Subscribe to Design ApexMay 7th 2008
40+ Minimalist Web Designs
To start off my short series of articles on minimalist designs, I collected over 40 minimalist web designs to showcase what minimalist design looks like for those of you who are not familiar with it, and to provide inspiration for those of you who do. So, I present:
- Ninezero - Simple and Clean. It has an effective use of simple images.
- Seo Design Studio - Communicates effectively.
- Feelwire - Neat Javascript effect.
- SimpleBits - Clean use of short entries.
- Absenter - This is minimalist design.
- Studio Gecko Interactive - Incorporates illustrations well.
- Giant Creative - Looked more minimalist before the background change.
- Super Fresh - Only what is important.
- in8 Design - Images flow with the color scheme.
- Nils Windisch - Bold contrast.
- Six Apart - Borderline minimalist design.
- Creative And Live - Simple and clean, with usability in mind.
- IconShoppe - Colors work well (made by SimpleBits - See Above).
- Poccuo - Effective use of multiple columns.
- Davroc - The new gray.
- Authentic Style - Nice use of the color brown.
- Alpha Blog Designs - Neat background effect.
- Ijs Fontein - Has a minimalist flash header too.
- Kyle Sollenberger Design - Combines white and faint blue well.
- Sascha Eggenberger - A nice stray from the usual black on white minimalist designs.
- Bellingham Graphic Design and Web Development - Similar to Giantcreative’s design before the background change.
- Ale3006 - More neat background effects.
- Playground Blues - A simple 2 column layout.
- Beseku - Almost all text.
- NZ Venues - Effective navigation.
- Parade - The background is great, however I dislike the typographical style.
- Design Observer - Nice 2 Column layout, along with effective use of negative space and color.
- Bahia Studio - Very smooth-looking design.
- Profission - Shows minimalism can have style and class.
- Commented On - Uses noise in the header graphic well.
- Nokia Evolve - Effective color scheme.
- Design Intellection - Interesting CSS tricks.
- Seymour Powell - Fancy effects, however retains a minimalist design base.
- Tokyocube - Draws the eye to the focal point well.
- Chris Garrett - Nice gradient effect on the text. Also strays from the black on white minimalist designs.
- Satellites - Highly text based.
- Project15 - Neat color scheme.
- Designing The News - Bold headers for effective hierarchy.
- Meprinsa - Starts out with a minimalist design.
- 3by9 - Vivid red and blues.
I hope this either helps you understand minimalism better, or provides for an effective resource for inspiration. Feel free to leave your responses or additions.
On May 8th, 2008 web designer Said:
Which to you prefer more from this list?
On May 8th, 2008 Omition Said:
My top four from this list would have to be Seo Design Studio, Absenter, Beseku, and Studio Gecko Interactive, as they are the four most minimalistic.
The one I prefer most would probably be Abesenter as it is true minimalism and it has a nice clean layout, however, at the cost of its navigation, which is difficult to use.
On May 8th, 2008 Alessandro Said:
Thank you
On May 8th, 2008 David Yeiser Said:
Thanks for featuring Design Intellection. This is a good list.
On May 12th, 2008 Ron Said:
I like http://leenutter.com/
On May 12th, 2008 Jeff Werner Said:
http://ffffound.com/
On May 12th, 2008 Evan Said:
Great list, surprised that it doesn’t include http://www.astheria.com or http://www.shauninman.com both stellar examples of minimalism.
On May 14th, 2008 Andrei Gonzales Said:
Thank you for featuring our team. It’s an honor to be included in such company.
On May 27th, 2008 lee johnson Said:
This site is a new version of a over complicated site that used to be there. Plain and simple. I am the same designer of http://www.seodesignstudio.com. Due to articles like this I have realized that this is is what people are looking for and enjoy looking at. Love the look of your site by the way.