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
Matchball
An instantly engaging site that captures your attention with its stunning uniqueness! I love the minimal layout and lack of text content, the space really works to focus your attention on the fascinating central graphic. The use of subtle animations as you scroll over the annotations is a beautiful touch!
Posted in Web Design → Misc
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
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
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
Five Dimensions
A clean and bright site for a web design agency. The colour palette is unthreatening and invites you in to investigate further. I really like the venn diagram and attention to detail throughout!
Posted in Web Design → Design
Northern Bee Auctions
An interesting site for a Beekeeping auction. I like the use of photography and fascinating typeface used! The layout of the site is intuitive and allows you to immediately get the information that you want!
Posted in Web Design → Misc
Simple as Milk
You have to love the awesome use of typeface here, it immediately grabs your attention and simply fascinates! The colour palette works extremely effectively while the whole site shows of the design philosophy of the company. I particularly like the unobtrusive way the header follows you down the site!
Posted in Web Design → Design
Marco Faraone
A brutally simple site for a DJ that uses a single photograph as its only focal point. The photograph is striking and works hard to draw you in! I like the minimal amount of text and the simple icon design.
Posted in Web Design → Music
Social Xperiments
A slightly clumsy yet intriguing site for a social experiment. The use of illustrations throughout is good and works well to keep a visitor reading! The simple colours are great but the layout isn\'t very clear and could benefit from some more tweaking!
Posted in Web Design → Misc
DesignsVault
A clear and intuitively designed gallery and marketplace for CSS designs. The attention to detail and awareness of texture is great! I find the simple use of a fading background and single typeface allows the designs in the gallery to grab your attention!
Posted in Web Design → Community