Dmitri Bekasov
An absolutely beautiful site with an amazing rendering of a swiss army knife comprised of design tools. The page has been really stripped of content to highlight the large graphic. The site offers a cool freebies section that you should check out as well!
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Sylvain Toulouse
A nice looking grid-based portfolio that changes color every time you refresh the page. The hover effects drop the color overlay and show the artwork in its true form. A nice effect that really brings focus to where the mouse is.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
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
Aidan Hornsby
A dead-simple design that is quite attractive while featuring little else that a large slideshow of recent work. I particularly like the subtle 3D effect that has been applied to the boxes at the bottom of the page.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Recurse
Recurse is a web app for designers to show off flat design ideas as if they were a website. I really like the wooden background in combination with the stacked paper look. A great design!
Posted in Web Design → Design
Pointy Design
A great looking site with a nice big image slider and beautiful typography. I really like the color scheme and the simple nature of the icons near the bottom of the page. Overall, a really great design.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Icon Shelf
This site is an absolutely beautiful online store selling icons. The theme is a set of shelves and every icon set is displayed in a custom box design. The Photoshop work here is fantastic and you really must click through and check it out.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Redesign Ltd
This site uses a super simple minimalist layout, which really highlights the attractive imagery. I like the restrained use of color and the repetition of the single color for emphasis in all the right areas.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Newmedia
This site advertises an upcoming tech conference with some major speakers. I love the use of circles and contrast to really grab the attention of the user.
Posted in Web Design → Misc
Benn Jordan
A beautiful musician site with a full-screen photographic background and an animated line that jumps with the music. The texture placed over the background really compliments the black and white photo well.
Posted in Web Design → Blog
TilleyDesigns
This site uses a simple but effective design with a jQuery slider header and another for the content area. The use of sliders allowed the designer to cram a ton of content on a single page in a nicely designed manner.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Design Zoom
I like the boldness of the design here with the huge letters and colored circle. The single page format is nice as well, as you click to each section you can see that it was given as much attention and thought as the first.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Pop The Box
This site uses an awesome argyle patter in conjunction with a perfect color scheme and some subtle textures. I love the bold script font used here and the fixed background that makes the content seem to float on scroll.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
Mark Maloney
This site uses a giant iPad to display the designer portfolio. To mimic the functionality of the real iPad, you click and swipe to advance to the next image; a clever idea!
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Branding & Web Design
This site features a flying sea turtle island with a windmill on its back. How cool is that? In addition to this crazy graphic, I like the textured background and use of all caps in the headers.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Futu
This site reminds of the first hints of minimalism in the 90s. I like the bold contrast and variation between the thick and thin lines. The modular format is interesting too and can be rearranged to your preferences.
Posted in Web Design → Design
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
Phobiahz
A nice looking site with lots of contrast and a primarily grayscale color theme. I like the big graffiti piece with the subtle use of texture and the logo badge in the upper left.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Claudiu Cioba
The design above is a really great looking under construction page from the awesome designer Claudiu Cioba. I love the typography and the use of circles in the design. The overall effect is classy but in an aged sort of way.
Posted in Web Design → Design
La Case Cu Chef
This site has a ton of detail work that is really nice. There are lots of subtle effects in textures, strokes, shadows and points of color that really finish off the design nicely.
Posted in Web Design → Food