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25 Beautiful Minimalistic Website Designs: Part 3

Two of the more popular posts from the archives are the inspirational galleries of minimalistic designs part 1 and part 2 (Update - Part 4 has also now been published). Over the past few months I’ve continued to come across excellent designs that show that a beautiful design doesn’t have to be busy. Here is another collection of 25 inspirational designs.

For more inspirational design galleries, see:

If you appreciate websites with a minimalist design style, you’ll love our new gallery site Minimal Exhibit.

Concentric Studio

Concentric Studios

DS.Emotion

DS.Emotion

Winnie Lim

Winnie Lim

RIKCAT

RIKCAT

Kyle Sollenberger Design

Kyle Sollenberger

David Sutoyo

David Sutoyo

Vitor Lourenco

Vitor

Pixish

Pixish

Poccuo

Poccuo

International Orange

International Orange

Brad Young Photography

Brad Young Photography

Jeff Croft

Jeff Croft

The DECK

The DECK

Hot Meteor

Hot Meteor

Six Apart

Six Apart

Nathan Carnes

Nathan Carnes

dConstruct 2008

dConstruct 2008

Opdyne Design

Opdyne

Matt Bango

Matt Bango

Vesess

Vesess

Artworking

Artworking

Design Intellection

Design Intellection

Vitec

Vitec

Pixelhaven

Pixelhaven

Jamie Gregory

Jamie Gregory

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Originally Published June 22nd, 2008

70 Responses

  1. 25 Beautiful Minimalistic Website Designs: Part 3
    June 22nd, 2008

    [...] Original post by Vandelay Design [...]

  2. Joaquin Brenner
    June 22nd, 2008

    the only one i liked was six apart…

  3. Anna Vester
    June 22nd, 2008

    A very nice collection there Steven.

  4. Eric D
    June 23rd, 2008

    Is it my imagination or does there seem to be a trend toward huge font sizes on newer websites. I think some old school “print graphic design” elements are creeping back into website design. Back in the 1977 when I attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh to study Visual Communications, big type was all the rage, especially in poster/event design………..

    Does anyone else see this as a trend??

    Eric

  5. Dude
    June 23rd, 2008

    80% of these look no different than some of the templates being used by several top blog site providers… I mean, they’re clean and all, but they just seem ubiquitous.

  6. Retouching
    June 23rd, 2008

    How about this one? - retush.org

  7. kiran
    June 23rd, 2008

    Good designs.Very simple and creative.

    Thanks
    http://www.dotndot.com

  8. Social Networking North
    June 23rd, 2008

    Confident designs with the emphasis on content and striking typography - nice collection, thanks.

  9. nemetral
    June 23rd, 2008

    How about my portfolio? Looking for some feedback on it :)
    http://nemetral.com

  10. Tony Nash
    June 23rd, 2008

    I really think http://www.nofussreviews.com should be on this list.

  11. Hudson
    June 23rd, 2008

    One I saw a while back that should be on the list:

    http://www.3plumes.com

  12. Icithis
    June 23rd, 2008

    Eric D, and others:

    I see the trend. The ‘minimalist’ is geared towards the minimal color palette, as well as the minimal font differences and minimal ads. These sites could have been much more minimized with their lack of content.

    Nothing new to see with these sites, unless clones of the Web 2.0 standard is suddenly new.

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  14. Brennan
    June 23rd, 2008

    Mine can be considered minimalist, check it out. http://www.brennanbarney.com

  15. StBlarth
    June 23rd, 2008

    Yes this is not that interesting or new, and as stated by a previous commenter these are just luke-warm copies of better designs that have gone before them.

    And the people at Vandelay seem to like spamming their site all over the usual design blogs I see with useless articles like this.

  16. United Voices
    June 23rd, 2008

    I’m quite impressed with Poccuo & International Orange. Other designs are also equally impressive

  17. liam
    June 23rd, 2008

    Nice one, best collection of sites I’ve seen in a while.

  18. Soroush
    June 23rd, 2008

    Another great collection for inspiration!

    I don’t know what it is about minimalistic designs that attracts me… but I guess less *is* really more sometimes!

  19. Mark Aplet
    June 23rd, 2008

    Great collection. I love minimal designs so this was right up my alley :)

  20. pearl
    June 23rd, 2008

    Wow, first off, I love this new design of your site Steven.. Hadn’t been here for some time but it sure is a treat to come back to such a nice post and the design… I’ll be getting my blog re-designed in a week or two so these will definitely come in handy :)

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  22. Mo
    June 23rd, 2008

    Let’s see - excellent, wow, inspiring, a knock out. Thanks.

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  26. Vandelay Design
    June 23rd, 2008

    Eric D,
    Yes, I’ve noticed the trend to large fonts as well. I like it in the right situation. I think it’s great for emphasizing a simple message and making it stick. It’s not the best for every website though.

