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10 Free Clean and Minimal WordPress Themes

Henry — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:19:15 +0000

WordPress has become one of the top choices for content management systems among website owners. This has happened for several reasons, but one is the readily available collection of themes that can transform the appearance and functionality of a site. There are all kinds of themes out there, but some of my favorites are the ones that take a minimalistic approach so the content can do the talking. If you’ve been on the lookout for some nice minimal WordPress themes, then you’re in luck. Here are 10 free ones that you should find useful.

Un.complicated

The Standard

Lifestreaming White

Clear

The Daily Grind

Blue Bubble

Minimal Press

Foliogrid

Clean Home

Vostok

60 Minimal and Super Clean Web Designs to Inspire You

gmuller — Mon, 17 May 2010 05:24:46 +0000

A clean and minimal web design is an effective way to convey an image of elegance and sophistication. This type of design is all about doing more with less, and making use of plenty of white space to let content and page elements breathe. However, it can be difficult to come up with a solid minimal website, because you can’t rely on “shiny” design elements to make things visually appealing. So if you’ve struggled in the past to tackle this type of web design, we’re here to help. Here’s a showcase of 60 minimal and super clean web designs to inspire you.

Sleepover, San Francisco

Nicholas Cary

70/SF

The Carbon Co-op

Process Journal

Thorsten Van Elten

WorkLifeBalanceCentre

Bernard Tschumi Architects

Effektive

NotJones

alan cook

hellomake.com

caseydunn.net

us (design studio)

Electric Gecko

theanthropologist.net

Ryan Willms

Good Inc.

Mr Toledano

midtone design

hunt studio

designschneider

Where They At

TA

coolandtheguide

Maksimer

fedena

Birch

Simon Heijdens

needswants.com

amillion things to do

haikavanian.com

Sveinn Davíðsson

Jamie Gregory

Daring Fireball

Stories & Novels

Johny Favourite

Antony Gormley

H by Harris

Root

superawesome

precinkt

Patrick Mullen Design

Spiritualized

studiofeed.ca

Masood Kamandy

Emrah Yaman

Design Code

wktokyo.jp

Thirteen.

Oscar Barber

Hot Meteor

Astheria

Berit Somme

pixelbot

made by on

Patrick Monkel

ben hulse design

pixelcraft

Rainfall Daffinson

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: Porto Alegre, RS – Brazil. Twitter: @gismullr

55 Minimal Black and White Web Designs to Inspire You

gmuller — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:17:48 +0000

We’ve already shown you Yellow Web Designs and Blue Web Designs, but sometimes less color is the best color choice for a web site. In this post, we’re showcasing 55 minimal black and white web designs to inspire you. The B&W combination is great, from photography to interior design. It’s simplistic, elegant, and gets out of the way to let the content shine.

Art Directors Club of Europe

Blake Allen Design

Brian Hoff

Brancozero

The Grid System

Markus Albers

margaretlondon.com

Designing the News

Patrick Fry

postmachina

Rikcat Industries

GUNNER design house

fuse.

FRKT

Face.

edgewood

Black Estate

Traffic

FLOWmarket

sold-out.ch

Perky Bros LLC

Dewitte Casse

Ork Posters

Tim Bjorn – Design Studio

ArnaudBeelen.

Academy

QUE

AdKiivi

yugop.com

Proud Creative

iA

Fitzroy & Finn

Cirus family

TrouwAmsterdam

James Chambers

mrhobday.com

Music Design Agency

Not coming to a theater near you

Mash

lydia stone

Marcus Kraft

million

Established

SJH

anothercompany.org

We are Sofa

distrop

Stephane Elbaz

LEONG LEONG

Rebecca Niazi-Shahabi

Rob Schellenberg

SvB

Sven Stuckenschmidt

Jeroen Homan

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A Showcase of Clean White Web Designs

gmuller — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:57:40 +0000

When it comes to web design, white is always a symbol of elegance, minimalism and style. You can use white to create space, to keep it simple, to drive the attention to other elements at your page and also to maintain your site with a clean and minimal look. Several websites use white as their main color, and this is what we will show here. You probably have seen some of these sites before, but they are such a great example that I had to mention them again. And in case you want to share a “clean white website”, the comments are open!

Made by Sofa

iA

Fell Swoop

Sherpa.

