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25 Website Designs To Draw Inspiration From

October 19, 2008 by Jon 73 Comments

One of the pet peeves of being a web designer is that you sometimes end up not feeling very creative and in need of inspiration. Of course there are thousands of CSS galleries out there, but we thought we could just go ahead and make our own list of great website designs. Hoping this will help you get your creative juices flowing!

Creattica Daily

Creattica Daily

Design Disease

Design Disease

Komodo Media

Komodo Media

Down The Fox Hole

Down The Fox Hole

The Loria Family

The Loria Family

Lewro

Lewro

Blogsessive

Blogsessive

Chris Spooner

Chris Spooner

Design Work Plan

Design Work Plan

Adii

Adii

GoMedia Zine

Go Media Zine

Stylized Web

Stylized Web

Jeff Croft

Jeff Croft

MonoFactor

MonoFactor

True Blue Titan

True Blue Titan

Armen Thomassian

Armen Thomassian

Kreestal

Kreestal

Tim Ferriss

Tim Ferriss

MatBlogg

MatBlogg

Positive Space Blog

Positive Space Blog

Matt Bango

Matt Bango

Viget Inspire

Viget Inspire

Jeff Saramiento

Jeff Saramiento

Pearsonified

Pearsonified

Playground Blues

Playground Blues

Your Turn To Talk

So, which ones are your faves? And why? See ya in the comment section!

Author: Jon

http://www.24alta.ru
Online roulette Canada.

Filed Under: Design, Showcase

Comments

  1. Chris Hoffner says

    October 19, 2008 at 4:31 pm

    Really a great list! I especially like Design Disease, nice colors and layout.

  2. Umar says

    October 19, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    I love Design Disease!

  3. Jon Phillips says

    October 19, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    @Chris @Umar: Thanks! Glad you liked the list guyz! Design Disease is a sick one! :)

  4. Ben says

    October 19, 2008 at 7:50 pm

    great blog designs you mean. websites are not just blogs and personal homepages

  5. Jon Phillips says

    October 19, 2008 at 7:54 pm

    @Ben: thanks for your comment Ben! Well, yes most of them are blogs, and… a blog is a website. :)

  6. ritubpant says

    October 19, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    Hey Jon…….thanks for the list man. I see you are back to rocking and rolling both online and offline. By the way, that design disease is awesome….thanks for the list man something to look at while on the computer (besides working) ;-)

  7. Jiff Jones says

    October 19, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    Stunning, How about posting teh templates?

    Jiff
    http://www.privacy-center.be.tc

  8. dave says

    October 19, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    nice but many of them look like the same designer created them

  9. Josh of Cubicle Ninjas says

    October 19, 2008 at 10:16 pm

    A few very elegant designs in there! :)

  10. zubinmehta says

    October 19, 2008 at 11:06 pm

    Great designs…!

  11. zubinmehta says

    October 19, 2008 at 11:06 pm

    Great designs…!

  12. Ched says

    October 19, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    Very Nice designs. My favorites are the ones that make the text portion the most readable without sacrificing a smooth design.

  13. Tex says

    October 19, 2008 at 11:22 pm

    Thank you guys for great compil. =)
    Blogsessive is awesome…

    And for blog I prefer Redoable design by Dean J Robinson..

  14. business says

    October 19, 2008 at 11:23 pm

    Absolutely amazing! Wow. So many talented designers and so many businesses with boring websites. These sites and beautiful yet easy to read. Thank you.

  15. Alex Linebrink says

    October 19, 2008 at 11:24 pm

    Another one! http:/www.thatindiedude.com :)

  16. Evan Borden says

    October 19, 2008 at 11:24 pm

    Honestly, most of these looks the same and are quite boring. They don’t even utilize much creativity. Anyone can piece together a structured look utilizing a color scheme as many of these have. Only a select few of about 3 to 4 actually seem to have any creativity in them, and that is mostly because of the artwork behind them. The rest are pretty much copies of each other and things that have been done countless times before. There is not much inspiration here, only a rehash of concepts which have already been explored time and time again in the web community.

  17. Alex (Blogsessive) says

    October 19, 2008 at 11:29 pm

    Jon, this is the second time you honor me with mentioning Blogsessive as a good design. This time, it Spyre Mag’s first “creative” article. Thank you! Coming from such a talented professional as you it means a lot!

    Tex, thank you! I’m glad that my time invested in designing Blogsessive managed to attract such a good response and that users come to a blog they enjoy not only content wise.

  18. critic says

    October 19, 2008 at 11:59 pm

    Trendy? Flavor of the week? I agree with Evan. Not much awesome here.

