Web Design Inspiration Curated

sligerconsulting.com

This site uses a clever little visual metaphor in the cork board, it's a cool idea given that the company this website is for is all about helping companies learn and generating ideas. I also love the second half of the site, the bottom half, those icons and other...

handcraftedcss.com

I absolutely love the simplicity of the layout with this site. It's so clean and neatly organized. This is an excellent example of "less is more". The color use is very subtle, it's quite different enough to be memorable but there's nothing really loud about this...

daveharrison.net

Submitted by Dave Harrison, @daveharrisonnet. Well I am biased but i think it makes good use of semantics, typography it is usable and accessible and hopefully communicates what i want. I see some weaknesses but am looking for some constructive criticism from people...

BugWorld Experience

Submitted by Steve Hanson, @slightlysteve. A great blend of video, css and cool design. I love the feel of this site, the video pulls me right in (at least it did my kids) and then the imagery and design elements of the rest of the site keep me in that "buggy" state...

Cuisine Saine, recettes bio

Submitted by Karen Chevallier, @KarenChevallier. This is really a well designed layout. I don't speak the language but can tell what the subject of the site is and can even see how the ingredients for the recipes are displayed. Well thought out graphic elements and...

darrenhoyt.com

Submitted by Darren Hoyt, @darrenhoyt. Designer & Developer. This is a very well designed website, I have to say the content is also top notch. I really enjoyed visiting Darren's website. The design comes off as simple, but as you spend time with it you see it has...

aside design studio

Submitted by Naina Redhu, @Naina. Designer & Developer. Logo design studio run by Naina Redhu. Really interesting looking single page site. It has a really "down home" feel to me somehow, it's slick yet comes across not so slick. That's not easy to do. There's also...

Durrani Design

Submitted by Matt Harding. Designer & Developer. Bold, Dark, great texture, clean css. very visual with good content. Really cool background image, it really makes the entire experience on the website very different than others i've seen. It could have easily been a...

carsonified.com

The new website of Carsonified (by @mikekus) is quite bold and memorable. I love the solid graphic nature of the design and the different pages having different colors really makes each page stand out strong. Not only does each page stand out strong from one another...

Kingdom Landscapes

Submitted by Jonathan Longnecker, @47m. Designer & Developer. An earthy, elegant portfolio site for a custom landscape designer. Another great site by the very talented team at fortysevenmedia.com. This design uses all the basics well, well placed texture, very sharp...

premiumthemes.net

Submitted by Bhavesh R, @rbhavesh. Designer & Developer. Love the strategic layout that highlights the latest product. Colors, typography and layout balance is top-notch. While there's nothing special about this layout, it's not revolutionary, and i've seen this...

RocketFuel

Submitted by Reuben Brunson, @gorocketfuel. Designer. RocketFuel provides professional website design, a simple content management system, powerful internet marketing, and accessible web expertise located in Memphis, Tennessee. I really love this site design. There's...

freelanceswitch.com

There's a ton of stuff to review in the new Freelance Switch website, maybe it needs to go into the podcast, but here's some quick observations: I do really like this design, it's very well done. It puts emphasis on the important parts of the page, the headers of the...

55eleven

Submitted by Josh Puckett, @joshpuckett. Designer & Developer. A design portfolio that features a clean and minimal design, though portraying the designer's work in a simple and highly accessible manner. Really good simple looking design portfolio site. I like how the...

The Energy Cell

Submitted by Dave Whitehead - Designer & Developer. I think this submission is a worthy candidate as not only does it have an original, attractive design and is easy to use, the whole site passes Strict XHTML validation. First impressions when I arrive on this site...

bigcartel.com

This is simply a beautiful website. It's very straightforward and simple in it's presentation yet very deep and layered in content and design detail. The typography is gorgeous and very thorough. The background image that wraps around the main content area really...

finaleyes.org

This is a great simple very informative website. It puts text/copy at the forefront and graphic elements second. Yet it has great hierarchy which is all done with simple typographic layout choices. This is minimalism at it's best in my opinion. Found via @simmy &...

elliotjaystocks.com

Elliot Jay Stocks new website update is simply fantastic. From the textures to the way the javascript effects are used to the big footer section this site is a clinic in how to do a personal portfolio style website. Spend some time with this site, it's chock full of...

slicemachine.com

This site features a really clever marquee type space that describes the process of working with them. It stands out and is very memorable, which is great when you can work something like that into your design.

boxee

The new(ish) site for Boxee, I just love it. The design is very clean and has a couple of really clear calls-to-action. The typography isn't as clean and neat as it could be, it's actually quite difficult to read in places, particularly the "Features & Benefits"...