50 Retro and Vintage Web Designs to Inspire You
Last week, Henry posted an article with 30 Fonts Perfect for Vintage and Retro Style Design and I simply loved the first font of the list, the matchbook typefaces. By the time I saw it I could think of several good ways to use it in web design, print design on even other ways. I was so inspired that I decided to do a selection of retro and vintage websites for our weekly web design inspirational post.
I really like retro and vintage stuff… websites, posters, print, adds, everything. I think it’s amazing how an ‘old style’ still get our attention and appreciation. For this selection of retro and vintage web designs, you will see retro and vintage elements, fonts, images, colors, textures, etc. I hope you enjoy the selection. And of course, if you have a cool retro/vintage site to share with us, the comments are open.
Eighty Two Design
targetscope
singularityconcepts.com
fortyseven media
thigpendesigns.com
icblind.com
edgewater
WebDesigner.ro
Level 2 Design
Custom Design
Kretivia, New Media Production
Big Rig Design
THUNDERfuel
Thrush
mediaBOOM
Radio – The New York Moon
fivecentstand.com
LATAKA
Ali Felski
The Dollar Dreadful
phizz.biz
Style 4 you
Mister-Aero
iso50
Tricycle Terror
sensisoft.com
Small Stone re-cordings
prahba.com
tomatic
Visit Cascadia
Tennessee
jacksonfish.com
Carrozzeria Verga
the Retrovert
Sauro Motel
Antique Piano Shop
painisgood.com
Eric Henning Magic
The Wayward Irregular
flatwoodsfolkart.com
Brocante Boutique
Buy Vintage Clothing
Farinella
What’s your Problem?
Hipstery
readymadedesigns.co.uk
Team Fannypack
thisbythem.com
huxleyprairiefest.com
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Mar 29, 2010
great list my all time favourite “fortyseven media”
Mar 29, 2010
Oh great inspiration roundup! The grungy vintage style is one of my personal favorites. Thanks so much.
Mar 29, 2010
Great source of inspiration!
Mar 29, 2010
Some really cool designs here. Love the vintage look!
Mar 29, 2010
Nice layouts!
Something to share: vintage matchboxes – http://www.ideafixa.com/2010/03/27/caixinhas-de-fosforo-vintage/
Mar 29, 2010
Thanks a lot for this great list!
Very cool designs for inspiration and to have fun!
Mar 29, 2010
These are so great! I love the targetscope one. Thanks so much!
Mar 29, 2010
Really nice list of vintage websites. I truly enjoy the mix up of design.
Mar 29, 2010
Here is another one – http://www.visualmedia.lv/
Mar 29, 2010
I love Eighty Two Design and icblind’s designs. They’re fantastic in both the typography and simpleness of the sites.
Mar 29, 2010
Loving Lataka’s site. Really smooth and graphically beautiful.
Mar 29, 2010
Great post! This website has a great retro look too: http://meeq.nl
Mar 29, 2010
Some great inspiration here. Love these looks…
Mar 29, 2010
i really hate this style
Mar 29, 2010
Some of these are very creative like The Dollar Dreadful and the Wayward Irregular. And some of these are disgusting and bloated. Good collection.
Retro for the sake of retro is never cool retro.
Mar 29, 2010
Nice list but, you missed one
http://www.fisticuffdesign.com/
Mar 29, 2010
Great round-up. WDL has been so good lately. Thanks guys!
Mar 29, 2010
great old-style web sites thanks
Mar 29, 2010
What an inspiring collection you have here.
edgewater & prahba are my favorite.
Mar 29, 2010
Some great sites. Thanks for this.
Bookmarked!
Mar 30, 2010
Great collection of sites. Adding some of those into my screen saver folder! Thanks.
Mar 30, 2010
This is a great collection. Thanks for taking the time to collect and make a post out of this.
Mar 30, 2010
Some of these are slick. Others are just visual pollution that make me want aspirin.
The two best executions, in my opinion, are The Dollar Dreadful and the Wayward Irregular. Similar to these two (and extremely fun reading) is Lord Likely (http://www.lordlikely.com/), which you don’t have in your list.
(I would drop iso50, which isn’t retro at all. Replace it with Lord Likely. And no, I have nothing do to with the Lord Likely site.)
Mar 30, 2010
Maybe I’m missing something, but I’m not sure how iso50 is “retro.” At the very least, it’s the least retro of the bunch.
Great collection, though. Thanks!
Apr 1, 2010
Very cool. Thanks for posting.
Apr 2, 2010
You missed a frequently listed one – http://www.torpedojuice.co.uk
Apr 4, 2010
I´d like this too: http://www.tecsky.com.br
Apr 6, 2010
Great list, I love this style of web design.
Apr 13, 2010
What a great list – here’s another one…
http://www.thepuppinisisters.com/
Apr 26, 2010
Awesome post. Placed to StumbleUpon as well. Hope that helps others find it.
May 28, 2010
I can’t decide if I’m inspired or if seeing this makes me want to quit. These are so amazing!!!