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50 Yellow Web Designs to Inspire You

gmuller — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:41:52 +0000

Color is an important aspect of web design. Good web designers choose color carefully to serve a purpose. Sometimes that purpose is to be bold and get people’s attention, and yellow happens to be an excellent “attention getting” color. Yellow is a high energy color that can evoke mental activity and bring on cheerful thoughts.

For your inspiration, we’ve selected 50 web designs that use yellow effectively. You will notice that some use it to highlight the most important parts of the design, while others use it more abundantly for a bold effect.

paralotna

sebdesign.eu

Trout Creative Thinking

strangenative.com

garethdickey.com

Roome

creative spark

we make

FontShop

ryankeiser.net

Sketchen

teammanager.se

hellobard.com

agatha group

designcharts.com

fcsiauliai.lt

Champion Sound

chemopren.cz

Imaginary Design

IAAH

helveticons.ch

booreiland

espira tecnologias web

chunk.

journey-to-zero.com

itswhite.co.uk

44k.cz

Agent 89

kettle

Bruno Magalhaes

Atelier ZXU

typeish.com

biocate

foodtease.com

riotindustries.com

yearsf.com

CoolCreation

Nancy Felix

mein-eigener-baum.de

kitich.in.ua

wakesomebodyup.com

wipetheworldsass.com

Wilkintie

dfp.com.ph

areyoufrank.com

littlelines

GlasGoWeb.Designers

wsdia.com

creativeunited.dk

theotherdesignagency.co.uk

About the Author

Gisele Muller is someone that recently discovered a new career online. A person that really likes technology, design, photography and creativity. An eternal geek wannabe, tech fan and a communication lover! Current location: Porto Alegre, RS – Brazil. Twitter: @gismullr

30 Examples of Clean and Minimal Website Navigation

Henry — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:38:45 +0000

Navigation is one of the most important aspects of a web design, but this doesn’t mean it needs to be overly complicated or over designed. In fact, when it comes to navigating a website, simplicity is a good thing.

Some navigations make use of design elements like 3D bars, buttons, and tabs to appear clickable, which works great for certain web designs. However, clickability can be achieved with a focus on typography, placement, and maybe some subtle line work. For this article, we’ve rounded up 30 clean and minimal website navigations that will inspire you and prove that navigations don’t always have to look like 3D buttons to be effective.

Kilian Muster

bressane

Haik Avanian

Design Instruct

Color Cubic

Big Cartel

Kyle Fiedler

Miguel Buckenmeyer & Co.

Creative Spark

Infintium

Jeroen Homan

Frank Chimero

Mercy

Information Highwayman

We Are VI

Kari Jobe

One Login

Momentify

OVO

Brian Hoff

Shout

North Kingdom

MCA Denver

Jacob Lee

Giant Ant Media

AdFlavor

Waterworks

Sugar Rush Creative

Websiteburo

Corking Design

50 Inspiring Textured Web Designs

gmuller — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:05:49 +0000

After showing you A Showcase of Clean White Web Designs a couple weeks ago, it’s time for us to add some textured designs to our lists. Textures are a great way to give a special touch to a website. They can be used in a specific part of the layout – the header/footer, for example, or they can be used in the whole page as a background. The thing is that textures are versatile, beautiful and stylish. So here are 50 excellent examples of textures in web design to inspire you.

ok.cogaoke.com

theiheartfilm.com

scheppsdesign.com

giantantmedia.com

adflavor.net

Voices of Haiti

maggietaylor.com

jamesmli.net

freshlimesoda

monkeyworks illustration

jeroenhoman.com

Chalet Minouchet

LogicbombMedia

swiths.com

established1986.com

crush + lovely

Walk to Washington

DPS – Designer Peter Steven

harmonyrepublic.com

bikeandsaddle.com

Istok Pavlovic

spoutcreative.com

custodialabuse.org

the Blizzards

the darling tree

giantantmedia.com

frisk web

villadario.it

Min Tran’s Blog

nickstedt.de

theseen.biz

colazionedamichy.it

Jobs on The Wall

goodbytes.be

Healthy Harvest

dnadarwin.org

spoongraphics

Inspire 2010

kilian muster

carolrivello

xgraphica.com

Ronnie Wright

Camille Boidron

Divensis

KalyanChatterjee

designfabrika

thinkup.org

corvus

pixelthread

baneydesign

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A Showcase of Beautiful Architectural Photography

Henry — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:57:52 +0000

Architecture is probably one of the most complex forms of art. Not only should it be beautiful, but it must also be functional. The same thing can be said about other forms of art like web design, but architecture takes place in the real world with real materials, and on a much larger scale.

Since we are most often surrounded by architecture in our daily lives, it’s to be expected that architecture is a popular subject for photographers. In this article, we are presenting a showcase of beautiful architectural photography. In these photos you’ll notice a strong focus on composition and lighting. As well, many are shot from angles that reveal beauty in the structures that probably goes unnoticed by passers-by.

Make sure you click on each photo to see a larger version and learn more about each of the talented photographers behind the cameras.

55 Colorful Web Designs to Inspire You

gmuller — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:50:27 +0000

We’ve already presented here a showcase of clean white web designs, and we’ve also shown you a collection of inspiring dark web designs. Now it’s time to get inspired by color, and by “color”, I mean a website “full of color” – a site with many colorful elements or even just using one or two bold and eye catching colors.

In this selection, we are presenting 55 colorful web designs to inspire you.

