One of the many questions I am asked is where to get inspiration for your slide designs. And the answer I always give is “look around you”

We are surrounded by billboards. posters and designs. Cities are awash with colour and ideas and inspiration are all around us. We can use these amazing surroundings for ideas for colour, design styles and so much more.

Below are a few examples I have captured on my travels around Seoul in the last few months:

From these examples, I have found simplicity, colour and text design style ideas. I often use these ideas in my own presentation files.

If it is possible, get in the habit of carrying a camera around with you, or if your mobile phone has a camera use that. You never know when a poster might be the missing link for a presentation you are about to do.

Sometimes, when we are designing our slides we need to select a colour that fits perfectly with the image we are using. In Keynote there is a great way to select colour from any image on your slide so that you can then use that colour for any text that you are writing or objects that you are creating.

This is a great way to save you time and it allows you to create some wonderful colour profiles for your slides.

Once you have selected the colours you like, you can drag the top colour bar down to the boxes below and create a simple colour sample pallet that not only works in Keynote, but also works in all Apple software products.