DinoYul
This site features an excellently original design with a Photoshop empty canvas stretched into a 3D environment. I love the visual communication here. You do not need a single word to see that the site is for a female designer who is a little on the goofy side.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Couch Creative
The dark color scheme and use of gradients here makes for a really classy look and feel. The image slider is quite unique and definitely gives the impression of custom design to the site.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Harnods
A nice looking portfolio page that uses a shelf effect and an image slider to really show of the work well. I am not crazy about the giant sticky and would like to see more of the chalk drawing behind it but otherwise I think the designers have done a great job.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
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.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Dawn of Man
A really simple site design overall but the work on display here is quite superb. The artwork combined with the typography remind me a lot of some of the magazine work you saw throughout the early to mid 90s.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Organic Themes
Organic themes is an excellently design site with a beautiful header and lots of nice graphical elements. Notice how there are only one or two simple leaf shapes that have been repeated throughout the site at different rotations to really carry the theme. Simple and effective!
Posted in Web Design → Design
Stockholm Hairdresser
A unique looking site with interesting typography and lots or original pencil sketch work. There are a few great hover effects on the page and the footer design is really attractive. I love seeing something that breaks the mold as much as this site does.
Posted in Web Design → Community
Theory Design
Theory Design is the online portfolio of Ryan McCaster, a designer from Vancouver. The rough texture watercolor background is the star of this site, perfectly accented by all of the inset letterpress effects on the graphical elements.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Rouse
An absolutely beautiful site with an incredible attention to detail a several extremely well designed areas on the page. I love the textures throughout as well as the 3D typography, attractive icon design and smooth animations.
Posted in Web Design → Software
Reichweite
Great icon design is a great way to make a bold and attractive statement. This site uses very large icons as the principal graphic element, which increases the perceived quality of the design as a whole. The colors and textures also work very well together in this design.
Posted in Web Design → Corporate
Shape
The page design is super simple and built perfectly to highlight the beautiful apps on display. The large image scroller really grabs your attention and the UI for the apps is stellar.
Posted in Web Design → Design
The Solid Studios
A nice mix of serious and goofy design. The illustrated characters are quite silly and informal while the layout and other graphical elements remain professional and structured.
Posted in Web Design → Design
David Bushell
A well designed portfolio with an attractive black and white theme. When you hover over one of the thumbnails the picture is shown in color. A nice effect!
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Keyonary
A neat little site that helps both Mac and PC users find keyboard shortcuts. There are a lot of subtle design details that make this site seem nice and polished. All the one pixel strokes, shadows and gradients just look beautiful together.
Posted in Web Design → Misc
Incoming
This is a great site featuring a dark and colorful page design feels really unique. The icon is superb and the color scheme is spot on. Overall a great piece of design.
Posted in Web Design → Software
Lucid Dream Studios
An edgy design with busy graphics and unique typography. The explosion graphic in the header is nice as well as the thumbnail strip along the bottom of the page.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Jon R Coulter
A simple design with strong visual appeal and nice use of contrast. I really like the dark color scheme and the design of both the header and footer.
Posted in Web Design → Blog
Director-ee
This site features a bold page design with excellent icon design and a strong layout. The color palette is small and works well. The red in the little link icons really pops off the page.
Posted in Web Design → Community
Design Writers Guild
A simple site with a dark theme and a splash of color under a spotlight effect. The large bold typography is nice and the page messaging is clever.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Designzillas
A nice looking site design with a crazy illustrated monster character that is quite funny and lovable. The best feature here is the integration of different textures throughout the site. Each section has its own background texture but they flow together remarkably well.
Posted in Web Design → Design