Haãfe & Haph

colorchakra.com

Lyrically Noted

Hughes

Silver Pistol

christmastweets.co.uk

rareview

Frances Cycles

Glucone-R

Chris Kaufman

Leaf A Legacy

fuelbrandinc.com

N.Design Studio

Maurício Guimarães

intuitive designs

curiousgeneration

The House Media

asemota

The Touch Agency

kikiandbree.com

rekkiabilly.com

tapmates.com

Cobble Hill Towers

dibi conference

vegasuncorked.com

savetheturtlesgame.com

teleiosman.com

indofolio.com

Wake Somebody Up

freshnotcanned.com

Aussie BBQ Legends

f91w.com

havaianas.com

arkix.com

Open Atrium

mbdizajn.com

organicgrid.com

MarcosXotoko

colourpixel

moradito.com.ar

Matt Salik

akedesign.com

TANQ

F5

pixelcool.com

scarygirl

garamiz.hu

k4lab

Giancarlo Fajardo

Duirwaigh Studios

vanityclaire.com

ilovecolors.com.ar

David Lanham

tori’s eye

agami creative

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30 Minimal Logo Designs that Say More with Less

Henry — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:39:00 +0000

A logo is the visual cornerstone of one’s branding. While some logos are complex, often the most memorable ones are those that are simplistic. Instead of relying on detailed graphics and icons, these minimal logos rely on creative typography, simple shapes, and clever negative space to tell the story.

Here is a showcase of 30 minimal logo designs that say more with less.

55 Examples of Huge Typography in Web Design

gmuller — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:31:18 +0000

Choosing the correct typography for your website is a very important part of the design process. And as a website is also a communication tool – a very powerful one – you can use the typography to help you on exposing your ideas! Using HUGE typography, for example, you will get the attention you want and your site will also look cool. You can use huge typo only in a word, a sentence, everything… it’s up to you. Here we will show a selection of very nice usage of huge typo in web design to inspire you to go a little wild on your website typography!

CharlesElena

Chirp >> The Twitter Developer Conference

Happy Cog’aoke 2

Morphix

teez

Sketchen

Digital Podge

zee

Make Photoshop Faster

rareview.com

Me In Motion

Rich Brown

Biz Break

barneyfunk.com

TPUTH

Bills

Boxee

Mulletized

gapmedics.co.uk

merge

sketch.odopod.com

thePlant

carsonified.com

Glitch

goslingo.com

bigcartel

stackoverflow

gummisig.com

Ryan Keiser

finch

Cupcake Creative Studio

Hull Digital Live

Bullet Pr

electricpulp.com

notoriousdesign.co.uk

forabeautifulweb.com

Mark Boulton

Daniel Hellier

visualbox

Brunet-Garcia

fajnechlopaki.com

flashgamingsummit.com

Grow

wordit

objectified

polar gold

elysiumburns.com

blackestate.co.nz

Giant Creative

takeshape.it

Alpha Multimedia

blog.fl-2.com

oliverkavanagh.com

The Urban Landscape Lab

Denise Chandler

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A Showcase of Workstations that’ll Make You Jealous

Henry — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:21:11 +0000

Whether you’re a designer, developer, animator, or blogger, your workstation plays a major role in how you get things done. Some of us like a neat, clean, and inspiring workspace, while others require a crazy over-the-top hardware configuration.

In this article, we’ve compiled a showcase of photos that will give you workstation envy. The thing about workstations is that even if you have a nice one, seeing another awesome setup can make you a bit jealous.

50 Inspiring Dark Web Designs

gmuller — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:32:07 +0000

We’ve already shown here many great examples of web design to inspire you, from Clean White Web Design and Portfolio Designs to iPhone apps websites. We deliver great doses of inspiration to help you get new ideas.

Today, continuing our mission of delivering inspiration, we will present a selection of dark web designs. In days where minimal, clean and ’spacious’ sites are really popular, the dark ones sometimes are forgotten, but they are also great. So check out these inspiring dark web designs and remember that colors, in this case dark colors, are also a good choice for your website.

Future of Web Design

Pictory

The Photo Argus

Jonah Levine

osvaldas.info

Esteban Munoz

DesignWise

TO DO’

bootb

Blue Collar

Light is Light

brite revolution

Julien Morel

Go Media

Corking Design

mulletized

Mutant Labs

Radium Labs

jilion

intuitive designs

fotomaps.net

neutron creations

robocat

Merge Web Excellence

zaum

The Hair Foundation

we love icons

giant peach

slovaczech.com

Lisa Maya

oink fu

pizzaza.ca

handcrafted css

dyson

teoskaffa.com

metalab

dibi conference

visualbox

Gap Medics

i-w-s.eu

Tobolic

take the walk

adaptd

jchilders.com

onetwentyseven.com

Versions

LegiStyles

rikcat

goinnovate

couch creative

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30 Incredible Examples of Urban Decay Photography

Henry — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:13:26 +0000

During the lifespan of a city, certain events take place that cause buildings and areas to become abandoned. With nobody around to provide upkeep or maintenance on the structures of these areas, things begin to fall into disrepair. This is known as urban decay. At first glance, these decrepit environments may seem hopeless. However, through the lens of a camera, a talented photographer can reveal beauty in the most unlikely of places.

Here are 30 incredible examples of urban decay photography. These photos are a great source of inspiration and possess many impressive qualities, including an abundance of interesting textures.

Make sure you click on each photo to see a larger version and learn more about each of the talented photographers behind the cameras.