To me, the Tazo Tea site looks a lot like a print piece. It boasts a wonderful earthy palette and an interesting mix of still life photographs, intricate typographic treatments, and many ornamental illustrations. I particularly like the effect of steam rising from the cups.
These click games and animations by Czech Republic designer Jakub Dvorsky are well worth a look. You didn't want to get anything done today anyway.
http://www.samorost2.net/samorost1/
http://samorost2.net/plantage/
From the “just in case you ever need it” category, here is a definitive resource for the creation of many types of public use signs.
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/ser-shs_millennium.htm
An interesting use of real images as metaphors.
http://www.gtalondon.org/staff.php
The subtle use of images and color really work well here.
http://www.annagriffin.com/index.html
Interesting how feathered gray edging is used to set off various sections of this page.
http://www.canadel.ca/workshop.php?lg=en
At times, clean design and sound thinking trumps complexity.
http://www.sandstromdesign.com/
I can think of lots of business marketing applications for this product—Wall Words are pre-pasted and pre-spaced transfer letters for painted walls, wallpaper, windows, mirrors, furniture and metal.
http://www.wallwords.com/index.htm
The Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen.
If you appreciate a good map, you'll want to download one of these samples from Map Resources and play with it. They publish royalty-free digital maps in Adobe Illustrator vector format. I was impressed by the level of detail and the number of layers.
http://www.mapresources.com/samplemaps.asp
For her “Walk Through Durham Township” blog, Kathleen Connally says she shoots in RAW format and does some post-process work with Photoshop CS. The product is stunning. Three of my favorites:
http://www.durhamtownship.com/portfolio/archives/001329.php
http://www.durhamtownship.com/portfolio/archives/001771.php
http://www.durhamtownship.com/portfolio/archives/002435.php
I also happened across this example of a citation created by gifted calligrapher John Stevens. It rather dramatically shows the stark difference between computer fonts and the organic quality of great calligraphy. As John so eloquently states: “The life of writing as understood by calligraphers...is nothing like a computer font. One can 'feel' the difference. Fonts try to imitate this look and feel, but to the aware eye, there is no comparison.”
http://www.johnstevensdesign.com/newpages/uzbek.html
Olivier Kugler—A wonderful storyteller
One of my favorites
http://www.olivierkugler.com/c50/images/b02la.gif