Recently I emailed a series of Twitter friends who design and handful of popular designers to see what sort of music got their creative juices flowing. The results were a mix of every musical genre out there. Some like to chill out to mellow and classical music, while others need something a a bit more energy to get them going.
If you find this post interesting, you might also want to check out Fudge Graphics post on designers and their favorite colors. He asked 40 designers/bloggers what their favorite colour is and split them up into 3 groups: cold, warm and neutral colours.
Check it out here.
Danny Outlaw
Website - https://outlawdesignblog.com
Music - Hank Williams the Third
Franz Jeitz
Website - http://www.fudgegraphics.com
Music - Kings of Leon
Liam McKay
Website - http://www.wefunction.com
Music - The Prodigy
David Airey
Website - http://www.davidairey.com
Music - Classical
Chris Spooner
Website - http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk
Music - All American Rejects
Adelle Charles
Website - http://fuelyourcreativity.com
Music - Pink
Jacob Gube
Website - http://sixrevisions.com/
Music - Modest Mouse
Steven Snell
Website - http://designm.ag/
Music - Metallica
David Leggett
Website - http://www.tutorial9.net/
Music - Sigur Ros
Chad Mueller
Website - http://www.inspiredology.com
Music - Kaye West
Gino Orlandi
Website - http://www.fuelfordesign.com/
Music - Octane on Sirius Satellite Radio
Ty
Website - http://www.sourapplemedia.com
Music - Jay-Z
Calee Hime
Website - http://www.runningchimes.wordpress.com
Music - Daft Punk
Lilian
Website - http://www.lilula.co.uk/
Music - Explosions in the Sky
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I listen to Rise Against while I’m working.
Music is important to me when designing as it helps inspire, keeps me creative and helps me stay in the zone. Personally I find more ambient music more effective as catchy tunes can often find you singing along or breaking into a guitar riff mid design.
Good design music can also be project dependent as it can set the scene or create a mood and you might need an upbeat set of tunes for one and a more obscure set of tunes for something more abstract.
- Kid Loco
- Sigur Rós
- Herbaliser
- The Avalanches
- St Germain
- M83
- Beta Band
- Kruder & Dorfmeister
- John Williams / Hans Zimmer music Scores
These really help me!
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