Over the last few years, we have seen some amazing website designs with many unique characteristics that distinguish them from the rest.
Having a great-looking site is probably the best method of attracting the attention of your visitors to your services – This is true for whichever industry you’re in – However if you’re a web design company or freelancer, then having a top looking site is a requirement.
I have gathered 20 great looking ‘inspiring‘ website designs. My apologies as you will surely have seen most of these but I’m sure you’ll forgive me this once!
Also, Be sure to read the short and sweet conclusion!!!
20 Inspiring Website Designs
This is one of my favourites. I’m quite sure it speaks for itself. Be sure to play around with the foilage-0-meter!
Pays-Sub Gatine
Kulturbanause
ma.tt
Wouldn’t expect anything less…
Drupalcon
Yoast
This design is very recent. The use of illustration is amazing.
New concept
Did you ever think the colour brown could be utilised to be so effective?
Banjax
This is also one of my personal favourites. Basic. Simple, Elegant.
Outline 2 Design
Navigant Consulting
Candy Buquet
Mint.com
Agami
Icon Dock
Nice.
Nine Lion Designs
Wollshed Grove
foehn
You and I Graphics
Stylized Web
3.7 Designs
This proves you don’t need an incredible backround image and use all the colours in a rainbow.
Conclusion
You will all agree with me that the designs above are all top notch, unique, enticing… and most importantly – Inspiring. The big question is, why?
Most people out there are under the false impression that you have to be a great designer to achieve a great design. This is true… to some extent!
The more important factor is time and pre-plan. Although it may not seem like it, I can write with confidence that all of the designs I have listed above were not done in a few hours overnight. Lots and lots of planning was required along with a lot of time and hard work.
All of the designers initiated with some sort of inspiration. Everyone is different and so are inspired differently.
Inspiration can be found in the centre of town, on the mountains of Guilin, the Grand Canyon, the Sahara Desert, and even in the corner shop. My point is that it all depends on who you are. And accordingly, you need to search.
I hope to help you crack this through the interviews I will showcase here in the near future.
A pretty good list I have to say. Never noticed how many beautiful websites I’ve missed while browsing the net
. Just work a little more on banners for your posts cause they spoil the website, mate… Use some nice fonts, like Lucida Sans Unicode.
Thanks for your comment Matt. Glad to hear you liked this list! I’ll keep in mind your suggestion for the banner – You can expect better in my next post!
Nice post there! Very good choice.
Nice article.
Some really nice looking sites there. Just shows what we all have to compete with!
Wish I could could design somewhere near that level.
Thanks Huw!
When I began web design, I used to think the same about designing great looking site. Still not there yet but definitely improving as times goes on.
I’m sure with Time and practice; you’ll get to such a level!
Very Nice Collection… i love this designs
Thanks! Pleased to hear!
Every design begins with inspiration. Not a bad compilation.
Thanks for your comment! Indeed all web designs do begin with inspiration!
These are indeed very nice designs, people always dream about small personal island.
Indeed!
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Good list. Thank you
No problem.
Really nice site you made there. Some of your posts really impressed me. I will definitely visit your blog again!
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