Web Design Inspiration Curated

lesscode.co.nz

Really nice simple website design with rich colors and good balance. Really good quality design on this site, I love the rich red color and how it transitions from red to dark gray from top to bottom just using the content sections. This site has some nice subtle well...

Brightkite

The new design of Brightkite is simple gorgeous. It's simplicity defined, yet it has enough fun and clever design elements worked in to keep you looking at it. The illustrations are wonderful and they are worked in throughout the website in a good way, never too...

rediswhite.com

Really fun website design, I love the 3D looking navigation elements. I also really like the way the page is broken into two distinct sections. The design is simple and clever, but it's not overpowering despite all the misc design elements placed all over the site....

kylesteed.com

Good looking blog/portfolio site. I love the simplicity and custom font (you can get it here for free.) This site design is a great example of minimalism done well, not too much not too little. Really enjoyed this site.

dollardreadful.com

I love this design, these old 1800's style illustrations are wonderful. The detail that went into this visually is just stunning. Very fun website.

markjardine.com

I really like the 'chiseled' look of Mark's site. The static sidebar on the left and the way the rest scrolls is a cool effect. The fact that he's a iPhone/Mac designer really comes through even though this is a personal, fun site. It's also really cool to see that...

haystack.com

Haystack is a new project by 37Signals (in case you didn't know). First off this is a great name/brand. "Needle in a haystack" is seriously clever. The design is really minimal and keeps the focus on the design samples, like it should. The sign up or posting your...

mobily.pl

Here's another heavy javascript site. I like the simplified layout, it's more like i'm looking at a presentation than a website at times. The look & feel is interesting, with the rich background and colors really popping out me.

asosplc.com

I find this design to be kind of interesting in that it's pretty much a standard type layout but all the little elements that get blocked in with non-typical shapes. There's some good detail work across the site and just looks finished. It's also pretty corporate but...

GANDR One Pagers

Submitted by Garrett Winder, @garrettwinder. Developer. Really clever illustration on this site, it really sells the whole deal for me. It's just one page, but it's pretty rich in visuals and I think does it's job well.

thebridalfile.co.uk

The background is what makes this site really come alive. I love all the real-world type of elements worked into the design. The main navigation on the left side is a little out of control with all the links there, but overall this is a pretty nice looking website.

adiirockstar.com

Found via @maxvoltar, Tim Van Damme: Looks like my redesign of @adii's blog soft-launched this morning: http://adiirockstar.com/ Thanks for the kind words all 🙂 I'm loving all the little details in this blog design. The background texture and all the icons are just...

abduzeedo.com

Interesting looking dark background site. I like the way it's all dark except the photos and logo coloring. It's pretty straight forward and simple enough, like a typical blog. There's just enough little things off-kilter enough to make me look twice at it.

webmynd.com

Found via @squaredeye Clean styles, elegant animation and interaction : http://webmynd.com/html/ via @boagworld. There's also a pretty good post on this by Paul Boag on his website about this. I agree with both Paul and Matthew, this site is simply beautiful. It's...

CanyonCreekOnline.com

There are many, MANY church websites out there that unfortunately are terrible. That being said, it's always a breath of fresh air to see a well-done, beautiful church website. I really like the textured, layered look of this site. The layout and content are also well...

perchcom

The overall layout of this site is simple and not particularly inspiring but the illustrations are just great. They really make the site memorable for me. I really love those little yellow birds. Honestly I think it's the mixing of the custom illustrations and the...

theusmangroupcom

I really like a lot of this design, the secondary colors are very subdued allowing the main red color to really shine. There are some good design elements like the jagged shaping around the nav and the horizontal lines on the main copy display area. I do wonder why...

ilovesesame.co.uk

Submitted by Chris Ball @ballzy, Deigner. I really love the "crafty" feel to this design, with the navigation and other elements having a really great "hand made" feel. The twitter bird illustration is a thing of beauty as well. I also love the footer. I think the...

AIGA NY

It might seem surprising that a national design organization website has such a minimal design, but it's a great example of the KISS technique. This minimalist layout places more attention on the content, and the subtle background pattern around the blog excerpts...

gugafit.com

Great illustration goes a long way on a website. I really like how it tells the story of the service right away. The colors are also "childlike" but not overly so. I like all the detail work on this site, the buttons and colors and little flourishes here and there,...