50 Kick-Ass And Creative Dark Website Designs
Dark web designs are my personal favorite so I felt it was needed for me to showcase some of the best from around the web. Not only are they creative, eye catching and interactive, but they’re truly different than what most websites look like today – with the light, clean minimal designs taking center stage lately, there’s something to be said about a killer creative website that’s dark & eye catching.
So below I’ve compiled 50 of the coolest, most kick-ass creative dark web designs the web has to offer. You’ll notice that sites like Carsonified are not on the list (even though it’s dark and kicks ass), this is due to the fact that we’ve recently featured it in another article here and I want to make sure you’re seeing the NEWEST, COOLEST websites around – not the same web designs reused in numerous posts.
Also, do not forget to check out the dark minimal web design article we posted a while back – if that’s your kind of thing :)
Pop Labs ↓
The Photo Argus ↓
Ryan McMaster ↓
Oink Fu ↓
Ronnie Wright ↓
Asvalia ↓
The Art of Seduction ↓
Web Design World ↓
Zaum & Brown ↓
Best of Video Sites ↓
Charlie X ↓
Justin Cline ↓
Carbon Aspect ↓
Camilo Holguin ↓
A Word From HIS Word ↓
Tyler Gaw ↓
Tanq ↓
Texture Lovers ↓
The Archer Group ↓
Fred Maya ↓
PSD Layout Design ↓
ExpressionEngine and CodeIgniter Conference ↓
Two 24 Studios ↓
Daniel Gutiérrez ↓
Very Creative ↓
Weber ↓
Brent Lafreniere ↓
Orange ↓
365 Icon ↓
Mr. Henry ↓
Afflecks ↓
Ectomachine ↓
Bernardo Amendolla ↓
Simple Flame ↓
Cara de Poker ↓
No Sleep For Sheep ↓
Julius Mattsson ↓
Kris Colvin ↓
Jeff Finley ↓
Creative Logic Media ↓
Addison Kowalski ↓
PSD to WP ↓
Dino Latoga ↓
Webunder ↓
Inner Metro Green ↓
From Business To Buttons ↓
Outlaw Design Blog ↓
okimok ↓
jQuery Style ↓
Madfrog Designs ↓
Have One To Add?
Feel free to drop us a comment and let us know about other creative dark web designs you’ve seen around the web. We’re also interested in your opinions on which websites are your favorite.
About the author:
Mike Smith releases wordpress themes on a regular basis and is also a blog designer at Guerrilla.
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July 22nd, 2009
awesome post!! Kick ass . Definitely a digg for this.
July 22nd, 2009
I think our site is pretty dark/gloomy
http://www.assaultblog.com – it’s the resource site for my online t-shirt store!
July 22nd, 2009
@gautam: thanks a lot, glad you liked the post! :)
July 22nd, 2009
Thanks for the mention Mike. I have a bug for dark sites too!
Happy to have my site amongst these examples of cool and creative sites.
Cheers!
July 22nd, 2009
check out http://www.lionofwar.com. a really cool dark website!
July 22nd, 2009
This site uses a 4 column grid and has a pretty nice header image.
http://www.mdxinteractive.com
July 22nd, 2009
Wow… thanks for adding 365icon to this awesome list. I, too, am a dark site lover. It’s an honor for my site to be considered “kick ass and creative”! Thanks again.
Jonathan
http://365icon.com
twitter: @365icon
July 23rd, 2009
I think my blog is pretty vivid while staying pretty dark, check it out – http://mariuszciesla.com :)
July 23rd, 2009
really impressive works and great inspiration.
many thanks.
July 23rd, 2009
Awesome find, these are outstanding dark sites. Dugged and Tweeted!
July 23rd, 2009
very much creative work and stunning collection you have. thanks
July 23rd, 2009
Great inspiring post this is! I like this quite minimal darky site: http://www.edgarleijs.nl
July 23rd, 2009
Mahalo for featuring Oink-Fu! I am humbled to be associated with these other fantastic sites.
