25 Beautiful Minimalistic Website Designs: Part 3

Published June 22nd, 2008 in Galleries

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

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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75 Responses to “25 Beautiful Minimalistic Website Designs: Part 3”

Joaquin Brenner June 22nd, 2008

the only one i liked was six apart…

Anna Vester June 22nd, 2008

A very nice collection there Steven.

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

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.

Retouching June 23rd, 2008

How about this one? – retush.org

kiran June 23rd, 2008

Good designs.Very simple and creative.

Thanks
http://www.dotndot.com

Social Networking North June 23rd, 2008

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

nemetral June 23rd, 2008

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

Tony Nash June 23rd, 2008

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

Hudson June 23rd, 2008

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

http://www.3plumes.com

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.

Brennan June 23rd, 2008

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

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.

United Voices June 23rd, 2008

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

liam June 23rd, 2008

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

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!

Mark Aplet June 23rd, 2008

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

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

Mo June 23rd, 2008

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

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.

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

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.

Gunnar Andreassen June 24th, 2008

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

Aggie Jane June 24th, 2008

Great! I like them!

Prasanth June 24th, 2008

Hi,

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

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

Simon North June 24th, 2008

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

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.

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

Winnie Lim June 25th, 2008

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

Fubiz June 25th, 2008

Thanks for the sharing !

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!

Vandelay Design June 25th, 2008

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

Eli June 26th, 2008

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

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.

Fabio June 26th, 2008

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

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!

JSHAW July 4th, 2008

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

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!

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/

Vitec July 7th, 2008

Suprice. Thank you very much:)

Chopin Freddy 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.

sps August 17th, 2008

nice collection, thanks.

Dave Ellis September 28th, 2008

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

Juan R. October 2nd, 2008

Minimalist dark design for science site.

Includes math rendering using CSS+JS.

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.