One of the most well known land line and cell phone providers on the planet, AT&T, designed some really interesting ads to market their mobile phones. Check out the collection below. Hope you enjoy.

HTML 5 is on its way to becoming the standard for web development. Although it’s still in development a lot of people are ahead of the game. Check out the sites below for some great examples of what’s to come…

1. Jamie Calabro

2. Tim Benniks

3. Nimbupani

4. Antilight

5. Jeroen Homan

Thanks to sites like logopond.com, logofaves.com, and logodesignlove.com there are a ton of places to find great inspiration for logo development. Here are 5 of my favorites this week.

1. Spartan Golf Club

2. Love Clip

3. Dodo Grill Restaurant

4. Starbucks “5 Year in Turkey” Logo

5. 8 Interactive

When it comes to good designs I usually tend to go with a clean layout and great typography and Bound By Stars has just that. The bold headers are easy to read and compliment the nice image scrolling effect to show off Jeff’s portfolio. From the logo and branding all the way to the contact form and footer this site has a great look and feel. Take a look below.

About Bound By Stars – Boundbystars.com is the online playing ground for Jeff Boshers, an ambitious twenty-something from the No Coast area of the states (Tennessee), who dreams in Illustrator and lives in CSS. Jeff brings diversity and creativity all in one package, not being shy of the off the wall and unique elements other designers seem to be afraid to tackle. Jeff is willing to take risks that he believes will benefit not only the client but the client’s customers. Taking risks is how real success is made. Jeff turns ordinary pre-existing websites into rare masterpieces that will transform the way your customers access your site.

To see more website goodness make sure to check out www.boundbystars.com. Also make sure to follow @boundbystars on Twitter. Until next time…

Gap Medics is one of my favorite sites this week for its typography, bold menu colors, ease of navigation, and overall organization.  This site has a trendy look but keeps the elements simple and to the point.  I love the contact forms especially in this site.  Take a look for your self below…

About Gap Medics – Gap Medics organizes medical and nursing placements and projects in Africa and Asia. They can efficiently organize a safe, structured placement that will provide you with genuine work experience and help you stand out on university applications or during your pre-clinical years. For more about Gap Medics check out http://www.gapmedics.co.uk/

Stay tuned for more of the website of the week series for web design inspiration.

I am always on the look out for new desktop background inspiration to change up the studio vibe during the week.  I have included some of my favorite backgrounds all free to download. If these are not enough to keep your desktop happy, also make sure to check out the links at the end of this post for more places to find Apple inspired desktop backgrounds. Enjoy!

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Links to other Apple inspired backgrounds:

Spyre Studios – 50 More Amazing Apple Mac Desktop Wallpapers

1st Web Designer – 40 High Res and Elegant Apple Wallpapers

Hongkiat – 60 Most Beautiful Apple Wallpapers

Did you know a Giraffe can drink 12 gallons in one sitting? The Giraffe restaurant chain is a popular concept in the UK. Bringing you food from around the world, they have created a really nice brand and website that just works.  Their website portrays a fun friendly place to eat with a family environment. The navigation is easy to use, the typography is nice, and they have a lot of stunning visual ads.  Take a look below…

About Giraffe Restaurants – Juliette, Russel and Andrew decided to open the kind of restaurant they would like to hang out in.

Somewhere relaxed where people could have a great coffee and freshly cooked food at any time of day – all to the spirited sounds of world music so you could imagine yourself being anywhere from Sydney to Israel – somewhere sunny and full of smiles.

Russel always wanted to have a business called giraffe – hence the restaurant ‘giraffe’ was born in 1998 and the first restaurant is in Hampstead.

Thanks for stopping by. Stay tuned for more of the website design inspiration.

If waking up to a the cool Miami breeze and listening to a speaker talk about twittering and followers sounds like your thing than I would definitely recommend checking out the Future of Web Apps conference this year. You are sure to learn some tips and tricks from the pros and still have time to hit the beach. Not only do they have a great line up but Carsonified’s Events designers know how to take their designs to the next level.  Their site has a great color schematic on top of some nice typography which really sets them apart from other sites.  Check out below for more details.

About Carsonified’s Events – They focus on workshops, mobile web applications, web design, and a bunch of other events. The produce events that bring the web community together to learn, converse & connect.

Check out their homepage for more details http://carsonified.com/events/

Look for more web design inspiration every week from the Impact Design Works Blog. Until next time…

Web design, SEO, PPC, and various forms of internet marketing, 2am Media does it all.  Their site has a clean bold look with large black and white headers and a strong pink contrast. The site is easy to navigate and really catches the eye.  Take a look for your self.

About 2am Media - With a national client-base spanning both the public and private sector including the NHS, local authority, tourism industry, and business community, they have established a reputation as one of the region’s leading creative agencies.

This, they firmly believe, is not only due to their visionary approach to any challenge but also the level of personal commitment and support they provide throughout all projects.

For more information check them out online at www.2ammedia.co.uk.

Stay tuned for more of the website of the week series….

Most WordPress themes are feature rich right out of the box.  Unless you want to give your new theme a Hollywood style face lift, you can generally get your site up and running in no time with minimal web coding knowledge.  Below are some of my favorite FREE WordPress themes.

1. Blue Rooster [demo] [download]

2. Vivee [demo] [download]

3. Indeziner [demo] [download]

4. Zinepress [demo] [download]

5. Matatag [demo] [download]

6. WPESP [demo] [download]

7. FREEmium [demo] [download]

8. Destyle [demo] [download]

9. Magaling [demo] [download]

10. Illacrimo [demo] [download]

Here are some other really great sites to download multiple FREE WordPress thems:

Design Freebies

Top WordPress Themes

Crazy Leaf Design

Smashing Magazine