    Nemetral,
    I like it. It’s a nice, clean look.

    StBlarth,
    That’s fine that you don’t like this style of design, it’s a matter of personal preference. I’m not sure how I’m spamming anyone with this post. If you have an explanation, please leave it. And as far as the post being useless, it may not be helpful for you, but over 400 people have bookmarked it today, so it must not be useless to everyone.

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  28. Vitor Lourenco
    June 23rd, 2008

    Hi Vandelay,

    Thanks for choosing my site to fit in such a nice selection : ) I’m getting a huge traffic and a lot of work requests today.

    Keep up the good work!

    Cheers,
    Vitor Lourenco

  29. Vandelay Design
    June 24th, 2008

    Vitor,
    Wow, that’s cool! I’m glad it’s helping your business. Thanks for stopping by to leave a comment.

  30. Gunnar Andreassen
    June 24th, 2008

    Those designs picked shows me you really know what to look for. Great finds.

  31. Aggie Jane
    June 24th, 2008

    Great! I like them!

  32. Prasanth
    June 24th, 2008

    Hi,

    Thanks for adding Opdyne to the list! We are pleased. :)

  33. Clayton
    June 24th, 2008

    Hey There,

    I really appreciate you choosing my companies work to be listed on your site. I really love minimalistic design. It just gives such a clearer and more focused approach to what really matters… CONTENT!!! Anyway thanks again and I’ll definitely be back to check out your blog!

    Thanks,
    Clayton

  34. Simon North
    June 24th, 2008

    Nice list, i’ll add it to my best of the web list. Thanks

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  36. Glen LaFortune
    June 24th, 2008

    Wanted to drop a line and say THANKS. We appreciate the acknowledgement. It’s a temp site so keep a look out for our new site.

  37. Felicity Evans
    June 25th, 2008

    Really beautiful and simple sites. An encouragement to think long and hard before filling all that beautiful white space. Less is more

  38. Winnie Lim
    June 25th, 2008

    Hi, really appreciate the feature, been a long-time rss subscriber to your blog. :) Great motivation for me, thanks!

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  40. Fubiz
    June 25th, 2008

    Thanks for the sharing !

  41. brad
    June 25th, 2008

    Thanks for this great list!

    Would like to think that my new website is pretty minimal as well:
    my Passion Project
    Its a place for people to easily share what they love to do!

  42. Vandelay Design
    June 25th, 2008

    Prasanth, Clayton, Glen, and Winnie,
    You’re welcome, and thank you for stopping by and commenting.

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  44. Eli
    June 26th, 2008

    Stunning collection. I have to check out all of the full sizes and look them properly now :)

  45. Kat Rice
    June 26th, 2008

    These are lovely. I’m a fan of simplistic professional design. I own a web design company and we do quite a bit of that. I’ve never tried the big text though, it looks great.

    My site is here if anyone is interested:
    http://www.veribatim.com/

    BTW, been poking around this site. Looks great and good info too, you can bet I’ll be back.

  46. Fabio
    June 26th, 2008

    Really nice!
    I did also my portfolio in a minimal way… http://www.fabiodemarchi.com

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  50. David Yeiser
    June 28th, 2008

    Thanks for featuring Design Intellection! I’ve been away on vacation for the past week so this was a nice surprise to see on return.

    By the way, I like the use of Georgia for the comment form. Very nice!

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  52. JSHAW
    July 4th, 2008

    i’ve been looking for some inspiration like this, its great, thanks so much!

  53. Josh Harbaugh
    July 5th, 2008

    Thanks for the mention of Pixelhaven. It’s an honor to be included in such an inspiring list of websites!

  54. Justin
    July 5th, 2008

    I’m really into simplicity in web design and I think this site does a good job of doing that: http://www.idesignbrand.com/

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  56. Vitec
    July 7th, 2008

    Suprice. Thank you very much:)

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    August 10th, 2008

    I’ve been looking for inspiration for a piano-themed WordPress theme. Minimalism is key. Bit o black. Bit o white. A bit o fluff. These will come in handy.

  59. sps
    August 17th, 2008

    nice collection, thanks.

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  63. Dave Ellis
    September 28th, 2008

    Thanks for including the DS.Emotion site I designed last year!

  64. Juan R.
    October 2nd, 2008

    Minimalist dark design for science site.

    Includes math rendering using CSS+JS.

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  69. Robert L.
    April 30th, 2009

    I’m a CPA but with emerging right-brain tendencies. Dont’ know enough to be a critic. I only know what works for me and the folks with the new agency where I’m a partner. I love the sites shown here. Too many sites today with useless, distracting clutter. I like this high-impact, billboard approach. Compelling, quick-to-understand and actionable.

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