  19. Jon Phillips says

    October 20, 2008 at 12:02 am

    Thanks a lot for all the great comments! It’s really appreciated! :)

    @Evan, @critic: thanks for sharing your thoughts, though I don’t agree with you, it’s cool that you voice your opinions. I’d love to see designs that you guys did! :)

  20. Bellesetsexy says

    October 20, 2008 at 12:14 am

    Merci pour cet article !

  21. Jon Phillips says

    October 20, 2008 at 12:15 am

    @Belleetsexy: Mais tout le plaisir est pour moi :)

  22. mikki says

    October 20, 2008 at 1:00 am

    wow….really nice design

  23. smartData says

    October 20, 2008 at 1:21 am

    Hi,

    What about this nice design. Have a look.

    http://www.mylittleuni.com/

    Regards,
    smartData

  24. dave says

    October 20, 2008 at 1:24 am

    Nice list, not feeling though that there is anything out there though.
    http://www.doktored.com

  25. Kyle says

    October 20, 2008 at 2:09 am

    Pretty nice list, my favorite design though is http://www.avengex.com. The site is no longer maintained but I think the design is very inspirational.

  26. lewro says

    October 20, 2008 at 2:28 am

    Thank you guys for presenting me. I am happy you like my design.

  27. kReEsTaL says

    October 20, 2008 at 3:10 am

    Thanks a lot for featuring my blog, Jon! You make my day :)

  28. Jon Phillips says

    October 20, 2008 at 3:13 am

    Thanks for the comments guyz! Keep ’em coming! :)

    @lewro, @kReEsTaL: you’re very welcome! Keep up the good work!

  29. Webmaster Blog says

    October 20, 2008 at 3:55 am

    Nice themes. It makes me jealous when I see this kind of nice themes and compare it with my own design.

  30. navneet says

    October 20, 2008 at 3:58 am

    great list.. please create a list of the best “blue” websites if you get time!

  31. Jon Phillips says

    October 20, 2008 at 4:07 am

    @navneet: Here’s a post on YouTheDesigner you might be interested in http://www.youthedesigner.com/2008/09/22/25-refreshingly-blue-website-designs/ :)

  32. Designer says

    October 20, 2008 at 5:02 am

    Wow… amazing list….. thanks

  33. Rich Garner says

    October 20, 2008 at 5:31 am

    I really love the Loria Family blog site. It’s attractive, clean and with one look, gives an impression of depth (tons of content). Plus, Flash banners are always a plus in my book.

  34. Jon Henshaw says

    October 20, 2008 at 6:04 am

    Matt Bango reminds me of some stuff we’ve done. Personally, I really like the work our Art Director did recently with Raven. I would call it minimal meets modern.

    http://ravenseo.com/

  35. Justin Leaf-Wright says

    October 20, 2008 at 6:55 am

    Komodo media gets my vote.

    Nice collection!

  36. Zinni says

    October 20, 2008 at 7:03 am

    Thank you for choosing to feature my humble blog amongst these amazing sites!

  37. Tim Marshall says

    October 20, 2008 at 7:18 am

    GoMedia Zine looks pretty fresh. I’m enjoying it.

    Thanks for the list.

  38. Fubiz says

    October 20, 2008 at 7:21 am

    Excellent inspiration.

  39. Sas says

    October 20, 2008 at 7:29 am

    Think I like Lewro’s blog, but the display isn’t right and let’s my browser crash. Repeatedly. Am I the only one?

  40. rick says

    October 20, 2008 at 8:22 am

    I love to see truly great designers shine in this world-wide viewport called the interwebs. It is inspiring and just.

  41. Keith says

    October 20, 2008 at 8:27 am

    With very few exceptions those sites all have the same basic layout. They are aesthetically very pleasing, but in terms of being 25 different designs I’d argue there’s about 12 designs there with another 13 great “themes” on them. Each one is very nice though.

  42. Kevin Day says

    October 20, 2008 at 8:42 am

    Great list! I’ll be using them for inspiration in my work in the near future. Just delicious’d this.

  43. Doug says

    October 20, 2008 at 8:47 am

    GoMedia is the champ. The free vectors are amazing.

  44. lewro says

    October 20, 2008 at 9:20 am

    Sas – I am sorry to hear that. Which browser are you using? I have not customized this version for IE6 but the other browsers should be fine. Let me know if you find time I will try to fix it.
    Thanks!
    Lewro

  45. Scott says

    October 20, 2008 at 9:49 am

    Every last one of these websites look exactly alike. Same font and core design. Would of been nice to include some that actually were different from each other.

  46. Nick says

    October 20, 2008 at 10:15 am

    Viget.com looks amazing, I love the concept. I’ve seen most sites on this list but not that one! Thanks.

  47. Jason says

    October 20, 2008 at 10:35 am

    Some are cool and all, but I agree with an earlier commenter. Very nice for “bloggers”.

