25 Fresh Examples of Minimalist Web Designs
I believe that we can agree that minimal and clean websites are the new black. Every day people seem to be embracing more and more the idea of less is more. So we decided to gather a new list of minimal and clean websites to show you how designers are showcasing minimalism on websites. And here you will also see some use of color, showing that minimal does not mean colorless.
Craft – WordPress Portfolio Theme
Plastical
Girlfriend
Bestwork
Stephon Vernon Clarke
Snagly
Saville’s
EEHarbor
Adore You
Barnt & Arnst
Jon Montenegro
Holger Huber
Lundgren+Lindqvist
Louise O’Reilly
Ahrens
Atlason
Marlon Medau
iPhone-icon
Jeremy Gleave
Core
Logartis 2011
Corpus
P.A.P.
Unfold
Tinkering Monkey
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24 comments
Tristar Web Design
May 9, 2011I really like the Logartis website, it’s so calm looking and the animation around the tree works wonderfully. I would love to be able to create something as complex as that. I love that the birds are comments. It would be great if you showcased more websites like this. Simplicity wise, I also like Tinkering Monkey.
jonny
May 9, 2011true but flash
Zia
May 9, 2011nice designs
Hannah
May 9, 2011I love minimalistic design, thanks for sharing these great examples. The Jon Montenegro site is very unusual – it’s definitely memorable!
Butch V.
May 9, 2011Stephen Vernon Clarke and Plastical are my favourites. They are simple and their work shown inside are the highlight among the rest of their site.
John Montenegro good too but the loading time for the navigation is kind of long and makes me want to look at something else. I don’t have the patience to wait for something to load like that.
Nice article though! The rest of the sites are nice and clean. Thanks!
sanji
May 9, 2011Cool round up! minimalist is gaining more these days.
Tabris Chen
May 9, 2011So many that I like! Thanks for the great list
Jeremy
May 9, 2011I have a little preference for the Ahrens website.
Brian Wilkins
May 9, 2011Very nice selection.
gBaniya
May 9, 2011great collection.. tkz for sharing….
ricardo avalos
May 9, 2011Greats compilation!!!!
Very good work, congratulations!!
Jesdoit
May 9, 2011^^ i loved the logartis interactive website. very inspiring! lol i made 2 wishes on that site. hehe
Vivek Dhande
May 10, 2011I am a long time fan of minimalistic design, yet never see such a ultimate showcase. Thanks for sharing these!
Fredrik Delin
May 10, 2011Some people think of minimal design as a shortcut. A kind of style where creativity is hampered. Were the designers lazy or did they simply not have enough time to complete it? But it’s easy to see the difference. When you have come full circle both with the concept and the design and gone through iteration after iteration removing everything that is not functional; then is when you reach a true minimal design. And it’s beautiful.
Connie Myres
May 10, 2011Great examples! How do you find them?
Daniel Suarez
May 20, 2011webcreme, cssmania, css awards, moluv, creattica, the best design, css remix, css leak, awwards, css beauty, and many many more galleries
Core
May 10, 2011thanks gisele
Nanang Gunawan
May 11, 2011Good design, Simple and elegant…..
thanks for share…..
Buzz
May 14, 2011Great collection of minimalist websites… my favourite is Logartis but there are plenty of others that look fantastic, thanks for sharing!
Brindes
May 15, 2011Thanks, there are some great minimalist layours here.
Lately i have been looking specially for this type of design for websites since faster sites have gain a nice boost in their rankings in Google.
I could say that minimalist layouts are trending now
dessign
May 17, 2011Beautiful examples, Ahrens is probably my favorite one, very professional and sharp looking site, minimal, clean and simple is the way to go.
Marios
Jonathan Weisberg
May 17, 2011great examples! Thanks for sharing.
Daniel Suarez
May 20, 2011Many of this are really interesting, but what exactly falls under minimalistic? I always though minimalist as something that relies purely on basic shapes, color, type and white space, though I see many sites here that use shadows, gradients, etc.
Shawn Ang
July 17, 2012Thanks for sharing! All these examples would be great for my new website!