July 23rd, 2009
Thanks for featuring texture lovers, great inspiration post
July 23rd, 2009
Awesome collection! Thanks so much for featuring Pop Labs!
July 23rd, 2009
Highly Inspiring, I’m one of a dark design fan ;)
Thanks for sharing.
July 23rd, 2009
This is a pretty sweet dark site…
http://www.adamfudala.com
July 23rd, 2009
Great roundup. Several of these were new to me. Thanks for posting!
July 23rd, 2009
thanks for adding my design http://www.asvalia.com.pl
plz check also http://www.pasti.pl
nice collection as well
July 23rd, 2009
I’m not sure the standard 3-row layouts can be termed ‘kick ass’ -the 3-row technique is very good, however it is only good when it’s original, or stands out from the other hundred or so template-made sites.
That said, I did very much like ryan mcmaster’s -background on his title, and the look and feel of tanq.
Thanks for another good list.
July 23rd, 2009
Very inspiring me… thanks a lot…
July 23rd, 2009
very nice dark designs…. fantastic … thanks :)
July 23rd, 2009
GREAT collection! Love the inspiration!
Another dark but pretty blog: http://www.justmythoughts.com
July 24th, 2009
Thanks for adding thephotoargus.com. Its an honor.
July 24th, 2009
Thanks for adding Best of Video Sites, I am really pleases to have been included in a list with so many other great sites!!
July 24th, 2009
Wow, really cool list, really nice websites allthough the all seem to follow the same stream, but… anyway good designs!
July 24th, 2009
A lot of these pretty damn cool. I think dark websites appeal to designers because we work late at night and turn the dark screen on. Here’s another sleek, dark site:
http://blog.nomadicflow.com
July 24th, 2009
Thanks so much for the shout-out! I appreciate it, cheers!
July 24th, 2009
I’m usually not a big fan of dark themes but these ones definitely look good!
July 24th, 2009
I’m not usually a fan of darker sites either but some of these designs are executed very nicely. Thanks for sharing
July 25th, 2009
Thanks for having my website listed in your listing. It’s an honor!
July 26th, 2009
great compilation
July 27th, 2009
nice collection. i like Asvalia.
July 29th, 2009
oh no!!!! after seeing these magical wonders I’m having the redesign tingles! noooooooooooooo
August 3rd, 2009
Nice post. I love dark colored websites but it’s difficult to design. ^_^
August 7th, 2009
Great list. Check out our site dudes, is kind of dark/childish maybe? :)
http://www.shusho.com.ar
August 10th, 2009
Even tho there are a lot of really nice and detailed designs, i belive they all follow the same pattern.
Header, Menu/Nav, Center and Footer.
maybe just two or three really try to change the status of a standard website layout and that makes them good or better than a common layout no matter how pretty it may be.
That’s why i call creative…
the rest is just well painted.
My thoughts tho
August 18th, 2009
Great list! You missed this one though.
http://honormen.org
August 22nd, 2009
TPMS Offers a fine balance of dark and light. Not to bad for a wordpress theme
August 31st, 2009
wooo! great designs. I´ll redesign my webs in these days.
thank you for the ideas
October 26th, 2009
Great designs, bookmarked this page for future reference.
November 1st, 2009
Great collection, love the designs.
November 24th, 2009
Whoa, Nice Collection… Thanks for sharing.
January 22nd, 2010
Nice collection. Some good ones on here, I personally like all of them too. tnerb.com is a classic.
March 12th, 2010
Hello, please update our website snapshot.We did it updates to the website, we wait for reviews!
Thanks,
Chris – Verycreative.eu
March 12th, 2010
@Chris (VeryCreative.eu): Thanks for the heads up, I just updated your screenshot :)
April 20th, 2010
How about http://www.creativebeacon.com ? It is minimal, sort of, but it is cool and dark and the lighthouse is simple, yet fun. What do you think? That’s one of my favs!
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