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Fusion Ads Bundle

This Fusion Ads Holiday Bundle is a great deal for designers, offering some fantastic software and icons for an excellent price. The design makes strong use of typography, feels festive, and has some of the most carefully crafted copy I\'ve read in a long time. A must see (and buy!)

Floatnet

Floatnet uses very simple design that is also quite attractive. I like the slab serif typography and the simple sliding image gallery.

NZ By Bike

Stop by this page and see the unique sketchy 3D style they have going on with the text and boxes of content. The page does a great job of organizing a ton of content in a really attractive manner.

Intrepid Olive

This site has a nice textured background and a few beautiful illustrations that really make the site feel custom and unique. I particularly like the mountain illustration at the bottom of the page. It is not shown in its entirety above so be sure and stop by the site and scroll down to see it.

NeedStyle

A refreshingly original designer portfolio with lots of personalization. Obviously, the large letterpress effect is the hero of the design and really grabs your attention with contrast.

Fox Law

A nice looking corporate theme that plays it safe by using a very typical but also very functional layout. The thick color bar works well and highlights the jQuery slider perfectly.

Picnet

This site using a large colorful gradient with an interesting overlay that makes it look pixelated. I love that this eye-tracking website is implementing its own not so subtle trick to direct your attention toward specific areas.

Enchanted Illusions

This site could use some work on the details but the overall look is colorful and attractive. I like the tabbed layout with the animated hover effects and image slider. I might suggest having another go at the typography and icons though.

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.

Robert Padbury

A strong but simple page design utilizing a single column. I love how big everything on the page seems. Every element on display takes up nearly the full browser window and the typography is well above normal.

Launchlist

An interesting tool to help developers launching a new site ensure that they have covered all the bases. The UI design is really great, the typography is beautiful and the animated cloudy background is perfect.

Design Disease

This site features a really unique design that incorporates lots of different colors and an abstract rectangle theme. The colors, textures, icons and typography all come together to make a really excellent finished product.

Edward Dark

This unique portfolio site features sort of a dark and mysterious design. It is a bit different than the type of design we normally feature and should inspire you to consider alternate styles when creating something that really fits your personality.

Masswerks

A very clean, centered layout that focuses heavily on the image slider. The colors are perfect and there are lots of single pixel strokes that really add finesse to the overall look.

Dan Wiersema

This site features a beautiful and unique underwater theme with excellent illustrations and lighting effects. The vertical navigation is a nice touch along with the bubble over the head of the Twitter bird.

Rocketlance

A nice looking site with a simple but attractive rolling hills illustration. Nice touches include the muted color palette, excellent rocketlance logo and the background fill on the headline.

Brett Chaney

This site utilizes paper textures, a mix of both serif an san serif typography, and a nice large jquery slider. The overall design is simple but effective though there is definitely room for some improvement in the layout.

Chrisc Merritt

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