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Snow Report

A stylish App for checking out the conditions at your favourite slopes. The familiar layout makes it quick and easy to read the weather forecast and get out there! I particularly like the use of light snowy colours against a dark background.

Bluebird Design BC

I love anything that has an embossed letterpress effect, and these cards have a great colour palette that ties together well. The combination of a bold logo with intricate detail in the background is definitely a winner.

Alinga

The colors, textures, typography and layout on this site are all very well done and the overall effect is quite attractive. I like the use of plant life wrapping around the main slideshow and the expert use of jQuery throughout.

RBLmon

A pretty typical layout but still attractive. The textured color bar at the top is nice and I like the glossy button treatments.

Charity Water

This is a beautiful site with a blurry photographic background and lots of contrast. Notice how the designer uses eye contact to draw you in and keeps you interested with large, stunning numbers about the project.

Springhouse Law

This beautiful site design combines bold colors, excellent illustrations and perfect typography to create a really stunning effect. I love the green theme with the growing plants and really find the site to be attractive from top to bottom.

James Wignall

An interesting and unique site that uses full screen graphics that pan around as you move your mouse. The navigation can be a bit frustrating but much of the work on display is quite attractive.

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.

Lucid Dream Studios

An edgy design with busy graphics and unique typography. The explosion graphic in the header is nice as well as the thumbnail strip along the bottom of the page.

Paul Wallas

A clean and simple site with a few really nice touches. The large typography is attractive along with the subtle background texture. The integration of the Twitter stream is seamless and the iPhone really makes for a nice focal point.

BDQ Works

In truth I think this site could a bit of an aesthetic overhaul but the swiss army knife mouse won me over and is a great graphic to represent the business. Also, there is a lot of content on this page but it is divided up nicely into clearly distinct sections and provides good inspiration for organization.

Dan Wiersema

This site features a beautiful and unique underwater theme with excellent illustrations and lighting effects. The vertical navigation is a nice touch along with the bubble over the head of the Twitter bird.

Rocketlance

A nice looking site with a simple but attractive rolling hills illustration. Nice touches include the muted color palette, excellent rocketlance logo and the background fill on the headline.

Snow Reports

Another gorgeous iPhone application site, Snow Reports is a little heavy on the reflections, but executes type well and follows a solid colours scheme. A good example of simple design that serves its purpose well, with graphics that are completely suitable for the use of the application.

Obox Design

Christopher Kaufman

Line Lift

Vanilla Forums

Kristin Heather

Actvise