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• 1 25 Beautifully Dark Website Designs | Vandelay Website Design Jun 9, 2008 at 8:32 pm

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• 2 Matt Jun 9, 2008 at 10:05 pm

  I love these lists. They give me a fair amount of inspiration when it comes to design and layout. Keep ‘em coming.

• 3 Vandelay Design Jun 9, 2008 at 10:11 pm

  Thanks Matt,
  I’m glad they’re a source of inspiration for you.

• 4 Adam Jun 9, 2008 at 10:12 pm

  This is a great list of website designs. I myself prefer ligher designs (as you can tell by my website), but all of these sites look really good.

• 5 Vandelay Design Jun 9, 2008 at 10:23 pm

  Adam,
  I generally prefer lighter design myself, but I love dark designs that are done really well (for the right sites, it’s not a good fit for every website).

• 6 adelle Jun 9, 2008 at 10:30 pm

  these are some great choices - and the best part is - I have never seen any of them! Great job.

• 7 Vandelay Design Jun 9, 2008 at 10:31 pm

  Thanks Adelle. I tried to find some that haven’t been overexposed yet.

• 8 LaurenMarie - Creative Curio Jun 10, 2008 at 1:05 am

  Wow, I haven’t seen a lot of these before! Does it take you long to find sites for collections like this? Ooo, and I like the way Mario C. presents his screenshots! Not seen that used before either.

• 9 Sacha Jun 10, 2008 at 3:48 am

  Nice list ! The Goodbytes site (http://www.goodbytes.be/) reminds me a lot of this PSDTUTS tutorial: http://psdtuts.com/interface-tutorials/create-a-sleek-high-end-web-design-from-scratch/

  By the way, do you use a special tool for the screenshots, or do you grab all of them manually and resize them in photoshop ?

• 10 James Abney-Hastings Jun 10, 2008 at 3:52 am

  This is a great list! Good work finding underexposed ones, there are some old favorites I’ve seen a few times but most are new to me. I agree that a dark look isn’t suitable for all sites but used in the right place and done well like these ones the results can be spectacular.

• 11 Fabio Jun 10, 2008 at 4:20 am

  really nice! great list

• 12 WishMyLove Jun 10, 2008 at 4:42 am

  I would like to thanks…
  Great list I like your blog!

  Cheers,
  Szabolcs

• 13 Ricardo Jun 10, 2008 at 5:45 am

  Great list. I didn’t know some of them.

• 14 real estate Jun 10, 2008 at 8:15 am

  Those are really cool dark web site and the template is nice, I did go some of the site and got many thing.

• 15 Tuomas Jun 10, 2008 at 8:28 am

  One of the great additions would be http://www.i-marco.nl/weblog/
  by Marco van Hylckama Vlieg.

• 16 Fubiz Jun 10, 2008 at 8:56 am

  Amazing selection!

• 17 Graham Strong Jun 10, 2008 at 9:21 am

  I think what is great about dark websites is that they are so much harder to pull off. Most people prefer lighter colour schemes, I think. One good reason is that it is easier to read dark type on a white background than vice versa.

  But when a dark site is done right, the effects can be stunning as you have shown here.

  ~Graham

• 18 Bob Jun 10, 2008 at 9:47 am

  I see PSDTuts has left its mark on a few of these……
  (Goodbytes and James B)

• 19 Eric Jun 10, 2008 at 9:53 am

  I really like that first one - Infinite Imagination. All of these are pretty inspiring. In fact, time to get back to work instead of going around reading blogs!

  - Eric

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• 21 JD Jun 10, 2008 at 11:24 am

  Wonderful collection!

• 22 HighFivez.com: Your Guide Through The Blogosphere. Find Blogs and Blog Posts. Jun 10, 2008 at 11:58 am

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• 23 Roshan Shah Jun 10, 2008 at 11:59 am

  You may also add http://www.la2day.com in your list.

• 24 sir jorge Jun 10, 2008 at 12:55 pm

  those are really good, great even.

