Web Design Inspiration Curated
ashemfarm.com
This site combines a rigid structure and clean lines with just enough texture to keep it from being too sterile. The site works well in that it's easy to take in whether the user decides to scroll down the page manually or by using the navigation. For single-page...
mericanmade.com
Funny naming aside, this design is very nice. I love the logo and the animated clouds with fighter jets - can't beat that stuff! I like it most because underneath the guts and glory it's a simple layout with some nicely worked typography. I dig the contact form too, I...
asuonline.asu.edu
.edu sites are challenged with needing to have a variety of info – and a lot of it. They’ve got to communicate to and direct current students as well as prospective students, and in some cases parents. Most likely, that’s the reason they’re usually horribly designed....
tdhcreative.com
This website is in the UMS gallery because of the way the navigation is designed. I love it, it's utilized not just as a navigation but also as the main artwork for the focus of the page. It's seamless with the rest of the site design but really stands out on it's...
Institute of Awesome
Way super simple design and execution for the Institute of Awesome. I wanted you to see this design mainly for the illustration and copy. There are also some rather subtle things going on as you make your way down the page that are just super nice. I really enjoyed...
charlestongolfguide.com
Stellar design for this vacation/travel based website. I like the rich imagery and how the functions of the site are all straight forward and easy to get to and use. Like the map - that thing is sweet. I like the calls to action with the "courses, lodging & packages"...
literacy2030.org
The home page on this site is really striking. Type, color, and imagery are bold and attracting and the layout does a nice job leading you through. I like the simplicity of the three calls to action. They’re succinct, but still provide necessary info. At first I...
thebrief.org
I love to see a website like this where it's showing off just a ton of information and utilizes basics like size of images and density of content. It's subtle here, the main column has large(ish) picture and a brief on each feature while the far right column is very...
abstraktion.co.uk
abstraktion.co.uk has a great minimalist style and is beautifully responsive. The design's simple structure and typography hide a wealth of subtlety that gives the site a polish and sophistication often lacking in even most well designed sites. The subtle transitions...
jamesgarner.co.uk
Really beautiful illustrations to try to tell a visual story on top of this website. It's quite engaging. I do think the navigation elements being the signs aren't quickly readable a links - it took me a few seconds to get it. But scrolling down the adventure was fun...
osura.com
Submitted by: Anton Korzhuk @osurain Role: Developer This definitely isn't a 'standard' layout. I like the vibe of using this website. The slideshow interactions 'arrows' are neat. I like the bigger forward arrow standing out like that. Then the boxy layout give it a...
jchebly.com.br
Very cool, almost minimal feel to this design. I love the light blue everywhere, it gives it a nice airy vibe. The horizontal lines behind the logo are nice too, they really drive your eye in toward the circles. The smaller screen size is quite beautifully done too....
bizandlivia.org
Never let it be said that an adorable winged woodland creature didn't make me want to help the planet. bizandlivia.org is a simple and attractive design. It doesn't have many of the bells and whistles that we web designers tend drool over but its lovely nonetheless.
bestmadeco.com
Aside from these being some of the most awesome Axes i've ever seen - really want one! The site is so simply beautiful. Straightforward almost swiss design style. It really just makes me smile on so many levels.
lefft.com
I've enjoyed Paddy Donnelly's blog post designs for a long while now. So it was great to find his portfolio style website and as expected it's good. I like how it's just a straight up no frills website. The work is brilliant so why not just throw it out there up...
jetcooper.com
This site has a perfect balance of clean, minimal and tight structure with hand-drawn, friendly elements. Overall, the layout is perfectly spaced, the type is excellent and it's just a very inviting site, especially when you get to the blog. What's interesting is that...
dixonsapples.com
Really nice tactile feel to this design. Mainly the details make this site so nice, the wood background selling the apple crate feel and the typography and lines make me think of hand made labels. All very earthy feeling colors and textures without being too early - a...
archfirm.com
The navigation of this site was really enjoyable for me - although I'm questioning how wide it made the site in the end. The narrow content area in the center really works because it's easy to scan through and the portfolio is always right there on the left for...
grindspaces.com
Grind seems like a very cool co-work space in NYC. Make sure to check out the video at the 'what' link, it's beautifully done. And I have to say, $500 doesn't really seem like a bad deal for that area, and for such a modern, hip space. I'm assuming the coffee is free,...
swissside.com
Really simple and clear bike tire website. I like it when you have such great photography that you can basically just throw that out there up front and let it do all the talking, like in this design. I also like the three block areas with the three different types of...
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