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Web Design Inspiration – Go Green!

admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:06:46 +0000

The color green represents balance and well-being, it’s among the colors that are easiest on our eyes, and it’s up next in our color inspiration series. Take a look at these sites that use the color really well…

Websites with Inspired Background Designs

sheena — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:18:38 +0000

Nothing influences the overall design/feel of a web page more than the background. Unfortunately, many sites often overlook this element.

Here are a few sites we’ve come across that deserve recognition for their great use of background design.

The Hotel Bellwether:

Elitist Snob:

Kris Nyreen’s Twitter Page:

Dara’s Garden:

ndesign Studio:

Doghouse Wines:

Jobs on the Web Designer Wall:

Not Your Average Joe:

Scrapbook Your Memories:

Philippe Plaideux:

Like what you see? Here are a few resources for finding or creating your own site backgrounds:
Oustanding Website Background Guide: 60 Impressive Resources
Free Background Textures
13 Sites for Beautiful Patterns & Backgrounds

Web Design in Yellow

sheena — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:02:41 +0000

Yellow can be a tricky color to design with, but when used correctly it can lead to a creative and fresh website. Check out these sites that use the color extremely well…

Scrapbook Your Memories

Web Outsourcing Services Group

Bard Illustration

Extra Small Studio

Team Manager

Yellowstone National Park

So, if you’re feeling adventurous – go ahead and make your site yellow! Here’s a yellow color chart to get you started.

Web Design in Black & White

sheena — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:12:15 +0000

Black & White doesn’t have to be boring. Monochromatic color schemes can be used with just about any color, but some of the most striking are in black & white. By cutting out color a website relies more heavily on other design elements – such as layout or typography, etc..

So here’s your daily dose of inspiration…30 extremely well-done Black & White websites…

If you need more convincing check out this post by Youri on Designfeedr: Lose the color! 9 reasons to ditch color

Recent Additions to the Web Design Dashboard

sheena — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:47:28 +0000

We’ve added a few resources to our analytics section: Compete.com and Statsaholic.com both offer the ability to compare multiple domains’ traffic, ranking, etc. – really valuable information.

There are also a few new sites to spark inspiration! Selected Web-Design is a great gallery style site that allows users to search by design feature – pretty handy, and Moluv.com offers a gallery of favorite sites as well as success tips and a submission feature.

Last but not least we’ve added DesignDump – a really great resource for graphic designers, and Joyoge.com – a new social media/bookmarking site specifically for design-related resources.

Enjoy! And be sure to check the dashboard often – we’re still constantly adding new stuff.

Uncorked: 22 Great Winery/Vineyard Website Designs

sheena — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:42:22 +0000

After our brewery design post we thought it was only fair to showcase equally inspiring designs for the wine drinker as well! So here are 22 of the best winery/vineyard sites we’ve come across…

Turning Leaf Vineyards

Brewery Websites: Creative Design with Beer in Mind

sheena — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:56:28 +0000

21 of the most well designed brewery and micro-brewery websites we’ve come across…getting thirsty yet?

Rolling Rock

Bell’s

Bridgeport

Left Hand Brewing Co.

Red Hook

Blue Tongue Brewery

Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.

Long Trail Brewing Co.

Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.

Budweiser

French Broad Brewing Co.

De Dolle Brouwers

Recent Web Design Dashboard Updates!

sheena — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:46:15 +0000

We’ve had a great response from everyone and the suggestions are pouring in…as a result we’ve added quite a few more resources.

Under the Web Design section we’ve added a new site with over 40+ CSS Tutorials. Also check out our newest Inspiration site Fubiz.net, with eye-catching photos, designs, new products and music samples.

There is a completely new category under Site Maintenance, featuring a list of reputable E-Commerce processing companies. We’ve also added links to new usability testing software, Silverback, as well as The Broken Link Preventer, a program that stops broken links on your webpage in real time.

Just a few examples of how our list is growing. We want this to become the most comprehensive resource out there, so thanks for the suggestions and keep em’ coming!

We’ll try to post all of the valuable links we get in, so keep up to date by checking the Dashboard often!