I've been a graphic designer for 14 years now, and a web designer for several of those.
Personally, I think design is essentially solving a problem, responding to a brief. By this, the only inspiration should come from the content that makes up the design. (ie the text, images and theme.)
That said, in the real world, the content you get often sucks. In this instance, I just browse around the web for inspiration. Smashing Magazine dot com has some great stuff on it.
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