Pascal Bajorat
The header on this site steals the show. It features a great cityscape photo with an animated transition. Notice how the text on the photographic background has been treated. It is not easy to place text over such a busy photo but this solution is both easy and attractive.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Webportio
This site offers free Adobe Fireworks resources for designers. The site has a fairly simple design, but the layout and colors are really nice and it does not look like your typical downloads site.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Mat Tomaszewski
A bizarre but attractive portfolio site with plenty of stellar work on display. The heads are used as a recurring theme to show the relation of visual design to UX in each project. An interesting idea!
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
The Sum
This awesome looking site has some very unique illustrations and makes excellent use of contrast. I particularly like the integration of mathematical symbols into the logo, a nice touch!
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Kelli Anderson
Crazy graphics, awesome typography, and a strong layout, this blog has it all. There is a really nice four-up article preview near the bottom that you should check out along with an interesting timeline.
Posted in Web Design → Blog
Fothergills
A nice wide website that is bold enough to stretch out to 1,200 pixels. The gradient in the header is very attractive, the photo slideshow is great and the scrapbook edge treatment finishes off the look nicely.
Posted in Web Design → Community
Bill Bone Art
I love the clean and classy appeal of this design. The 3D banner at the top, the serifed type on white, all very nice. The talent on showcase here is really interesting as well, be sure to stop by and check it out!
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
XhtmlWeaver
This site utilizes an eye-catching spectrum graphic in the header and some really nice button design. The layout is diverse but strong and I like the little quick quote generator that they included on the homepage.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Mike Dascola
This site is a crazy piece of Photoshop wizardry. Check out the giant beer light bulb or the really unique timeline in the middle. If you are in the market for some really unique inspiration, stop by this site and have a look around.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Ryan Scherf
This site is absolutely gorgeous and features awesome textures, colors and illustrations. The header graphic is just a really nice piece of design and the icon-based navigation menu is excellent.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
MobiCart
MobiCart allows you to build an online store specifically suited for mobile devices. The design conveys this message perfectly with the large array of devices and keeps things stylish with a lightly textured background and a perfect blue/gray color scheme.
Posted in Web Design → Software
Kommonwealth
Commonwealth is a system that allows you to easily create skins for your preferred CMS. The site design is nice and clean with an attractive photographic background and excellent color choices.
Posted in Web Design → Software
Mall
Our first holiday site of the season! This page features an attrctively illustrated snowy scene complete with claymation characters.
Posted in Web Design → Misc
Stockholm Hairdresser
This page features an interesting two column layout where the large logo on the left stays static as the right side of the page scrolls. If anything, you should stop by the site to see the crazy haircuts!
Posted in Web Design → Design
Click Media
This site is bright, colorful and quite attractive from top to bottom. I love the use of lorem ipsum as an design element, a clever idea!
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Halfhead Design
An edgy design with sketched type and splatter paint background elements. There is actually a ton of content on the homepage, a lot of which is text, but it has been organized nicely so that it does not look cluttered or busy.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Taiyab Raja
This site has a nice and simple design with an attractive background and easily readable typography. Some designers make the mistake of thinking that if you do not have a lot of content, something is wrong. This site shows a small amount of content can be beautiful.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
GraphikDesign
This site features a beautiful, bold red color scheme and a strong layout with excellent use of whitespace. There is also a lot clever JavaScript happening here. I actually thought the site was Flash when it first loaded.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
AppStorm Home
AppStorm is a great network of software blogs, and their new homepage is bright, bold, and a great jumping off point to the rest of the network. Icons work well to quickly show a visual representation of each different site.
Posted in Web Design → Blog
NihongoUp
This site is a great example of clean, corporate design that also happens to looks really nice. Note the heavy use of thin lines for content separation. The illustration is also very well done and really provides a great focal point.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate