10 best-designed websites in the world

This is our pick of 10 outstanding web
sites. It's personal preference, and you
don't have to agree, but we'll try to explain
why these designs are great.

1
www.apple.com

 Apple is the best example of striking the balance of
simplicity (white space, strong type) with rich imagery
sensitively-applied.
 It's also a big, varied, constantly-new site with loads of
content, which always feels easy & enjoyable to
navigate.
 For solving the numerous demands on the UI so
elegantly, this is, in my opinion, the best-designed web
site in the world today.

2
www.mozilla.com

 Clear, open, fresh, simple. When you arrive at this site, you're under
no doubt what the site does, or where to start looking for what you
want. The design is positive and happy. A winner.

3
www. iconbuffet.com

 The site sells icons, so it lets the icons rule, showing its wares from
the first page.
 The colours and typography are solid & strong, projecting a
trustworthy brand while not getting in the way of the proposition.

4
www. whywewhisper.com

 “Why We Whisper - restoring our right to say it's wrong” is a book
about freedom of speech in the USA, written by Senator Jim DeMint
and J. David Woodward.
 The page design is a great example of pixel-saving in action, with
very little complexity going into the page background (chrome),
leaving room for large, clear type. I love the flourished rules
between the quotes.
 If I have one criticism, the pgae doesn't tell you up-front what it's
about.. relying on prior knowledge or even reading, which may be a
lot to ask.
 Another very worthy simple & impacting book site is “Gangs of
America.com”, book by Ted Nace.

5
www. circografico.com.ar

 The guy's an illustrator, so his site has to:
 Show his work
• Be interesting and characterful
• It does both these things really well!
 The graphic design is designed around Alex's work, with intelligent
typography and just enough pixels used to give the site background
its tattered, rich vibe.
 I love the way his portfolio page uses gradients to suggest the work
in a print context.

6
www. enhancedlabs.com

 Another icon maker, doing bigger, richer icons, so the the site
showcases them bigger & richer.
 Bold, flattish colour creates a strong first impression and still lets the
product stand out.

7
www. protolize.org/index.php

 Tony Yoo's collection of recommended web resources is a great
example of strong graphic elements balancing to make a site that's
bold and easy to use.
 Big text, simple nav, high usability, all wrapped in strong colour and
finished off with nice graphical touches.

8
www. bearskinrug.co.uk

 Another illustrator's site (Kevin Cornell). What can I say about this
that I didn't say about Alex Dukal's site?
 It embodies the essence of Kevin's style, and - if you look - does an
excellent job of filling the space with content, needing almost no
page furniture at all.
 Count how many things on the page are both navigation and
content. Everything has had the touch of the illustrator's brush, so
the site is just saturated with his talent.

9
www. corkd.com

 Dan Cederholm's personal wine review project provides a neat,
cleanly-designed interface, featuring an intelligent colour scheme
and fantastic simple logo.
 Easy to use and fun to browse. This site strikes the balance just
right.

10
www. sumagency.com

 Oh so 2.0, but I just love it. You know what gets me every time?
Acres of balanced white space, easy-read text and cute content
graphics combining to tell a simple story. First-rate.

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