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Ivo Ivan

A simple site with a nice image scroller and icon based navigation. The noisy background texture almost feels like cardboard and the drop shadows are handled really well, giving the elements a floating look.

Thomas Maier

A simple, centered column design with tons of white space. I love the ribbon at the top, the noisy background texture and the single pixel strokes dividing each section.

Jonas Downey

This site features a strong header with a simple navigation and big circle hover effects, subtle grid lines in the content area, and lots of thick lines and borders. The design is clean, the layout is solid and the overall aesthetic is an interesting mix of fun and professional.

M Muller

The graphic design portfolio of M. Muller. I really like the simplicity of this site. It is essentially just a headline and a large slideshow. The animated beakers in the background are a really nice touch and there is a 3D effect that takes place when you move your mouse.

Aran Down

I love the painted watercolor landscape background and the letterpress headline. Other great features of this design include the staggered portfolio pieces and beautiful tabbed image slider near the bottom.

Yanis Markin

The portfolio of designer Yanis Markin. This beautiful site features excellent icon design and an oversized vertical image slider. There is also a really nice grid view that you can access by click the all designs button on the bottom of the page.

Maksimer

Bright colors, nice typography and plenty of whitespace are the primary design features that stand out here. I really like the simple, stepped sticky note idea. These also feature a nice page curl rollover on hover.

Iconfest

The "coming soon" page for an icon design competition. This wonderfully simple design features a color scheme straight from the beach and and excellent little boat icon. I also like the rounded corners and simple download button.

Mega PDF

Mega PDF is an e-book search engine. The page design uses rounded corners, shadows and transparency very well to create a nice, bright and very friendly page. This friendly, open design really invites you to give the app a shot.

Real Mac Software

A popular Mac software developer, Realmac produce some gorgeous applications and have a website to match. Each app is given plenty of surrounding space, and navigation is very clear. The design is made particularly special due to the application icons which are used to great effect. Be sure to dig past the homepage to see a far more immersive and visually rich design.

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