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. 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.

Concentric Studio

DS.Emotion

Winnie Lim

RIKCAT

Kyle Sollenberger Design

David Sutoyo

Vitor Lourenco

Pixish

Poccuo

International Orange

Brad Young Photography

Jeff Croft

The DECK

Hot Meteor

Six Apart

Nathan Carnes

dConstruct 2008

Opdyne Design

Matt Bango

Vesess

Artworking

Design Intellection

Vitec

Pixelhaven

Jamie Gregory

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Originally Published June 22nd, 2008

59 comments from readers

1 25 Beautiful Minimalistic Website Designs: Part 3 Jun 22, 2008 at 10:31 pm

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2 Joaquin Brenner Jun 22, 2008 at 11:06 pm

the only one i liked was six apart…
3 Anna Vester Jun 22, 2008 at 11:17 pm

A very nice collection there Steven.
4 Eric D Jun 23, 2008 at 12:46 am

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 Jun 23, 2008 at 2:13 am

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 Jun 23, 2008 at 3:39 am

How about this one? - retush.org
7 kiran Jun 23, 2008 at 4:55 am

Good designs.Very simple and creative.

Thanks
http://www.dotndot.com
8 Social Networking North Jun 23, 2008 at 6:04 am

Confident designs with the emphasis on content and striking typography - nice collection, thanks.
9 nemetral Jun 23, 2008 at 7:35 am

How about my portfolio? Looking for some feedback on it
http://nemetral.com
10 Tony Nash Jun 23, 2008 at 7:40 am

I really think http://www.nofussreviews.com should be on this list.
11 Hudson Jun 23, 2008 at 8:29 am

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

http://www.3plumes.com
12 Icithis Jun 23, 2008 at 8:33 am

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.
13 FuzzLinks.com » 25 Beautiful Minimalistic Website Designs: Part 3 | Vandelay Website Design Jun 23, 2008 at 8:33 am

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14 Brennan Jun 23, 2008 at 9:03 am

Mine can be considered minimalist, check it out. http://www.brennanbarney.com
15 StBlarth Jun 23, 2008 at 9:26 am

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 Jun 23, 2008 at 9:37 am

I’m quite impressed with Poccuo & International Orange. Other designs are also equally impressive
17 liam Jun 23, 2008 at 10:32 am

Nice one, best collection of sites I’ve seen in a while.
18 Soroush Jun 23, 2008 at 12:52 pm

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 Jun 23, 2008 at 12:59 pm

Great collection. I love minimal designs so this was right up my alley
20 pearl Jun 23, 2008 at 2:07 pm

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 Jun 23, 2008 at 3:44 pm

Let’s see - excellent, wow, inspiring, a knock out. Thanks.
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26 Vandelay Design Jun 23, 2008 at 7:17 pm

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.
27 links for 2008-06-24 | Funny Web Pages Jun 23, 2008 at 8:36 pm

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28 Vitor Lourenco Jun 23, 2008 at 11:29 pm

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 Jun 24, 2008 at 7:01 am

Vitor,
Wow, that’s cool! I’m glad it’s helping your business. Thanks for stopping by to leave a comment.
30 Gunnar Andreassen Jun 24, 2008 at 7:11 am

Those designs picked shows me you really know what to look for. Great finds.
31 Aggie Jane Jun 24, 2008 at 12:00 pm

Great! I like them!
32 Prasanth Jun 24, 2008 at 1:15 pm

Hi,

Thanks for adding Opdyne to the list! We are pleased.
33 Clayton Jun 24, 2008 at 1:36 pm

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 Jun 24, 2008 at 6:00 pm

Nice list, i’ll add it to my best of the web list. Thanks
35 links for 2008-06-24 « toonz Jun 24, 2008 at 7:31 pm

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36 Glen LaFortune Jun 24, 2008 at 11:43 pm

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 Jun 25, 2008 at 3:35 am

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 Jun 25, 2008 at 3:40 am

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 Jun 25, 2008 at 2:23 pm

Thanks for the sharing !
41 brad Jun 25, 2008 at 6:49 pm

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 Jun 25, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Prasanth, Clayton, Glen, and Winnie,
You’re welcome, and thank you for stopping by and commenting.
43 B豚の備忘録 - シンプルだけど美しいサイトデザイン25選　その３ Jun 26, 2008 at 12:12 am

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44 Eli Jun 26, 2008 at 12:22 am

Stunning collection. I have to check out all of the full sizes and look them properly now
45 Kat Rice Jun 26, 2008 at 3:24 am

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 Jun 26, 2008 at 4:35 am

Really nice!
I did also my portfolio in a minimal way… http://www.fabiodemarchi.com
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50 David Yeiser Jun 28, 2008 at 1:52 pm

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 Jul 4, 2008 at 1:13 pm

i’ve been looking for some inspiration like this, its great, thanks so much!
53 Josh Harbaugh Jul 5, 2008 at 3:43 am

Thanks for the mention of Pixelhaven. It’s an honor to be included in such an inspiring list of websites!
54 Justin Jul 5, 2008 at 1:43 pm

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 Jul 7, 2008 at 10:03 am

Suprice. Thank you very much:)
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58 Chopin Freddy Aug 10, 2008 at 10:13 am

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 Aug 17, 2008 at 1:30 pm

nice collection, thanks.

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