Simon Foster Design
A very simple design that relies heavily on typography and bold, oversized statements. The Dribbble and Sketchbook portions are definitely the highlight of the page as they bring in some much needed imagery.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Wawa Coffeetopia
The colors and swirly artwork on this site are a perfect visual suggestion of coffee and the photographic elements and textures have been skillfully combined in Photoshop. Overall, it is a nice looking site that feels unique while remaining easy to use.
Posted in Web Design → Food
Market Restaurant
This site design is an awesome combination of color, texture and photography. Notice that the design is not just attractive but highly functional. The restaurant hours are placed right on the homepage because they are probably one of the main reasons people stop by the site.
Posted in Web Design → Food
Red Tiki
This page is both incredibly fun and incredibly beautiful. The textures, color and illustrations are all perfectly executed and the tiki theme is hilarious. I love the Twitter bird with the mask and the little animated guys at the bottom of the page.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Kike Riesco
The layout is basically a simple grid of thumbnails but I really like how the designer styled it. The thumbnail treatments is really nice and I like the oddly thin column of images on the textured background.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
1Love
This site uses lots of rich textures and beautiful colors to create a really attractive theme. The grunge effects are applied in jsut the right amount and in just the right places and the icons are kept simple to fit in with the overall feel of the page.
Posted in Web Design → Community
Glume
This site features a unique looking thumbnail gallery that contains tall, thin images with animated rollovers. I really like the textured background used on this site, it has a sort of tiled look that I have not seen on a million other sites.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Inspiredology
Insrpiredology is an awesome blog with an awesome new design. The header illustration is stellar and is both humorous and quite impressive. Also, the post format is really clean and easy to follow and the footer is quite well done.
Posted in Web Design → Blog
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
Bulls+Arrows
A beautiful site with a well-executed space theme, large attractive graphics and photos, and attractive typography. From top to bottom this is just a great looking site that perfectly nails the aesthetic for the target market.
Posted in Web Design → Music
Jordy Joel
A dark and dramatic theme that uses faux lighting effects and wooden textures to add visual interest. The crazy footer design is a particularly nice and almost hidden touch. Be sure to visit the site and scroll all the way down to check it out.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Magento Developer
A nice use of a dark theme with a few bright colors to highlight key areas. The header portion is a little text heavy but I like the graphical elements like the call us button seen above.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Sofa Surfer
This is an absolutely beautiful page design. The dark background contrasts perfectly with the bright colors, the graphics have meticulously tweaked to excellence and the typography is big and bold. Kudos to the designer, really stunning work.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Grant Wiant
A nice looking site with a unique square-filled animation that fills up the page. I particularly like the texture behind the navigation area and the ribbons on the bottom right of the page.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Thoughts App
A really beautiful page design showcasing a large version of the app icon in a spotlight effect. I love the rounded hill of books in the background, the slime on the available now button and the overall dark color scheme.
Posted in Web Design → Software
Idyllic Creative
A bizarre looking site with silly illustrations of various squatty little monsters. Apart from the fun illustrations, I like the textured background, smooth curves, and relatively simple layout.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
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.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Matthew Inman
A beautiful site featuring hints of both realism and cartoony illustration. I love the colorful hanging lanterns with their shadows being cast upon the text, the starry sky, and the tag strung from the top.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Evan Eckard
A nice dark theme with a fading texture background and mixed typography. I like the unique navigation design and the large work samples.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Black Rabbit
This site features great contrast, beautiful typography and lots of really nice subtle design touches. I really lie the dark, noisy background and the gallery of portfolio pieces. There is also a bit of an Easter Egg in the site, can you find it?
Posted in Web Design → Design