Web Design Inspiration Curated

Borja González

Borja has a cool CSS feature that you probably don't on your portfolio site - a dial that brings up different content. Why should you care - because portfolio sites should not just be about showing your previous work, but also to: Try. New. Things. So go this weekend,...

Konnu

The things I would have said about Konnu's website were exactly what their founder said about it (below). Added to what he said, I like how the navigation works in the mobile version - gives it a little of the current app navigation feel. Submitted by: Tim Vanhalewyck...

84colors

Christiana Bardeanu's portfolio site shows off her work, and probably shows off a little of who she is a human too. She has her portfolio of work page which is good, but pay special attention to the floral background images - then go to her blog, and you'll see her...

Ash Edmondson

Great portfolio site that is simple, but has some sweet subtle functionality items that make it cool. And make sure you look at his resume - if Ash is this detail oriented with his resume, pretty sure he is with his work...

Mercer Tavern

The majority of restaurant websites are awful. Period. Mercer Tavern's website on the opposite side of the spectrum. They prove that you can make a great restaurant website, that is clean, cool, and small. The pictures make the site cool, and the literal white space...

The New Yorker

We've watched over the years as purveyors of print have made uneasy transitions to the web. Last week, the redesign The New Yorker's website shows they've worked hard to translate their magazine into the modern interwebs. Great use of the images and typefacing that...

Arkansas Razorbacks

Football (Gridiron) season is in a couple of weeks. Even though this isn't my favorite team, really like their website. The large images and videos give it a bold and loud feeling, that translates really well if you're a fan.

WILD

Um... yeah... where to start? Astronauts rotating around text? Parallax of a boxer being counted out? Wild navigation scheme that makes it fun to move around the site? Hamburger icon that animates into an X? Or the easter egg of all easter eggs - Arnie, with an...

Cleek

Neat, one page agency site that looks like a poster - a poster with css animations and hints of parallax. It's a different style than most agencies use, adding some uniqueness to the agency site landscape. Plus - what other sites have a slot-machine-fashion-plate-like...

Justin Aguilar

Really like Justin's use of navigation, both in the Work section, and in the header. It's different, active, animated, and gets away from the proverbial hamburger menu icon - which is always a good thing. The rest of the site is clean and crisp, with some good demos...

Sam Goddard

Cool portfolio site that looks like Sam is into trying out new stuff - including some nice animations and icon work. Like in the Work areas how he specifically refers to what skills he used per project, instead of a nebulous skill set dashboard like most portfolios....

Premium Draught

A good one page site that seems to be an extension of the growler fill station itself (making the site background / tecture look like the chalkboards in the store). In the mobile version, they've made the menu more accessible for your phone, without resorting to a...

FHOKE

We've reviewed some of FHoke's work before (i.e., Judgement Day) so cool that we get a look at their agency site. Really like the interaction of the jQuery masonry on the Portfolio page (we did this for a client recently - not as easy as it looks to pull off right) -...

Cobble Hill

We're back from BDConf Nashville - and as much fun as we had, we're happy to look at site from South Carolina. Cobble Hill's site is crisp and clean, and uses it's images really well within the mostly black and white site. The Featured Work pages come together nicely,...

TEDxGUC

Man, what a cool home page. We're at BDConf right now, and had a few of our speakers talking about the importance of "if you're going to use animation on your website - use it right" - tell a story with it. This site follows that rule to a T. Submitted by: Rana...

Ben Brignell

Let's start this morning off with a good one - Ben Brignell does that for us! I really like the entire site - from the animation opening on the home page, to the javascript color changes you can make on the About page, to the project tags in his Work area (how many...

Fat Media

Definitely like how Fat Media is doing the foreground / background imaging with a different slant (figuratively and literally). The scrolling animation seems pretty seamless on the home page - and like the hover state of the staff on the home page too. Submitted by:...

Massimo’s Cucina Italiana

We love websites that make great use of fonts, and Massimo's Cucina Italiana uses a couple of different fonts, accent illustrations, vibrant pictures, and black, white, and gray to tell the story of their restaurant. Simple, and effective. Submitted by: Landon Poburan...

Nicole Azzopardi

Great use of parallax with flying flower petals, bios, and a singer. Also like the use of texture in one of the sections, and then subtler parallax in another section to give some differentiation. Submitted by: Justin Sammut Role: Designer

Tourism Tofino

Cool use of different elements and shapes to give clear section delineations on the home / single page design. Also like the only drop-down in the top right corner (arrow) that works as a dashboard for the site. Submitted by: Jim Morris @ventureweb Role: Agency