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Inspired By #100

November 27, 2024

This is Issue #100 (!) of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish) newsletter from your friendly neighbourhood designer JPKoudstaal. Hey, look at us. 100 issues of...

Inspired By #99

November 5, 2024

This is Issue #99 of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish) newsletter from your friendly neighbourhood designer JPKoudstaal. Hey everyone! Hope you're having a great...

Inspired By #98

September 23, 2024

This is Issue #98 of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish) newsletter from your friendly neighbourhood designer JPKoudstaal. Here’s what's been inspiring me lately:...

Inspired By #97

September 5, 2024

Hello beautiful people! Hope you had a great summer. 💚 This is Issue #97 of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish) newsletter from your friendly neighbourhood designer...

Inspired By #96

August 11, 2024

Hello! It’s around 28℃/83℉ today, so a perfect time to sit behind a laptop a send out a newsletter. 😎 Here are some of the things I came across the last few...

Inspired By #95

Type: Knockout No. 47 Bantamweight by Hoefler & Co Hi! Welcome to issue #95 of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish) newsletter from your friendly neighbourhood...

Inspired By #94

Inspired By — typeset in Knockout No. 47 Bantamweight by Hoefler & Co. Hi! Welcome to issue #94 of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish) newsletter from your friendly...

Inspired By #93

Inspired By — typeset in Ease by Studio Feixen Hello! Welcome to issue #93 of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish) newsletter from your friendly neighbourhood...

Inspired By #92

Hello! Welcome to issue #92 of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish) newsletter from your friendly neighbourhood designer JPKoudstaal. 😘 Here are some of the things I...

Inspired By #91

January 26, 2024

Hello friend! This is issue #91 of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish) newsletter from your friendly neighbourhood designer JPKoudstaal. ✌🏻 Here are some of the...

Inspired By #90

November 5, 2023

Welcome to issue #90 of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish) newsletter from your friendly neighbourhood designer JPKoudstaal. 😘 Here are some of the things I came...

Inspired By #89

October 1, 2023

Welcome to issue #89 of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish) newsletter from your friendly neighbourhood designer Jan-Paul. ✌🏻 Here are some of the things I came...

Inspired By #88

September 15, 2023

Hey everyone! Welcome to another issue of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish?) newsletter from your friendly neighborhood designer Jan-Paul. ✌🏻 Here are some of the...

Inspired By #87

August 20, 2023

Hey everyone! Welcome to another issue of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish?) newsletter from your friendly neighborhood designer Jan-Paul. Here are some of the...

Inspired By #86

Hello! 👋🏻 Welcome to another issue of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish?) newsletter from your friend JP. 🐬 Let’s dive in! 🌳 Prikkel My friend Ruben created...

Inspired By #85

Hello! 👋🏻 Welcome to another issue of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish?) newsletter from your friend JP. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the nice...

Inspired By #84

Hello! Welcome to another issue of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish?) newsletter from your friend Jan-Paul Koudstaal. . 🏙️ Highrises This project reveals...

Inspired By #83

Welcome to Inspired By, a monthly(-ish?) newsletter from your friend Jan-Paul Koudstaal. What? Two newsletters in one month? Yeah, I know. It was raining...

Inspired By #82

Welcome to Inspired By, a monthly(-ish?) newsletter from your friend Jan-Paul Koudstaal. I’ve collected a lot of links for this issue, so let’s dive in: 🥰...

Inspired By #81

February 11, 2023

Hey everyone, welcome to Inspired By, a monthly(-ish?) newsletter from Jan-Paul Koudstaal – digital product designer from The Netherlands. It’s been 61 days...

Inspired By #80

December 2, 2022

🗣 Welcome to Inspired By — a monthly(-ish) newsletter with cool stuff that will inspire you. I’m your host Jan-Paul, a digital product designer from The...

Inspired By #79

October 8, 2022

🗣 Welcome to Inspired By — a monthly(-ish) newsletter with cool stuff that should inspire you. I’m your host JP, a digital product designer from The...

Inspired By #78

September 3, 2022

✨ Welcome to a new issue of Inspired By. Here’s all the cool stuff I’ve come across this past month. ✨ ❣️ Kokoro Kokoro is a high contrast display serif with...

Inspired By #77

Welcome to a new issue of Inspired By. These past few weeks I’ve been watching four incredible tv-series about cops, basketball, business, and a murder...

Inspired By #76

Welcome to a new issue of Inspired By. It’s been a while, but I finally made time to collect all the awesome stuff I found online that I want to share with...

