Found Colour
A clean and intuitive site for a graphic designer and frontend web developer. It\'s a good example of effective selection of typefaces, the name of the site is interesting and made a focal point while the main text is in a more clearly readable typeface. I particularly like the portfolio gallery and the differently sized thumbnails of each project!
Posted in Web Design → Design
Simplenote
Sometimes designing a great interface is more about what you leave out. Simplenote is a superb example of a consistently minimal approach to interface design! It\'s intuitive, clear, and just \'works\'!
Posted in Interface → iPhone App
Ray Cheung
The fascinating personal site of an online entrepreneur! The overall design, of pages on a wood effect background, works well to grab and hold your attention. The use of icons is great and complements the relatively intuitive layout of the site.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Michela Chiucini
A gorgeous looking blog site that\'s just been through a major redesign! I love the brilliant illustrative touches and commitment to a thematic colour palette. The icon design and use of fascinating typefaces works well throughout to keep visitors engaged.
Posted in Web Design → Blog
Picons
A stripped back yet gorgeous site for royalty-free vector icons for designers. I love that the background is kept simple in order to give the icon design centre stage! I particularly like the typefaces used and choice of colours for the icon sets.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Paul Mitchell Kelly
The perfect site for an interactive designer and graphic artist! I love that it rigidly fits your browser and the beautiful slideshow background. This site just \'works\', it whisks you instantly into the world of Paul Mitchell Kelly!
Posted in Web Design → Design
Ben Darby
A great site for a freelance designer that is a good example if a single column design. The header works really well to hold your attention, as does the focal text and graphic. The gallery is a nice touch and allows any prospective clients to immediately get a taste for his design style and philosophy.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Aribeo
A wonderful portfolio site for a creative freelancer! I love that the sidebar remains stationary while you scroll through the gallery to the \'about me\' section. The minimalism of this design is great and perfectly adorned with little handwritten comments and doodles.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Dotvita
Dotvita aims to \'make ideas aerodynamic\' and their site perfectly reflects this by following an airline theme. I love the gorgeous layout and beautiful use of icons and little details. The slightly abstract header instantly intrigues any visitor to the site and makes you want to investigate further!
Posted in Web Design → Design
Courtright Design
A stylish home site for a professional web design company. I really like that the whole site fits in one screen on your browser! The unique curvature and layout of the portfolio gallery immediately grabs your attention and draws you in!
Posted in Web Design → Design
vanAchibald
The first thing that hits you here is the striking header! It\'s brave to use so much space on a single image but it really works here. The contrast between the light header and dark grey background of the rest of the site is really effective, as is the consistent use of the same design ideas!
Posted in Web Design → Design
Zoo
An excellent portfolio site for HTML 5 web designer. The gallery is great, I particularly enjoy the way each previous project springs to life as you scroll over it! However, for me it\'s the details throughout that make this site, the icons, buttons, typefaces, and backgrounds.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Jaymus
A fascinating site for a branding and design company that utilises a huge featured project as the focal point. The attention to detail is excellent throughout, a lot of care has been put into giving the right impression. I particularly like the gallery section and icon design.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Blame Stella
Stella is a developer\'s tool for monitoring and debugging websites and applications. I love the colour palette and great use of different typefaces throughout! The illustrations are interesting and help to draw you in while the intuitive layout of the site makes it obvious what the company is about almost instantaneously.
Posted in Web Design → Misc
The Vancouver Club
An extremely classy site for a stylish club. I love the stripped back design and use of a single colour photograph as the focal point! That the vital links are shown on the left hand side rather than in a header is a nice touch!
Posted in Web Design → Misc
Elliot Lepers
A fascinating portfolio site for one Elliot Lepers. The site is really something the must be experienced to be understood, the tiles moving and shifting as you browse the page! The barrage of colour and design is awesome and immediately makes an impact!
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Goldenboy Media
Goldenboy Media\'s site is a great example of consistently gorgeous design! The layout is clear and full of nice details, such as the little handwritten notes around the site. I love the icons and use of typeface throughout, you can immediately tell they\'ve got a talent for logo design!
Posted in Web Design → Design
Print Handbook
A brilliant site design that features some really nice detail. The coloured \'buy it\' buttons are great, as is the execution of the three column approach! I love the fresh approach to layout shown here, the site guides you left to right across the columns rather than straight down the page.
Posted in Web Design → Design
If I Build It
An awesome and immediately striking site for a solo web developer and designer! I love the slogan and the effective use of text in the header. The use of a single highlight colour works really well here, the yellow details help to hold a visitor\'s attention without bombarding them.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Kappa Creative
A clean and professional site for a design and development company. The use of a gallery to showcase previous projects always works well and this is no exception! The little details really make this design, the boxed text in the gallery and the subtle integration of the twitter logo!
Posted in Web Design → Design