web Design
The internet is a vast landscape of websites each with its unique design aesthetic.
The following Pinterest accounts are a curated collection of the best web design inspiration showcasing everything from stunning UI/UX to innovative web trends.
Awwwards: The Best of the Best in Web Design
Awwwards is a website that hands out awards for design creativity and innovation on the internet.
Their Pinterest highlights the best of the best in web design! With boards like “Site of the Day” this account will help you discover some of the world’s best websites.
CSS-Tricks: A Deep Dive into Front-End Development
This Pinterest account is full of CSS tutorials demo code examples guides and more! With boards like “WordPress Themes” and “UI/UX design” this profile is perfect for any front-end designer or developer.
Globant: A Creative Link for Creative People
Globant’s Pinterest profile provides “creative links for creative people.” Some of their boards highlight awesome wireframes and web design inspiration while others touch on design theory branding and style guide inspiration.
You’ll find a little bit of everything here!
Nicepage: Building Stunning Websites with Ease
Nicepage is software that helps you build stunning websites and themes with over 4000 templates.
Their Pinterest has a little bit of everything: from web design inspiration to food wedding and travel sites.
The kicker? Each pin in their boards uses a Nicepage template to show you what your site could look like if you use their product!
Interface Market: Ready-to-Use App UI Kits
Interface Market provides beautiful ready-to-use app UI kits for UI/UX designers and developers so their Pinterest profile is dedicated to just that! Whether you’re designing an app for food delivery eCommerce or fitness you’ll find plenty of UI inspiration here.
Finding Your Perfect WordPress Theme
WordPress is a powerhouse for website creation and finding the right theme can be a must.
These Pinterest accounts specialize in showcasing the best WordPress themes inspiring your next website design.
Qode Interactive: A Treasure Trove of Premium WordPress Themes
If you’re a WordPress designer or developer Qode Interactive’s Pinterest is perfect for you.
Highlighting hundreds of premium WordPress themes this account is guaranteed to invoke inspiration for what your next site should look like!
UI/UX Inspiration: The Art of User Experience
User experience (UX) is crucial to creating websites that are not only visually appealing but also user-friendly and engaging.
These Pinterest accounts focus on the art of UI/UX design offering insights and inspiration for creating intuitive and delightful user interfaces.
The UX Blog: A Deep Dive into UI/UX Best Practices
If you’re looking for inspiration or tips on UI and UX this is the profile for you.
There are great examples for designers and developers based on colors research and business strategy.
And if you’re a fan of the actual blog many of the articles can be found on The UX Blog board.
A Designer’s Toolkit: Freebies Resources and More
The design world is overflowing with amazing freebies resources and tools that can elevate your work.
These Pinterest accounts curate a treasure trove of design-related content offering everything from fonts and illustrations to templates and design inspiration.
Web Design Inspiration: A Designer’s Dream
Talk about resource overload (in a good way)! Web Design Inspiration has great freebies and “best of” boards for every designer and developer as well as tons of fun content for your everyday life.
There are plenty of pins to dive into so make sure you grab a cup of coffee as you start scrolling.
Building Your Design Agency: Tips and Inspiration
For designers looking to establish their agency these Pinterest accounts offer valuable tips resources and inspiration for growing your business and marketing your services.
HubSpot: Marketing and Business Growth for Design Agencies
If you’re a design entrepreneur looking to grow your side gig into a full-blown agency HubSpot (and their hundreds of resources) is here to help.
Their boards cover everything from productivity hacks to a slew of webinars and infographics dedicated to helping you grow your agency’s marketing efforts!
Miller Branding: Showcasing Your Agency’s Work
If you’re an agency that wants to get in on the Pinterest game to show off your stuff but aren’t sure how take a note from Miller Branding.
They use their Pinterest to “uncover trends as they happen” so they’re constantly adding to their boards (and most of what they add is the work they’ve done as an agency!).
Lennox Creative Co: Inspiration for Your Agency’s Pinterest
Lennox Creative Co.
is another great example of what your agency’s Pinterest could look like! The services Chelsea at Lennox Creative Co.
provides match up perfectly to the boards she has on her page.
While Pinterest is a great inspiration tool it can absolutely be used for marketing yourself as well!
Lindsay Humes: A Freelance Designer’s Pinterest Success Story
Lindsay Humes is a freelance designer that gets more than 1.4 million viewers on Pinterest a month! She’s done this by curating super-specific boards that are both visually eye-catching and highly informative for other designers just like you!
Webile: Using Pinterest as a Portfolio
Are you a web agency or freelance developer that isn’t sure how to incorporate Pinterest into your agency’s marketing strategy? Take a note from Webile’s book! Think of Pinterest like your portfolio and each board can be used for each client you’d like to highlight or each industry you work with.
Before you know it your Pinterest page will look great!
Typography Inspiration: Finding the Perfect Font
Typography is an essential aspect of design and finding the right font can make a huge difference in the overall aesthetic and feel of your work.
These Pinterest accounts offer a vast array of font inspiration from classic typefaces to modern and unique lettering styles.
FontShop: A World of Fonts at Your Fingertips
FontShop is a premier retailer for desktop web and mobile typefaces with over 150000 fonts and their Pinterest profile highlights quite a few of them.
They have dozens of creative boards (and titles) that are sure to bring some inspiration and a good laugh!
Lettering Daily: A Celebration of Hand Lettering and Calligraphy
If you’re looking for lettering inspiration this Pinterest page is perfect for you! Lettering Daily has a mix of logo and typography inspiration as well as a slew of tutorials for hand lettering and calligraphy enthusiasts.
MyFonts: The World’s Largest Collection of Fonts
If you’re looking for some classic font inspiration you’ve come to the right place.
MyFonts claims to be the world’s largest collection of fonts for print products and screens and their Pinterest page shows just that!
The Letterist: Masterful Freehand Typography
The Letterist offers a gorgeous aesthetic with an artfully designed typographically inspired wistfully worded and exceptionally crafted Pinterest page that focuses on print lettering.
If you’re a manuscript artist or looking to master freehand typography this account is perfect for you!
Pixelcolours: A Perfectly Pink Palette of Design Inspiration
Pixelcolours offers a perfectly pink palette of fonts illustrations and lettering inspiration.
Find tons of freebies DIYs and carefully curated design inspiration on this Pinterest account!
Design Magazines and Blogs: A Curated Collection of Creative Content
These Pinterest accounts represent the best of design magazines and blogs offering a curated selection of articles insights and inspiration from the world of design.
It’s Nice That: A Magazine for Designers and Creatives
This London-based magazine has a Pinterest anyone would envy.
The clean and organized profile is great for designers advertisers and marketers.
If you still can’t get enough of their content be sure to check out their website.
Delightful Design: Minimalism and More
With a plethora of pins and boards Delightful Design’s Pinterest has a little bit of everything if you’re in the creative industry.
This agency has a soft spot for minimalism and it shows across their Pinterest page.
Dribbble: A Community for Creatives to Share and Grow
Dribbble is dedicated to building the world’s best community for creatives to share grow and get hired so it’s fitting for their Pinterest to have hundreds of resources blogs and podcasts for designers to dive into!
Personal Design Inspiration: A Peek into the Minds of Creative Individuals
These Pinterest accounts offer a unique perspective on design showcasing the work and inspiration of individual designers and creatives.
Miagrphx: Bright Professional and Organized
Miagrphx is a designer and self-proclaimed daydreamer with a kickass Pinterest profile.
Her bright yet professional brand shows through in all her boards – not to mention her uncanny organization! The boards are organized by overall category and sub-topic.
Muzli by InVision: A Secret Source for Design Inspiration
Muzli by InVision claims to be the secret source for all the design inspiration you may need.
Discover some of the best web design inspiration best illustrations web trends as well as opinions and articles from design experts across the web here.
Station Seven: Empowering Entrepreneurs with Design
Station Seven is a business that empowers entrepreneurs to take control of their online presence and their Pinterest invokes the same feeling of freedom.
Find tips for blogging money making and branding at this aesthetically pleasing Pinterest page!
WE AND THE COLOR: A Celebration of Design and Art
WE AND THE COLOR is a blog for stunning graphic design illustrations art photography architecture and film making so you can bet that their Pinterest account is going to follow suit.
Their chic and simple profile is perfect for all types of designers.
Don’t Stop There! Dive Deeper Into the World of Design
I’ve provided you with a solid starting point but don’t stop here! Keep exploring follow your interests and discover new accounts that inspire you.
You’ll be surprised at the amazing design content waiting to be uncovered on Pinterest.
And remember design inspiration isn’t just about finding pretty pictures.
It’s about understanding trends exploring new ideas and learning from others.
So keep your eyes open keep your creative mind engaged and never stop seeking inspiration.
Happy pinning!