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.
Author: Mike Smith
Mike Smith writes a freelance blog on a regular basis and is also a blog designer at Guerrilla.
awesome post!! Kick ass . Definitely a digg for this.
I think our site is pretty dark/gloomy
http://www.assaultblog.com – it’s the resource site for my online t-shirt store!
@gautam: thanks a lot, glad you liked the post! :)
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!
check out http://www.lionofwar.com. a really cool dark website!
This site uses a 4 column grid and has a pretty nice header image.
http://www.mdxinteractive.com
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
I think my blog is pretty vivid while staying pretty dark, check it out – http://mariuszciesla.com :)
really impressive works and great inspiration.
many thanks.
Awesome find, these are outstanding dark sites. Dugged and Tweeted!
very much creative work and stunning collection you have. thanks
Great inspiring post this is! I like this quite minimal darky site: http://www.edgarleijs.nl
Mahalo for featuring Oink-Fu! I am humbled to be associated with these other fantastic sites.
Thanks for featuring texture lovers, great inspiration post
Awesome collection! Thanks so much for featuring Pop Labs!
Highly Inspiring, I’m one of a dark design fan ;)
Thanks for sharing.
This is a pretty sweet dark site…
http://www.adamfudala.com
Great roundup. Several of these were new to me. Thanks for posting!
thanks for adding my design http://www.asvalia.com.pl
plz check also http://www.pasti.pl
nice collection as well
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.
Very inspiring me… thanks a lot…
very nice dark designs…. fantastic … thanks :)
GREAT collection! Love the inspiration!
Another dark but pretty blog: http://www.justmythoughts.com
Thanks for adding thephotoargus.com. Its an honor.
Thanks for adding Best of Video Sites, I am really pleases to have been included in a list with so many other great sites!!
Wow, really cool list, really nice websites allthough the all seem to follow the same stream, but… anyway good designs!
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
Thanks so much for the shout-out! I appreciate it, cheers!
I’m usually not a big fan of dark themes but these ones definitely look good!
I’m not usually a fan of darker sites either but some of these designs are executed very nicely. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for having my website listed in your listing. It’s an honor!
great compilation
nice collection. i like Asvalia.
oh no!!!! after seeing these magical wonders I’m having the redesign tingles! noooooooooooooo
Nice post. I love dark colored websites but it’s difficult to design. ^_^
Great list. Check out our site dudes, is kind of dark/childish maybe? :)
http://www.shusho.com.ar
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
Great list! You missed this one though.
http://honormen.org
TPMS Offers a fine balance of dark and light. Not to bad for a wordpress theme
wooo! great designs. I´ll redesign my webs in these days.
thank you for the ideas
Great designs, bookmarked this page for future reference.
Great collection, love the designs.
Whoa, Nice Collection… Thanks for sharing.
Nice collection. Some good ones on here, I personally like all of them too. tnerb.com is a classic.
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Thanks,
Chris – Verycreative.eu
@Chris (VeryCreative.eu): Thanks for the heads up, I just updated your screenshot :)
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!
Very nice collection. Thanks!
nice works thanks for inspire collection..
ultimate collection! thanks
nice & creative I like it..
Very Creative Designs
Thanks For Sharing With US
This is other interesting dark website
http://www.yackum.com
One more cool dark website guys https://damagedphotorestoration.com/