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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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: San Bruno, CA – USA. Twitter: @gismullr
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38 comments
WpFolios
March 29, 2010great list my all time favourite “fortyseven media”
Lauren
March 29, 2010Oh great inspiration roundup! The grungy vintage style is one of my personal favorites. Thanks so much.
Sam
March 29, 2010Great source of inspiration!
Attitude Design | Graphic Design Portfolio
March 29, 2010Some really cool designs here. Love the vintage look!
Maurício Bastos
March 29, 2010Nice layouts!
Something to share: vintage matchboxes – http://www.ideafixa.com/2010/03/27/caixinhas-de-fosforo-vintage/
Toby
March 29, 2010Thanks a lot for this great list!
Very cool designs for inspiration and to have fun!
Hillary H.
March 29, 2010These are so great! I love the targetscope one. Thanks so much!
Jordan Walker
March 29, 2010Really nice list of vintage websites. I truly enjoy the mix up of design.
Gustavs Cirulis
March 29, 2010Here is another one – http://www.visualmedia.lv/
Adam | Toronto Web Development
March 29, 2010I love Eighty Two Design and icblind’s designs. They’re fantastic in both the typography and simpleness of the sites.
Ian Devlin
March 29, 2010Loving Lataka’s site. Really smooth and graphically beautiful.
Robine
March 29, 2010Great post! This website has a great retro look too: http://meeq.nl
Jake
March 29, 2010Some great inspiration here. Love these looks…
Martin
March 29, 2010i really hate this style
Justin Carroll
March 29, 2010Some 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.
Batfan
March 29, 2010Nice list but, you missed one
http://www.fisticuffdesign.com/
Clayton Correia
March 29, 2010Great round-up. WDL has been so good lately. Thanks guys!
vector graphics
March 29, 2010great old-style web sites thanks
Lena Tailor
March 29, 2010What an inspiring collection you have here.
edgewater & prahba are my favorite.
Russell Poulter
March 29, 2010Some great sites. Thanks for this.
Bookmarked!
Jordan
March 30, 2010Great collection of sites. Adding some of those into my screen saver folder! Thanks.
Josh
March 30, 2010This is a great collection. Thanks for taking the time to collect and make a post out of this.
Destry Wion
March 30, 2010Some 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.)
Tom
March 30, 2010Maybe 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!
509 Media
April 1, 2010Very cool. Thanks for posting.
Brian
April 2, 2010You missed a frequently listed one – http://www.torpedojuice.co.uk
André
April 4, 2010I´d like this too: http://www.tecsky.com.br
Jesse
April 6, 2010Great list, I love this style of web design.
Faye
April 13, 2010What a great list – here’s another one…
http://www.thepuppinisisters.com/
retro clocks
April 26, 2010Awesome post. Placed to StumbleUpon as well. Hope that helps others find it.
Tanya
May 28, 2010I can’t decide if I’m inspired or if seeing this makes me want to quit. These are so amazing!!!
Renda
February 21, 2011Well I admit the designs did inspire me it’s just I am not that good at photoshop. Guess I need to sharpen my skills
ollie
July 21, 2011Nice collection – some lovely visuals to inspire.
The only problem (for me) is that the actual build/implementation of these is often shocking. Half of the Flash-based templates don’t even have a non-Flash backup version beyond a ‘you need to update’ message. Many of those that look nicest from a distance are a bitch to actually use./navigate due to over-reliance on pretty design over functionality. Would be nice to see a bit more focus from designers on usability – after all, nice pictures is a first impression, but if you can’t find what you’re looking for, they won’t count for much.
honour chick
September 23, 2011great compilation. very inspiration indeed.
Design Vibe Creative
October 3, 2011Great list of sites, very retro and vintage!
katalog tasarımı
December 30, 2011nice sharing.. thank you..
Sanjay Mistry
January 2, 2012Brilliant collection!
Aljoša
January 30, 2012What a great list – here’s another one…
http://www.byronlang.net/