• 25 Jason Jun 10, 2008 at 2:01 pm

  I am working on one. Please give some feedback. I don’t know which direction I should take it. http://synergydesigns.synergydesigns.org Thanks, J

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• 28 BURAK ÖNAL Jun 11, 2008 at 9:11 am

  those are really good, great even.

• 29 25 diseños web obscuros | roc21 Jun 11, 2008 at 9:22 am

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• 30 Vehicle Shipping Jun 11, 2008 at 3:24 pm

  great collection of websites!

• 31 James B Jun 11, 2008 at 3:40 pm

  Wow, honoured to have made it into one of these collections, thanks very much!

  Although having looked through, 1minus1 is absolutely stunning. Can’t fault it, top marks from me to them! Nice collection of websites mate, again thanks very much

  James

• 32 Vandelay Design Jun 11, 2008 at 6:13 pm

  James,
  You’re welcome. Thanks for taking a moment to stop by and comment.

• 33 Enlaces rápidos XXVI | Infected-FX Jun 11, 2008 at 10:37 pm

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• 34 Tristan Jun 12, 2008 at 2:55 am

  This is an great looking dark webpage also: http://www.der-vigilant.de

• 35 Jimeee Jun 12, 2008 at 6:34 am

  Good list, thanks. Smashing Mag also have something similar.

  I’ll use this chance to give my own dark website a shameless plug:

  http://www.azeemalim.co.uk

  —

• 36 web design company Jun 12, 2008 at 8:37 am

  Nice website designs that are dark

• 37 links for 2008-06-12 « 個人的な雑記 Jun 12, 2008 at 6:34 pm

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• 38 Jeremy Jun 12, 2008 at 10:05 pm

  Great collection of sites, these are always inspirational to me as I tend to prefer a bit of a darker design. It is nice to see a few I haven’t run across in the CSS galleries yet.

• 39 Alojaweb Jun 13, 2008 at 12:58 am

  nice collection, thanks for the contribution.

• 40 Leigh Taylor Jun 13, 2008 at 7:00 pm

  Wow thanks for putting me up there! Didn’t expect to get so much flattery for my temp portfolio!

  @LaurenMarie
  As i am writing this, mine has only been up just over 3 weeks so either Vandelay has a good eye or special scouting powers!!!

• 41 Vandelay Design Jun 13, 2008 at 8:43 pm

  Leigh,
  You’re welcome, and thanks for taking a moment to visit and comment. I’d like to think I have special scouting powers, but I’m just human.

• 42 London Escorts Jun 14, 2008 at 5:39 am

  I am really surprised to see these dark websites. Most of the dark website’s main problem is some deep color don’t match with each other. But in these sites the did match.

• 43 facebook Jun 14, 2008 at 5:45 am

  I think the webmasters hired some fine arts specialist for color combination. They are very choosy i guess. And also they are very good designer.

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• 46 design nottingham Jun 19, 2008 at 6:49 am

  White text on black backgrounds are always going to be harder on the eyes than the opposite but these sites work really well because they use almost white text which really seems to make a difference!

• 47 Xtence Jun 19, 2008 at 5:26 pm

  very nice list, i look forward to see more of this
  these are the hardest designs to make because of the white text, but it’s allways a challenge !!!!

• 48 GoodBytes Jun 21, 2008 at 8:33 am

  Nice to see we are on the list too! I love the James B header ! All other designs are great as well.

• 49 25 Beautifully Dark Websites - Part II | Rookie Millionaire Jun 21, 2008 at 2:32 pm

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• 50 Dark Design Jun 23, 2008 at 3:41 am

  Check this one from my friend’s studio: http://www.happydesign.ru/portfolio/index.php?cat_id=1&page=5

• 51 Why are designers never 100% satisfied? | David Airey :: Graphic and Logo Designer Jun 30, 2008 at 7:04 pm

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• 52 Why are designers never 100% satisfied? | Dalton Trent's Blog Jul 8, 2008 at 9:50 am

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• 53 Ricardo Jul 21, 2008 at 9:38 am

  it is dark and beautiful
  it’s my site.
  please say me a word about it.

• 54 Two Mad Geeks » 25 Beautifully Dark Websites Jul 31, 2008 at 5:24 am

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