James Oconnell
The personal portfolio of James O\'Connell features a screen-wide slideshow that makes a great impact. As a designer it\'s vital to showcase your work and design philosophy to any prospective clients and this is achieved here using a gallery of James\' recent work. I like the subtlety of the dark grey text on the light grey background. It\'s not something that immediately makes sense, but that works perfectly to allow the colourful designs to grab your attention.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Toc-Toc
A company site that makes an immediate impact. The use of colour is interesting and the luxurious use of space is compelling! It can be surprisingly effective not to bombard visitors with excessive content.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
Impact Church
A simple but effective logo for a church. I love the use of a water drop and ripple effect to make an impact. There are some nice details and I like the strong readable typeface!
Posted in Branding → Logo
Sign Relation
I chose this site pretty much based solely on the header. It is a colorful, attractive and crazy piece of typographic art that really sets a unique stage for the rest of the site.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
IconToucan
IconToucan is an excellent source for free icons to use in your designs. The site layout is nice and clean and the typography is attractive. The thin slab serif looks great in all caps.
Posted in Web Design → Community
Indigo Design
This site uses an attractive textured background with a sewn seam running along the top. The layout is strong and the bright graphics contrast well with the dark background.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Intrepid Olive
This site has a nice textured background and a few beautiful illustrations that really make the site feel custom and unique. I particularly like the mountain illustration at the bottom of the page. It is not shown in its entirety above so be sure and stop by the site and scroll down to see it.
Posted in Web Design → Blog
Premium Pixels
This site uses some awesome textures and a lot of attention to detail to pull of a flawless design. Premium Pixels is a great place for free design resources so be sure to stop by and download some freebies!
Posted in Web Design → Design
Sheena Oosten
A beautiful site with big, bold graphics that really scream for attention. I love the giant floating slideshow with its harsh shadow and the clean three column layout for the info beneath it.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Ithaca Events
Busy textured design is not easy to pull off but this designer did a great job. I love the combination of the bright colors with the grunge textures.
Posted in Web Design → Community
Good Gecko
A very simple and clean design with just a touch of silliness with the gecko peeking over the fold. Scroll down to the area near the footer. I like the large screenshot with comments and the nice button design in this area.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
Reichweite
Great icon design is a great way to make a bold and attractive statement. This site uses very large icons as the principal graphic element, which increases the perceived quality of the design as a whole. The colors and textures also work very well together in this design.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
JomPoint
JomPoint is a web design firm with specific focus in Joomla. Their site is very clean and attractive with a solid layout, nice looking buttons, easily readable typography and a smooth image slider.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Nirvana
Nirvana is a good looking project management tool with a high focus on productivity. The site layout is simple and clean and communicates its message ver effectively. The icons are nice, the layout is solid and the blue and black color scheme feels professional.
Posted in Web Design → Software
4mula Design
A really colorful design with a nice spectrum background and a really clean layout. I like how the background is fixed while the items scroll, it makes everything on the page seem as if it were floating. I also like the dark header, it really stands out well from the rest of the page.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Smart Dog Digital
A nice looking professional site with plenty of bright color and graphics that really grab you. I love the incorporation of the logo into the scene and the little shadow under the icons that make them appear to float.
Posted in Web Design → Blog
WebINK
WebINK is yet another service for using better fonts on the web. Ironically enough, I think the typography could use a little work on the page but the overall design is attractive and well organized.
Posted in Web Design → Design
SJL Web Design
A really nice page design with tons of content but plenty of visual variation as you scroll down the page. The navigation area is very attractive and the colors used throughout the page are perfect.
Posted in Web Design → Design