“All my inspiration comes from life. That's how it never stops, in a way.” — Marina Abramovic, conceptual and performance artist.
As UI/UX designers, inspiration is one of the key elements in the creative process. We are constantly looking for new inspiration for our projects, and it can often seem as if we have run out of resources from which we can gather stimulus. Whereas web design platforms such as Dribbble and Behance are obvious choices, there are other sources of inspiration that we can explore.
One of the most accessible and popular social media platforms where we can find countless materials on UI/UX is Instagram. This trend-focused app offers the perfect environment for UI UX designers to flourish. With a strong focus on the visual, Instagram provides us with a wide range of benefits:
- The opportunity to interact with designs crafted by experts in the field;
- The chance to expose our own work and gain visibility;
- An easier means of coming across useful templates for designing;
- The benefit of collaborating with designers from different cultures and walks of life;
- Constantly being linked to emerging trends and advances in the industry;
- Making learning and developing as a designer more approachable;
If you find yourself constantly on a hunt for a daily dose of inspiration and you want to gather more industry insights, look no further than Instagram. Most of us already have scrolling through our Insta feed as a part of our daily routine anyway! How about adding some really intriguing accounts to your following?
To help you ignite your imagination, we have carefully curated a collection of the absolute best Instagram accounts that will take your design game to the next level.
1. @uinkits
Uinkits is one of the best Instagram accounts for all UI/UX designers. This is because their content is focused on providing educative content on how to improve your UI/UX designs, resources to accelerate your design process, How-to videos about creating UI elements or animating those components, aaand -- memes. And everyone loves memes as they are all extremely relatable!
At the same time, considerable part of their content is focused on posts and videos about useful tips about the digital design industry. The subject matters they tackle in their posts are diverse. You can find interesting information about color inspiration, website pricing, Figma components, portfolio dos and don'ts, as well as many more. Check them out now!
2. @welovewebdesign
One of the most successful Instagram pages that cover digital design is We Love Web Design. With an impressive community of over 700 thousand followers, this Instagram account showcases a collection of various designs from different areas. Their main focus is displaying UI/UX ideas and samples from leading designers and agencies.
For a web designer to showcase their work on the platform, they need to choose one of their three plans, which range in price and offer numerous benefits. Beyond browsing through other designers’ projects, this is one of the best means of advertising your own design portfolio. We Love Web Design has multiple Instagram pages that fall under similar categories which could spark a digital designer’s interest, such as @weloveillustration and @weloveanimations.
3. @dailywebdesign
Every UI/UX designer or person who is passionate about this subject should go ahead and follow Daily Web Design. It is among the most popular communities of digital designers and its Instagram page is a great source for exciting ideas.
As the name suggests, the content is uploaded on a day-to-day basis, so you are never short of content when browsing through their feed. The main types of content they post range from different samples of design projects from various creatives, to Figma tutorials, all the way to funny memes about digital design. If you are looking for an inspirational page that keeps you entertained, Daily Web Design is the place for you!
4. @uiuxdailytips
If you are searching for an Instagram account that is very active in sharing UI/UX design tips daily, look no further than UIUX Daily Tips! Their approach and aesthetic are close to Gen Z, due to their visuals and frequency of posting reels. If you scroll through their posts you might start even to feel as if you were browsing TikTok! As far as the type of content they distribute goes, they present a mix of UI/UX tutorials, articles with tips about digital design, free template samples, and advice on how to create design content. This Instagram page is a great starting point for aspiring designers because it is simultaneously informative and entertaining.
5. @ui_gradient
UI Gradient is the most followed web design page on our list, with a community of over 800 hundred followers. And it is not difficult to understand why they are so popular among digital designers. Firstly, their content is really eye-catching and powerful, from the information they present to the carefully crafted imagery adjoined to it.
Another thing they do great is the way they make otherwise complex concepts easily accessible to readers, no matter how well-accustomed they are to UI/UX principles. If these qualities have not convinced you yet, we should also mention that UI Gradient uploads regularly, so they are constantly putting out new content.
6. @badbad_ux
We have discussed Instagram pages that mostly center around offering guidance to UI/UX designers on how they can enhance their projects and approach to design. Bad UX is an account that does the opposite - its goal is to display designs that are of poor quality.
Adopting a more humorous and laid-back route, this account strives to bring awareness about how certain mistakes and unfortunate choices can ruin design. The content they share is a blend of digital design memes and screenshots of specific cases of poor web design.
7. @ui.ux.palette
We have talked about accounts that more or less talk about most aspects of UI/UX design, but there are pages that target specific elements of the digital universe which are really interesting. UI UX palette has a striking take on the importance of color in the world of web design. The aim of this page is to highlight the importance of using the right shades in digital design, while also providing stunning and effective examples of color palettes as inspiration.
It is essential that we optimize every resource we have, and as UI/UX designers we have countless places to visit for it. Due to its immense popularity, Instagram should be one of our go-to points of reference when it comes to browsing for design inspiration.
And if we choose to follow accounts that are created with the purpose of showcasing design tips and inspiration, half of our research job will be completed as we will interact with them on a daily basis!
We at uinkits understand the importance of great user experiences and creating amazing UI designs. That’s why we’ve developed a Figma UI Kit with design components that include these essential UI elements that enable you to design intuitive and user-friendly interfaces effortlessly.
“You press the button, we do the rest.” – Kodak.
Inspired by this iconic tagline from Kodak, we believe in simplifying the design process for you. Our Figma UI Kit, uinkits, is a complete design system with UI components that allows you, as a UI UX designer, to create your products as quickly as pressing a button.
Our design system includes UI components, icons, variables, cards, buttons and everything you need for your design process. All you have to do is take your UI design component needed, and you’re ready to use it in your designs!
