20 Inspiring Minimalist Web Designs

Posted by Gisele Muller on Jan 9, 2012 | 38 Comments

Minimal websites can be a pretty polemic issue, especially when we stop to think how minimal should a minimal site be? Some people think that a good minimal website is that which has few design elements as possible. While others believe that the number of elements is not the key, but rather the way they are putted together. There is also some that don’t consider colorful sites as examples of minimalism because they believe that colors distract the viewer and take away the minimalist effect – the old cliche, less is more. Whatever side you are on, today you can check some examples of what we believe are inspiring minimalist websites. Sites with a clean and nice layout, where content takes over and makes clear for users what the site is all about.

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38 comments

Web Design Wolverhampton
January 9, 2012
Nice collection. It can be difficult to make a minimalist website without it looking “bare”. I think all of the sites shown here manage it well.
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Paul
January 9, 2012
Some great designs here. Love the minimalist web designs
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Julia Agnes
January 9, 2012
Minimalist sites load faster, take fewer server resources, and are often faster to develop than more graphically complicated designs
The key to a beautiful minimalist site is a solid and structured layout, as well as focus on stylish and well designed typography.
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AdrianMaftei
January 9, 2012
I like the minimalism stuff.
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aledesign.it
January 9, 2012
“10 years in tape” and “Appex” are my preferite…I like so much this light design..clean and perfect. Thanks for inspiring my next works!
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- Fremmers
  January 10, 2012
  Thanks aledesign.it for appreciating our work!
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Michael
January 9, 2012
Gisele, you always seem to put together some of the best inspirational posts for design. I’m not sure how much time and searching you put into some of these, but I always enjoy glancing through.
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Jakub
January 9, 2012
Great stuff. I wish to have client that can understand that sometimes “less is more”.
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Sean Hurley
January 9, 2012
Wow, I have not seen these before. Great collection!
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DesignBuddy (logo design)
January 9, 2012
Nice collection Gisele. I’m personally too impatient to try to navigate an overly busy or cluttered website. It’s nice to see more people moving towards a more simple/minimalist style.
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web designs
January 10, 2012
nice work i like it……..
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Central Illinois Web Designer
January 10, 2012
I have always felt that less is more when it comes to web design. Colors and fonts that are not going to send a user racing for the back button and ease of use are the most important factors to a quality site.
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Web Design Gallery
January 10, 2012
Thank you for this beautiful and inspiring collection of minimalist web designs.
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Lachlan Digital Designer
January 11, 2012
All are very nice, especially soup agency. It is great when you have a client that will let you remove things in a design until you are left with only what is needed.
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cardiff web design
January 11, 2012
I read mush Web design Books I search new unique and Best Solutions.Thanks very help full.
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Sebastian
January 11, 2012
I’m sorry but this is really getting boring here. Those websites are great but I find them on any other web design related blog. I like your summary and your collections but I would love to see something new and unseen.
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Paris Leaf
January 11, 2012
There’s nothing better than a great minimalist design that leaves a lasting impact! Here at Parisleaf, we’re an environmentally conscious group of individuals dedicated to creating stunning web and graphic design media that exceeds client expectations. We plant ten trees for every order. Our goal for 2012? Plant 25,000 trees! Check us out at http://www.parisleaf.com/ and let us know what you think. We love the content you post and we’ll keep checking back for updates!
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http://www.webrextech.com/
January 12, 2012
very good collection..behind these designs there is lot of hard work…..

keep up the good work guys…
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Joy
January 12, 2012
Thanks for great web designs… All designs are very professional…

Thanks,
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Grim Cris
January 12, 2012
I love minimalist designs. Leonardo da Vinci said that “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”, and I think this can be also used in web design.
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Website Design Malaysia
January 13, 2012
great compilation! looking real good these designs
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Pedro Duarte
January 13, 2012
Nice list. I personally am a big fan of minimalistic and powerful designs. I built my new personal site yesterday. Minimalistic and responsive, http://pedroduarte.me
Thanks
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Andrea
January 13, 2012
Thanks a million! very proud of it! a lot of interesting and inspiring works ))
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Stoffb
January 13, 2012
@Cris I so agree with you! Sometimes wish other people could understand that…
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Morgan & Me Creative
January 15, 2012
Really enjoyed this set, thanks Gisele!
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Judi
January 17, 2012
I loved the use of typography in Nicola Potts – inspiring! Thanks for this list.
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Martin
January 18, 2012
Hi guys are you forgeting http://www.martinandme.com/ ?
Pretty cool place
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Carl Morrison
January 18, 2012
Pretty nice collection! Well i wanna share a bit. A few years ago i saw this Chilean Website http://www.tdpworkspace.org/ clean and nice design and works,
very inspiring portafolio too.

Cheers.
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DM
January 18, 2012
Absolutely love minimalism!
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RLG
January 22, 2012
A black and white long page … minimalism
http://2012.mba-multimedia.com/
very cool place
thks
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Angie Gratton
January 30, 2012
Thanks for inspiring ideas for my web site and my clients. Love Webdesignledger!!
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Maria
February 6, 2012
I would never classify “Landor” as a minimalist design. I mean, come on! It is cluttered and boxy.
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Webdesign inspiration
May 28, 2012
Wow great selection! I will add some of them to my website
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Andrew
June 2, 2012
Great collection of sites. Although, I agree with Maria that I wouldn’t consider Landor a minimalist site design.
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Top Creative Mag
July 12, 2012
Nice post Giselle. I think minimalist design work’s better in this days. Users are tired of full pages with no elegance.
Good Work!!
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cako
July 18, 2012
Great examples of minimalistic webdesign !
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Pavan Somu
August 16, 2012
I love minimalism in website designs this is the reason all my personal websites have minimal design
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WHC
October 31, 2012
Nice collection, I like the Becklin design it looks clean and elegant.
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