Inspired By #75

🧱 Brick to the Future It’s (almost) here! 😱 The 3-in-1 LEGO® Back to the Future Time Machine set gives you multiple ways to build, each one representing a...

Inspired By #74

January 18, 2022

🌍 The Globe I mean. Come on! I have to have it. And I will. Available feb 1. <br /> The Globe 21332 | Ideas | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US...

Inspired By #73

December 12, 2021

😍 PORTO ROCHA PORTO ROCHA is a New York-based design studio developing creative and strategic work that engages deeply with the world we live in. Lovely...

Inspired By #72

November 21, 2021

🚴‍♂Two Years on a Bike - From Vancouver to Patagonia. 420 pages of beautiful photos, a travelogue and even a how-to for bike packing. Can’t wait to read it...

Inspired By #71

October 15, 2021

🙀 Oposta A bold, reverse contrast, display typeface used in this issue’s header image. Pedro Leal created a set of over 2000 interlocking characters,...

Inspired By #70

September 26, 2021

🎬 VAL A look at the daily life of actor Val Kilmer who played icon roles in movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever and is now...

Inspired By #69

August 15, 2021

Back from a short break. Here’s the cool stuff that I came across recently. 🚐 Volkswagen T2 Camper Van LEGO® released a successor to the very popular VW T1...

Inspired By #68

It’s been 6 weeks since the last newsletter. I guess I wasn’t inspired… oh well, here’s the cool stuff that I came across recently. 🚣 The Commute: A four day...

Inspired By #67

A weekly(ish) newsletter with designy things 🥾 Kraig Adams I’ve been enjoying Kraig Adams’ Youtube Channel lately. He goes on a lot of solo-hikes while...

Inspired By #66

A weekly(ish) newsletter with designy things 🧭 Terra Ultima Almost two decades after Raoul Deleo started his quest for the mysterious landmass of Terra...

Inspired By #65

A weekly(ish) newsletter with designy things 🪴 How Many Plants This plant website is beautiful (no pictures, only illustrations by Evie May Adams) and very...

Inspired By #64

A weekly(ish) newsletter with designy things 🥰 Beau Miles Every once in a while you come across a person that is so positive, you can feel better just by...

Inspired By #63

A weekly(ish) newsletter with designy things 🦸‍♂️ Dan Hipp The former art director of TeenTitansGO! has such a cool style! He sells originals and does...

Inspired By #62

February 21, 2021

A weekly(ish) newsletter with designy things 🚩 LOVE CAMP FLAG Two of my favorite companies teamed up to create this colorfull campflag. This limited release...

Inspired By #61

February 6, 2021

A weekly(ish) newsletter with designy things 🐟 Giving Discarded Fishing Nets a New Start Discarded fishing nets are one of the most harmful forms of ocean...

Inspired By #60

January 31, 2021

A weekly(ish) newsletter with designy things 🌱 GROW — Highlighting the beauty of agriculture Daan Roosegaarde’s latest artwork GROW is an homage to the...

Inspired By #59

January 22, 2021

A weekly(ish) newsletter with designy things 👴 Biden Bold Typeface Inspired by the Joe+Kamala’s historic run-up to the 2020 election, Biden Bold was created...

Inspired By #58

January 9, 2021

A weekly(ish) newsletter with designy things Hey everybody! The first week of 2021 saw an attempted coup in the US, rising Covid cases, a continued lockdown,...

Inspired By #57

December 16, 2020

A weekly(ish) newsletter with designy things 🏄‍♂️ Dann Petty Dann is a freelance designer that does a lot of other things too: he has a mentorship program, a...

Inspired By #56

December 4, 2020

A weekly(ish) newsletter with designy things 🧑‍🎨 Make Design Systems People Want to Use Dan Mall offers a 12-episode video course to help managers,...

Inspired By #55

November 20, 2020

A weekly newsletter with designy things 📖 Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy In this interview former president Barack Obama identifies the greatest threats...

Inspired By #54

November 13, 2020

A weekly newsletter with designy things 🤠 Ted Lasso Jason Sudeikis (SNL) stars as an American football coach that is hired to coach a professional soccer...

Inspired By #53

October 30, 2020

A weekly newsletter with designy things 🧢 What I’ve Learned Since March 15: Changes, Lessons, and Enlightenments In this talk Aaron will relate how he...

Inspired By #52

October 23, 2020

A weekly newsletter with designy things 🚇 New York City has a new digital subway map Work & Co has launched the first major redesign of the MTA subway map in...

Inspired By #51

October 16, 2020

A weekly newsletter with designy things 🤓 The Noah Kalina Newsletter Through David Friedman's (excellent) newsletter, I discovered another excellent...