March 29, 2024

23 Examples of Flat Web Design

Flat design is a concept that was pretty popular a couple years ago and it’s back with full strength this year, causing some interesting buzz around the so called “flat design” trend. Flat design is not something new, something we created now as a response to other design movements. It is a concept that was around before, and now it is appearing everywhere. Flat design is pretty straightforward. It is flat. It’s a way of designing without adding three-dimensional attributes – no shadows, no gradients, no bevels, etc. It doesn’t mean flat design has no effects at all, it just means that it doesn’t use effects to create depth and dimension. Flat design focuses a lot on color (solid colors), typography and simpler use of UI elements.

The flat design trend causes a lot of debate and certainly deserves a more in depth article, which we are working on. While we finish our research to show you a complete look at “flat design”, we want to show you some examples of websites adopting the flat concept. Let us know your feelings about them and stay tuned for the next flat design chapter.

Friends of the Web

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Etch

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Crafting Type

23 Examples of Flat Websites

vtcreative

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Flaticons

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Build 2012

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Profound Grid

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Wistia

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Mark Simonson

23 Examples of Flat Websites

William Leeks

23 Examples of Flat Websites

The Ecology Center

23 Examples of Flat Websites

SpellTower

23 Examples of Flat Websites

OnSite

23 Examples of Flat Websites

LayerVault

23 Examples of Flat Websites

It’s a Shape Christmas

23 Examples of Flat Websites

oak.is

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Werkpress

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Happy Studio

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Coloured Lines

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Bob Galmarini

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Foundation

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Lorenzo Verzini

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Sumall

23 Examples of Flat Websites

You can also find a lot of flat design inspiration on Dribbble, Pinterest and Behance.

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Gisele Muller loves communication, technology, web, design, movies, gastronomy and creativity. Web writer, portuguese/english translator and co founder of @refilmagem & @mentaway Twitter: @gismullr

25 Comments

      1. B. Berger Reply

        Thanks guys!
        Yes, we are french, we have planned to release the application as soon as possible, probably in a couple of weeks!
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  1. Dom Wint Reply

    Love the Coloured Lines site, but then I’m a sucker for rainbows. What is the difference between flat design and simply designing a site that has no third dimension, do you think? I often try to avoid shadows and gradients, and often end up commenting to myself that everything looks a bit “flat”. But not in a good way.

  2. Aaron Reply

    I am a web designer myself and I love it when I have to create a flat website, with out relying on that needless wizardry to create ‘depth’ and magic. You get more time to think and create new patterns and experiment with various colors. I am glad, it is back in vogue.

  3. Yofie Setiawan Reply

    This is great. Actually flat design is kinda answering the needs of many people in global. Not everyone all over the world have a good internet connection. So we need to create a design that use less image files. With flat design, most design elements should be able to just use the css codes, so less load times. And with condition that nowadays many people accessing websites through mobiles, so flat design makes it easier and simpler to apply the responsive web design.

  4. Aaron Bazzone Reply

    As a developer, working with a flat design would be a nice respite.
    Spending so much time trying to use CSS for shadows, transparency, gradients etc. to replace images seems such a waste.

    I, like most people, want to spend as little time as possible on sites because I’m just looking for specific content. Clever graphics and animations rarely, if ever, make finding content faster, or persuades me to want to visit a site more often.
    Intuitive navigation and well laid out content have always been key to a great site.

    Let’s get back to the minimalist 😉 approach to design!

  5. Geoffrey Reply

    Nice selection, i like when the flat design is combined with some “minimal / clean” effects and a bit of animation. It’s make a simple, modern, and colorful website

    I tried to do this for my new website, http://www.geoffrey-menissier…. if someone have feedback 🙂

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