WeGraphics
WeGrahics is a great looking site that offers subscription-based visual resources for designers. From the navigation icons to the letterpress effect in on even the small text in the footer, there is a lot of attention to detail displayed throughout this design.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Yiipu
This is a very simple site with two key design elements: typography and color. The type choices are really quite nice, I like the inset letterpress look. The colors are mostly uniform but still quite bright and friendly.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
Pancake Payments
Pancake is a way to receive and track payments and project deliverables. The cartoony illustration style is fun and the bright colors work well together. The overall design is quite clean with plenty of white space.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
UpHype
UpHype is an interesting service where users make unique offers for how they can promote your business. The design is colorful and fun and highlights the rather bizarre nature of the idea.
Posted in Web Design → Community
Reportage Photography
Photographer sites are best when the designer lets the photos speak for themselves by making them the largest element on the page. This designer definitely got it right. The classy minimalist design really helps highlight the work o display.
Posted in Web Design → Photography
Sunday Publishing
An interesting site design with crazy animated backgrounds and a very simple floating overlay. The typography is what stands out here. The solid mixture of serif and sans-serif typefaces looks really classy.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Unprinted App
This site is for an iPad app that allows designers to create a digital portable portfolio. The page design is really classy and minimal with nice thin typography and bold contrast with the iPad frame.
Posted in Web Design → Software
Vector Stories
An interesting site that uses a sewing metaphor for graphic design services. Vector Stories uses old style sketches and grungy paper textures to achieve a believable aged look.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Andrey Fedorenko
This site uses a completely unique 3D design concept. The design is based heavily on hard edges and cube-like shapes. The overall effect is quite attractive.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Electric Bike World
I am almost always surprised to find a physical product website that I actually like. This great looking e-commerce site uses great looking design elements, a bright and attractive color scheme and nice typography to sell electric bicycles.
Posted in Web Design → Sport
Bold Perspective
This site features a very textured design with some aged paper and other rough areas and stains. As you scroll down you will see some nice faux water color effects and illustrations.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Noah Stokes
A really nice photo-centric design with beautiful graphics and an awesome color palette. I really like the double column layout and strokes in the actual blog area, it is a fairly typical layout but looks particularly attractive here.
Posted in Web Design → Blog
Mcdonalds
Mcdonalds really stepped up to the plate with their most recent website design. It is modern, clean, and uses superb food photography extensively. By ditching the clutter and letting the food be the hero, they really highlight their products well.
Posted in Web Design → Food
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
Geogeske
A nice use of photography to add color and depth to a design. I love the use of bold colors, typography and graphical elements that really bring a unique quality to this design.
Posted in Web Design → Food
Good Gecko
A very simple and clean design with just a touch of silliness with the gecko peeking over the fold. Scroll down to the area near the footer. I like the large screenshot with comments and the nice button design in this area.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
Knockout Fitness
It is nice to see a designer put a lot of thought towards aesthetics on a site for a local business. I like the use of shiny red elements scattered throughout the page and the modular structure of the information.
Posted in Web Design → Sport
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
RoteaDesign
This site uses a very simple layout to pull off a classy and minimal portfolio. The biggest section on the page is the work sample slider which really gives emphasis to the talent of the designer and therefore highlights the product for sale.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Sharp Machine Media
This site is a perfect example of how good photography is an easy and almost instant way to create classy design. The dramatic photo does all the aesthetic heavy lifting along with some grungy and old style text to support the theme.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio