25+ Inspiring Designs by Land, Sea & Air

I constantly come across excellent designs that feature various elements of nature and I’ve been collecting samples for a while now. Some use photos and others use illustration. Some feature bright skies and clouds, and others feature mountains, water, or grass. Feel free to list your favorites in the comments.

Project Vino

Adit Shukla

Modern Arboricultural Services

Ambassador Cellar

Walters & Walters

ACS

Elements

Fall in Tennessee

Chipping Sodbury

Estrela Santiago

Martis Camp

Anchorage, Alaska

Rawkes

Robyn

Jocksta

Sure

Great Urban Pet Escapes

The Art Company

Dignity Design

Stylized Web

The Wheelhouse

Quinns Rocks Bed and Breakfast

Lake Crackenback

Volll

Introducing Africa

Susanne Paschke

Dizzain

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Originally Published July 14th, 2008

23 comments from readers

1 Alec Rios Jul 14, 2008 at 9:38 pm

Excellent collection. I love finding websites with natural elements like these. I’d have to say my favorite is the second one (Adit Shukla’s).
2 Manu Jul 15, 2008 at 12:38 am

Nice collection
I’m working on a sky/air based one.

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4 Glen Allsopp Jul 15, 2008 at 2:57 am

Great list Steven, I love the design of the hills in the first one
5 James Abney-Hastings Jul 15, 2008 at 4:34 am

This is such a brilliant idea for a collection, I love it! I think the last one is my favourite, but they are all great, really inspiring stuff.
6 Geoserv Jul 15, 2008 at 8:02 am

STUMBLED!

Great list, fantastic designs as well.

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8 Charles Jul 15, 2008 at 10:42 am

How about this one?
http://www.bestmortgagedeals.co.uk/

It’s animated too… looks like JavaScript rather than Flash as well.
9 liam Jul 15, 2008 at 3:33 pm

Wow, sweet collection a great idea and a very nice style.
10 Edwin Jul 17, 2008 at 9:25 am

Great collection!
11 SeanJA Jul 18, 2008 at 4:12 pm

Robyn’s look reminds me a lot of Twitter.
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13 Peter Jul 19, 2008 at 11:50 am

ACS is pretty awesome, might look into using that one myself!
14 Rob Hawkes Jul 19, 2008 at 3:49 pm

I’m the owner of Rawkes and thank you for displaying my website amongst all these other amazing designs!
15 Vandelay Design Jul 19, 2008 at 4:03 pm

Rob,
You’re welcome. Thanks for coming by to leave a comment.
16 Leicester Web Jul 21, 2008 at 7:33 am

There is just something peaceful about these natural backgrounds, something just puts you at ease, if you know what i mean? good list…
17 Thomas Jul 21, 2008 at 4:48 pm

Great Selection, I didn’t know susanne paschke’ portefolio. A great design
18 Shanna Jul 21, 2008 at 9:12 pm

Great round up Steven… Thanks! There are some amazing sites here.
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21 Podatki Aug 1, 2008 at 9:59 am

True - nice collection.
22 bestflashwebsites Aug 9, 2008 at 3:59 pm

Nice collection! I find Akuo Energy’s pretty eye grabbing too

http://www.akuoenergy.com
23 fable technologies Sep 7, 2008 at 6:18 pm

very nice designing keep it up…..they are very eye catching

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25+ Inspiring Designs by Land, Sea & Air

23 comments from readers