72 Rivington Street

Zander Martineau

televisionkillsme

Cynosura

Ragged Edge Design

Medium

squareFACTOR

chrissloan.info

Fourth Floor Interactive

Gustavo Ureña

Feelwire

Banjax Web Design

we make it live

Cameron Queen

Mark Boulton Design

Tisha Creative

Clogg Solutions

pixelumbrella

Christa Robillard

Tandem Film Production

Vertigo Visual

attitude design

plumd.com

n’uova design lab

big youth

Sitepark

checkout

Ui Tuneup

zenhabits

nestliving

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10 Absolute Best Web Design Galleries

Henry — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:20:32 +0000

You’ve probably realized by now that the internet is overflowing with web design galleries. So I thought I would take some time to share with you my list of the 10 best Web Design Galleries out there. Feel free to let us know what your favorite galleries are.

1. Best Web Gallery

I promise this one isn’t ranked #1 because of it’s name. I love the Best Web Gallery because it only showcases the best of the best css sites with the occasional very good flash site…just the way the internet should be. The posting schedule here is also very frequent and consistent.

2. The FWA

If you are looking for over-the-top Flash web design inspiration, you need not look any further than The FWA.

3. The Best Designs

The Best Designs is another terrific gallery that focuses on quality, frequent posts, and a good mixture of css and Flash.

4. CSS Remix

Although I’ve been disappointed with the frequency of new sites added to CSS Remix lately, you can’t deny the quality of sites featured here. I also love it’s “get out of the way” design and user interface.

5. Pattern Tap

Pattern Tap gets the #5 spot for being original. Instead of only showcasing complete site designs, it focuses on individual aspects of user interface design such as nav bars, footers, headers, etc.

6. Styleboost

Styleboost was one of my favorite sites to visit back in the early 2000’s when Flash sites were all the rage. At some point it made the transition to a css gallery too, and has done a fine job of it. You can always find high quality design inspiration here.

7. CSS Elite

CSS Elite is a great place to find css design inspiration and has good navigation for browsing.

8. Site Inspire

I like Site Inspire because I can always find sites there that have not been featured on the other galleries.

9. CSS Mania

CSS Mania adds a lot of new sites every day, which is good, but occasionally a “no so good” design will find it’s way into the gallery.

10. Web Creme

Web Creme is a solid gallery with a consistent posting of quality css web designs.

A Showcase of Super Clean Web Designs

Henry — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:05:42 +0000

So what is clean web design? Some may say that clean and minimal are one and the same. They are right to some extent, but I believe a site can still be considered clean while making use of color and design elements. To me, a clean design is one that has an uncluttered layout, makes use of plenty of white space, and screams professionalism. If you’re still wondering what clean web design is, below are some excellent examples.

Heartworker

We Are Hunted

SimpleBits

Alex Flueras

Ole Martin Kristiansen

Patrick Monkel

Typographica

Trost

Martin Balhar

Nove

Area 17

Finch

inkd

Noded

nclud

Devia

Miro

EightHourDay

40 Super Sleek Fonts for Clean Web Design

Henry — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:37:45 +0000

A few weeks ago, I showed you some of the best fonts for use in grunge style design. Creating grungy designs can be fun, but sometimes a site requires a cleaner approach, one where artsy design elements take a back seat to clear presentation of content. Typography plays a big role in this type of design. If you have been struggling to find the right font for your clean designs, here are 40 of them that are both clean and beautiful.

Museo Sans

Geo Sans Light

Duepuntozero

Oregon LDO

Sansation

Engel Light

Comfortaa

Forgotten Futurist

Walkway

Steiner

Eurofurence

Baar Metanoia

Existence Light

Asenine

Anna

Cicle

Aubrey

Waukegan LDO

Qlassik

Bebas

Mank Sans

Yorkville

Redring 1969

Aldo

Blue Highway

Steelfish

Opticon One

Y2K Neophyte

Jacks Font

Swansea

Vegur

Albertino

Print Clearly

Liberation

Yoxall

Lois Ann

SF Arborcrest Medium

APHont

Fertigo Pro

Anivers

Is Minimalistic Design more Effective?

Adelle — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:28:13 +0000

Let me preface by saying, yes – most of the time I think so. Minimalism is a style or technique in design that is characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity. I believe it’s more effective in Web Design – especially in a designer’s portfolio. When content is king – clean, spacious and concise gets my attention.

Here are some great examples to get your minimalist side inspired.

Do you think it’s more effective in Web Design?

Want to find more minimal inspiration? I recommend these resources:

The ‘Less is More’ or Minimalistic Approach to Web Design

The Anatomy of a Minimalistic Web Design

Minimal Sites