March 28, 2024

Best Web Designs of 2013

To close our “best of 2013” series we gathered the web designs our readers most talked about, and we did this huge list to show you what we and our readers considered the best web designs of 2013. These are websites we featured during the year to show you examples of good use of images, type, texture, navigation and much more. Take your time to browse our selection and explore all the websites. Happy 2014!

Yoke

21 Great Examples of Big Images in Web Design

Fior di Latte Gelato

21 Great Examples of Big Images in Web Design

Evolve

21 Great Examples of Big Images in Web Design

Fhoke

21 Great Examples of Big Images in Web Design

The Good Man

21 Fresh Examples of HTML5 in Web Design

WebKnit

21 Fresh Examples of HTML5 in Web Design

I Shot Him

21 Fresh Examples of HTML5 in Web Design

Designed to Move

21 fresh Examples of Responsive Web Design

Friends of the Web

21 fresh Examples of Responsive Web Design

Glad Creative

21 Examples of Dark Colors in Web Design

Data Driven London

21 Examples of Dark Colors in Web Design

The Windmill Club

21 Examples of Black, White & Grey Usage in Web Design

iconmonstr

21 Examples of Black, White & Grey Usage in Web Design

Brooklyn Soap Company

21 Examples of Black, White & Grey Usage in Web Design

nudge

21 Examples of Black, White & Grey Usage in Web Design

Ryan Feerer

21 Examples of how to incorporate White in your Designs

Charmer Studio

21 Examples of how to incorporate White in your Designs

Si Digital

21 Examples of how to incorporate White in your Designs

IXI Store

21 Examples of Texture Use in Web Design

MailChimp Annual Report

21 Examples of Texture Use in Web Design

Wild Blue

21 Examples of Texture Use in Web Design

Windows of New York

21 Examples of Beautiful Color Use in Web Design

Truf

21 Examples of Beautiful Color Use in Web Design

Minimal Monkey

21 Examples of Beautiful Color Use in Web Design

Shelton Fleming – Ideas into Experiences

21 Examples of Beautiful Color Use in Web Design

Makeshift

21 Inspiring Examples of Typography in Web Design

We Are Mammoth

21 Inspiring Examples of Typography in Web Design

Northbound Design

21 Inspiring Examples of Typography in Web Design

Milk and Pixels

21 Inspiring Single Page Websites

Karma

21 Beautiful Examples of Big Images in Web Design

Kin

21 Beautiful Examples of Big Images in Web Design

Eva Black Design

21 Beautiful Examples of Big Images in Web Design

living edge

21 Inspiring Clean Website Designs

Richard Photo Lab

21 Inspiring Clean Website Designs

Crafting Type

23 Examples of Flat Websites

LayerVault

23 Examples of Flat Websites

Frank Digital

19 Inspiring Examples of Text over Images in Web Design
19 Inspiring Examples of Text over Images in Web Design

Playground Inc.

19 Inspiring Examples of Text over Images in Web Design

Smog Bicyclettes

19 Inspiring Examples of Text over Images in Web Design

Bark PR

19 Beautiful and Colorful Websites for your Inspiration

Ready to Inspire

19 Beautiful and Colorful Websites for your Inspiration

Olly Sorsby

19 Beautiful Examples of Texture in Web Design

Fair State

19 Beautiful Examples of Texture in Web Design

Scott McCarthy Design

19 Beautiful Examples of Texture in Web Design

Postable

19 Beautiful Examples of Texture in Web Design

Cole Townsend

19 Inspiring Examples of Illustrated Elements in Web Design

Sam Markiewicz

19 Inspiring Examples of Illustrated Elements in Web Design

Squarespace

A New Round of Inspiring Big Images in Web Design

Big Data

A New Round of Inspiring Big Images in Web Design

MailChimp

A New Round of Inspiring Big Images in Web Design

Big Cartel Shop

A New Round of Inspiring Big Images in Web Design

The Band Agency

A New Round of Inspiring Big Images in Web Design

Mixd

19 Examples of Minimalistic Web Designs

Chris Wilhite Design

19 Examples of Minimalistic Web Designs

Cyclemon

19 Examples of Minimalistic Web Designs

Whiteboard

17 Examples of Beautiful Typography use in Web Design

Inc

Examples of Beautiful Image Usage in Web Design

Niche

15 Websites with Beautiful Typography use

Daru Sim

15 Websites with Beautiful Typography use

Moving Things Design Company

15 Inspiring Examples of Illustration in Web Design

Activate Media

15 Inspiring Examples of Illustration in Web Design

Box Clever

15 Examples of How to Use White to Enhance Web Design

Studio MPLS

13 Examples of How to Use Color in Web Design

do a backflip

13 Examples of How to Use Color in Web Design

Knock Knock Factory

Colors in Web Design: Greens and Blues

adaptable

Colors in Web Design: Greens and Blues

Cultivated Wit

17 Inspiring Examples of White Usage in Web Design

Karlyn

17 Inspiring Examples of White Usage in Web Design

Marco Messer

15 Beautiful Texturized Sites

Layer

15 Beautiful Texturized Sites

Exponent

15 Beautiful Texturized Sites

Nulab

15 Beautiful Texturized Sites

Björn Meier

15 Inspiring Portfolio Designs

Adam Mottau

15 Inspiring Portfolio Designs

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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

15 Comments

  1. Lucy Reply

    I hope this parallax fad evolves into something more. Unfortunately there is a sense of ‘all-look-same’, to me. I look forward to more diverse interactive trends in the new year.

  2. Bryan Reply

    Lots of great looking websites, with fantastic design…

    But they are all marketing, design, photographic and small business websites… that where designed to woo and wow!!

    Can we show real life big corporate websites that have to survive in a comparative/competitive market, those sites are where the money is for designers and developers, I would rather see good practice/design in large complex websites than these small designer websites…

  3. Greenville Web Design Reply

    Great collection Gisele! I have two favorites from your collection: Fior di Latte Gelato (mainly cause of the simplicity) and the MailChimp Annual Report (because of the power of their brand being so well illustrated). All of the sites here are an inspiration for our future designs. Thanks for posting the inspiring collection!

  4. ksmith Reply

    Disappointing list.

    Such a limited scope of design. No focus on sites which address deeper content.

    Too many samey sites with giant stock images and large bold text.

  5. Paul Graham Reply

    So much of this looks exactly the same, flat design, big photos. All these are product or portfolio type sites. Where’s the beef? Where are all the content heavy sites?

    We’re part of a design ourobouros with us eating our own tail, every website moving to the same design. WDL in this article is helping that happen.

    Showcase some content, ya’ll.

  6. Intrango Web Design Reply

    We were really impressed to see different designs like this. WOW ..They are really nice and amazing. As web designers, it was really nice to see different designs like this. Thanks for sharing …..!!!

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