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54 comments from readers

• 1 Jermayn Feb 25, 2008 at 6:27 pm

  Nice indeed!

  some of these really use the dark colours well!

  I like the websites that use graphics as a main feature
  Maurice Krijtenberg
  Taxis Aeroport
  smashLab

  to name a few

• 2 Vandelay Design Feb 25, 2008 at 6:29 pm

  Jermayn,
  Thanks for commenting. Those are some of my favorites as well.

• 3 Jermayn Feb 25, 2008 at 6:31 pm

  They are different!
  Not the same as everything else which is good!

• 4 Deron Sizemore Feb 25, 2008 at 7:38 pm

  Very nice! I think I’ll include some of these on my CSS gallery NiceStylesheet if that’s alright with you?

  -Deron

• 5 xensen Feb 25, 2008 at 9:59 pm

  I think dark themes are great for photoblogs. I don’t like them so much if there is a lot of text.

• 6 bill Feb 26, 2008 at 12:12 am

  I like the german http://www.mein-brandenburg.com too.

• 7 Azeem Feb 26, 2008 at 1:55 am

  Evan Eckard’s site is exceptional. I love the clean lines and simplicity - something I tried for my own dark portfolio site.

• 8 PinkPetrol Feb 26, 2008 at 2:16 am

  Niceeeeeeeeee!

• 9 Fubiz Feb 26, 2008 at 3:31 am

  Beautiful selection!

• 10 John Bullitt Feb 26, 2008 at 4:57 am

  One of my favorites: The splash page of the National Security Agency (http://www.nsa.gov). Deliciously creepy. Just looking at it, I feel like I’m being watched…

• 11 Stephan Miller Feb 26, 2008 at 5:13 am

  I like it. I have never used a dark design for a site. These may change my attitude.

• 12 Carlos Eduardo Appel Klein - DigitalDesk Feb 26, 2008 at 6:14 am

  Nice collection. The smashLAB is very cool!

• 13 Dave Dragon Feb 26, 2008 at 9:26 am

  My Blog also has a Dark Theme: http://davedragon.rilysi.com
  I have always preferred darker themes.

• 14 Jason Cain Feb 26, 2008 at 9:49 am

  I am working on one. Any suggestions would be great. http://synergydesigns.synergydesigns.org

• 15 anglictina Feb 26, 2008 at 9:50 am

  Nice, really beautiful dark designs

• 16 Thomas Feb 26, 2008 at 11:20 am

  I think http://www.charlottesullivan.net is pretty nice for a dark themed website.

• 17 alan Feb 26, 2008 at 12:14 pm

  wow, you missed http://www.2advanced.com/

  nice list tho

• 18 drake Feb 26, 2008 at 12:40 pm

  All good!

  I like the spaciness of http://www.jvchdworld.co.uk, really good use of black and darkness too.

• 19 drake Feb 26, 2008 at 12:41 pm

  http://www.jvchdworld.co.uk (comma got thrown in in previous post)

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• 21 Kelly Feb 26, 2008 at 2:03 pm

  Did Daniel Oliver get logo inspiration from David Airey, or the other way around? They seem very similar, at first I thought it was a redo of David Airey’s site.

• 22 gwegner.de Feb 26, 2008 at 2:20 pm

  What do you think: http://www.gwegner.de

• 23 Vandelay Design Feb 26, 2008 at 4:26 pm

  Deron,
  Thanks for the comment. You can feature anything you want in your gallery.

  Azeem,
  I agree. Evan’s site is one of my favorites here.

  Kelly,
  I really have no idea when the site was published. I know David Airey’s has been around for a while.

• 24 Adrian Feb 26, 2008 at 5:09 pm

  Thanks for the mention, much appreciated

• 25 Vandelay Design Feb 26, 2008 at 5:12 pm

  No problem Adrian. Thanks for stopping by.

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• 28 Reese Feb 27, 2008 at 2:26 am

  I wonder what you guys think of http://www.movielol.org …

• 29 Ashfield Feb 27, 2008 at 6:19 am

  What do you think of http://www.john-hodgson.com

• 30 Amanda Feb 27, 2008 at 6:48 am

  I am sad that my website was not included as it’s dark and beautiful too!! http://www.soapbxx.com

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• 32 Digital Revolutions Feb 27, 2008 at 7:55 am

  Nice list

• 33 Reynder (Webdesign) Feb 27, 2008 at 8:04 am

  Good list. Interesting to read that one of your favourites is one of the examples I really do not like (Taxis Aeroport).

• 34 Tim Kadlec Feb 27, 2008 at 11:13 am

  Thanks for the nod! You’ve got some really great designs displayed here…an honor to be mentioned with them.

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• 37 Vandelay Design Feb 27, 2008 at 3:43 pm

  Revnder,
  Actually, to be specific I like some of the other ones that were mentioned more than that one. Of the 3 that were mentioned, I prefer the other 2.

  Tim,
  You’re welcome. Thanks for stopping by.

• 38 Rose Feb 27, 2008 at 5:00 pm

  You should check out by dark (yet bright) site interhuss.com

  In any case, thanks for the cool site links. Most of them are gorgeous..a few are merely good.

• 39 David Feb 27, 2008 at 11:37 pm

  thx alot! great sites!

• 40 Juggling Jason Feb 29, 2008 at 8:08 pm

  For a minimal site that makes great use of blacks and greys check out

  http://www.nizuc.com/

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  I love the George Lazaros one. I am kinda into the urban vibe and got that feel from this site but since I am a dude, the hot mag really got my interest. When in doubt, throw a few half nude models on your site and whatch your traffic take off.

• 42 baby Mar 4, 2008 at 12:20 pm

  Great website!! Keep up the good work!!

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• 53 Phoebe Jul 8, 2008 at 1:40 pm

  http://www.MichaelGrimaldi.net - this dark website really shows up the graphite drawings - what do you guys think of dark sites for artwork?

• 54 Vandelay Design Jul 8, 2008 at 6:51 pm

  Phoebe,
  I like dark websites for art galleries/portfolios, but personally I find the navigation of that site to be un-user friendly.