We get a lot of agency sites submitted to us - all tricked out, with enough time spent to question whether they do any client work at all. And.. their client work is never up to par with their own site... So - it's great when we get a site like the one for Stikwood,...
Good looking block design portfolio site from Benjamin Walton out of the UK. Great mix of work images on the home page - and cool typography work too. From the Designer: recent university graduate. freelance design & development. Submitted by: benjamin walton Twitter:...
Now this is a great looking magazine from Bulgari out of Italy. There's very little explanation on the site, but it looks like this is a supplementary site for the Bulgari site, that shows the lifestyle of / aspire, of the brand's clientele. It's beautifully done -...
Good looking, minimalist blog site out of Bulgaria for Quotes mag - a project of Next-DC. Great card design, cool flat illustrations for blog post headings, and love the typography. Here's a little more about it: "Quotes Magazine is a collection of conversations with...
This is a great showcase site for Carlo Barberis' jewelry collection, out of Italy. Love how the home page is just a scroll slider, but before you start, the changing of the overlaying patterns already give movement and life to the page. Also think the off-screen...
Each week, we do a round up of curated "stuff from the interwebs" that we call Radar. In this week's 131st Radar: Safari 9: Using Responsive Design Mode If you’re a Web designer, boy, are you gonna love this. Under the secret “Develop” menu, the new version of Safari...
Beautiful grid based design, you can feel it as you review it. The diagonal lines really drive home the grid and balance your eye movement beautifully. Love this site. From the Designer: I want to submit my new portfolio web site. I work hard to design this new...
Pretty neat approach with the 8th Sphere website. No real images of anything, just line graphics and a dark background with white text. You don't see that often anymore. I dig this approach. I like the main graphic a great deal, the process/machine one. Pretty crafty....
Some real nice interactions worked into the Surfy website. I love how the main navbar isn't visible until you scroll a bit, then sticks. Then you're presented with a stack of work samples with a slight zoom effect when you mouse over each one. Clever and simple, I...
It's not often that I see a submission and think "badass", this is one of those exceptions. I really dig this portfolio site for Patrik Huebner. The grid, the minimal approach layered over with kick ass graphics and then the little details instilled here and there....
Love the movement and design of this site for Mikiya Kobayashi out of Tokyo. Kobayashi's design work is beautiful, and the site really shows all of it off well. I don't always like the double off-screen / hamburger nav, but they only use it for the Projects page here,...
Nice flat areas for the make up of this layout. They have a masonry type effect on them as well as you resize the browser. Clever. I love the way the images are different sizes and stuff as you scroll down too, keeps it feeling dynamic. From the Designer:...
First and foremost this resource is incredible. Brilliant. Secondly it's a great example of material design in practice. Very clear interactions and super easy ways to get into the content and have the site itself disappear well enough to let it all come through. Very...
I really like the texture used in this design, it breaks of what would otherwise feel like pretty big blank spaces of flat design. I also like the illustrations a good deal.
Beautiful website for what I understand is a beautiful event. I love the 'speaker' pictures that slide in as you scroll down the page. The mobile view simply turns this off. A great mix of cool interaction and an almost minimal approach. Beautiful.
New Uber. New Uber Logo. New Uber Website. Woot. I do like it a great deal.The large video/hero area is pretty slick, even if the contents are all perfect scenarios for the riders/drivers. My favorite part is the sections as you scroll down, those are some pretty nice...
Each week, we do a round up of curated "stuff from the interwebs" that we call Radar. In this week's 130th Radar: Design Brawl Carolina vs Denver: With both their teams playing in the big game, graphic designers from Colorado and Carolina wanted to see how their...
Beautiful design & illustration work for Capra Design's website. I love the asymmetrical layout to the main blocks as you scroll down the page too. Just about every detail has been handled with the design of this website, including the client intake process. Smart...
I love minimal design, especially when I see it utilized for a client like this. It's hard to convince them (typically) of the approach. This site is a great example of how it can work well in a real world scenario. Bravo Garrett. From the Designer: Modern and minimal...
Overall good design and some strong graphics make up this website. Some pretty cool load in animations as you make your way down the page. I like the way the main nav situates itself as you scroll past the hero area/image too.
We've seen this hero/image area pattern before, but I like the animation used in this one, it stands out to me. I also really dig the tight illustration work used down the page here. It's also a single page layout which I like much for this application. From the...
Really solid, well designed client website for Hutch Law. Does just about everything right. I like the bold colors and placement of certain useful elements for the company on the page. From the Designer: New Media Campaigns recently redesigned the website for Hutch...
Very solid, subtle, well designed portfolio website for Gabriel Faucon. I love the subtle details, the way each image fades in slightly as you scroll over each section. Brilliantly minimal yet not at the same time. Good stuff. From the Designer: Gabriel Faucon, Senior...
It's very rare that we look at a Flash site, because for some reason people decided that Flash sites don't work / aren't cool / won't work on your iPhone / whatever. We feel there is still a place for sites like this, especially when you're combining elements to make...
I am not a good beatboxer... but I can now practice my skills (or lack of) on BeatBoxAcademy. A quick, fun, interactive site up top - and really love the parallax image work as you go down the page - nothing too flashy, just right. (BF PF, BFPF... Beastie Boys the...
Wow - this is an information architect's dream site - the Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Collection site from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History out of Pittsburgh. IA's will love the structure of the order of classification of living things - plus this site has a lot...
Portfolio of Isaias Mulatinho out of Brazil - I like the red and white on the black - and the cool logo. From the Designer: This is a release of my works during the last years, branding, designing and marketing. Thank you for appreciating. Submitted by: Isaias...
There is some rather interesting interaction/animation on this site. I like the way the elements load up the first time you visit. It can be a bit slow to react to you as you make your way through it, which I could see may lead to some confusion on the user's part....
Be sure to refresh a few times - very cool images and typography - but we like Slack's site because it cuts to the chase - the one thing they want you to do here is "Create a New Team" - CTA is key - looking good is smart too.
Each week, we do a round up of curated "stuff from the interwebs" that we call Radar. In this week's 129th Radar: Product design — How we make complex tasks feel simple Mastering the art of adding functionality without compromising usability ConvergeSE 2016 – Second...