  48. Robert says

    October 20, 2008 at 10:50 am

    Some of the sites are pretty, but none seem to be for a commercial purpose. A design of a website which is intended to make money needs to be planned and built around the advertising – in particular put the adverts in hot zones near the top and left, not way over in a bar on the right hand side.

    In other words, these are art, not design – design is art for a purpose.

  49. Jeff Simpson says

    October 20, 2008 at 10:50 am

    gomedia is my favorite. cleveland represent :)

  50. Gary Horsman says

    October 20, 2008 at 10:54 am

    I don’t want to be a downer, but this trend in web design is beginning to wear a little thin. Though these are head and shoulders above other sites stuck in the early nineties, I believe we need to move on stylistically.

    These designs were kind of cool at one point, but now seem to provide visual filler where there is a lack of content. Too often certain decorative images and elements bear no relation to the actual subject matter of the site and exist just to be prettify the page.

    There seems to be a bucking of the traditional tenet of visual design and that is to clearly communicate, not obfuscate.

    Sorry, but that’s just an honest opinion.

  51. amart design says

    October 20, 2008 at 11:33 am

    always glad to see such an impressive designs , thanks for this collection!
    Keep on !

  52. Jon Phillips says

    October 20, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    Thanks for all the great comments everyone! :)
    I got more posts lined up, hope you’re gonna like them!

  53. Rogie King says

    October 20, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    Thanks so much for featuring my site. I appreciate being listed with a bunch of great designers.

  54. Jad Graphics says

    October 21, 2008 at 12:12 am

    Thank you very much for this post. These websites are very great sources of inspiration.

    Jad Limcaco
    Jad Graphics
    562.235.7287
    http://www.jadgraphics.net

  55. Darshan says

    October 21, 2008 at 1:58 am

    I liked all websites and they are really very well designed.

    but i like MonoFactor most. :)

    Thanks for this list.

  56. Dejan Cancarevic says

    October 21, 2008 at 7:39 am

    thanks for the mention!
    really nice collection

  57. lexan says

    October 22, 2008 at 12:10 pm

    i am bookmarking this page!!!

    kudos, nice blog

  58. hughe palmer says

    October 24, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    Great collection of sites here, well done!

  59. Istioselida says

    October 26, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    really nice designs!!!!

  60. Simon Pae says

    October 30, 2008 at 7:00 am

    Not bad a few I would disagree with. One of my site http://redchilli.com would of been good to mention as you are lacking some of the more simpler and stronger branded commercial site designs.

    Nice one, Simon

  61. Website Design says

    April 5, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    Another vote for for Go Media – i’m a frequent visitor to that website and its full of useful and interesting tricks and downloads. Everyone should check it out.

  62. lehigh valley web design says

    April 11, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    Good sites for inspiration. Often looking at other sites will give you what you need to move forward.

  63. Steve Morris says

    April 19, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    Great designs , I think design is 90% grabbing inspiration and regurgitating it with our own spin.

  64. Divergence says

    May 3, 2009 at 6:56 am

    Nice collection, I agree that Design Disease in really original and nicely done!

  65. Laura Godfrey says

    June 4, 2009 at 4:23 am

    Great post – Some good designs here.

    Generating inspiration from a number of sources will always help enhance your ideas. Template sites in particular showcase hundreds of websites, all of which will help contribute to your final design.

    Any designer knows what a struggle it can be to create the perfect website. Trying to grab your audience’s attention can be quite a challenge but if you do sufficient research and source who your competition is, then you should be able to create a unique website that appeals to all.

  66. Saad Shaikh says

    June 24, 2009 at 4:47 am

    Awesome designs.. ;)

  67. Andrew says

    June 26, 2009 at 11:42 am

    This is a great list of inspirational websites. I appreciate the creativity and hard work it takes to put something truly unique together.

  68. Website Design Web Designer says

    June 28, 2009 at 5:36 am

    Great collection but I would vote for Design Disease. :D

  69. GW says

    July 17, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    Great list, I especially liked “Personified”. It’s simple but stands out well.
    All of them are very unique and inspiring.

  70. Creare Web Designers says

    October 16, 2009 at 8:20 am

    I’m not sure about other Web Designers, but for myself, finding inspiration for a web design is always vital. I have spent far to many ours in photoshop staring at the screen waiting for that moment of inspiration to hit. Fantastic list of resources.

  71. website designers says

    June 14, 2011 at 4:43 pm

    Design Disease is brilliant. A couple of websites i havent seen before and will be using to draw inspiration from. Top stuff!

  72. Reynolds Web Design says

    June 21, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    Some nice clean examples of design here. I do fear that some websites are getting a generic wordpress look, although very nice, they are starting to lose their individuality but most of these are pretty unique.

  73. GIK Bespoke Web Design says

    June 24, 2011 at 9:08 am

    I do like The Loria Family design very stylish

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