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41 Websites with Great Design (Examples)

Kristina Tuvikene

Staff Writer

Web design is one of the main factors that determines whether a user will stay on your website. In fact, 94% of first imp

ressions are related to your website’s design.

A good website design should be simple, functional, and consistent with your company’s branding. More specifically, the best-designed websites use a grid-based layout (you should adapt your layout to the type of content you share) to keep content aligned, optimize load time , are mobile-friendly, and use compelling copy.

Since many elements of web design will vary depending on your industry and the type of content you share, we created a collection of the best-designed websites in the world, so you can find inspiration for your website design .

1. Avoriaz 1800 – Visite Virtuelle

Avoriaz 1800 is a ski resort in Morzine, France, that offers breathtaking views.

On the website, users can choose between a winter tour and a summer tour to explore the village’s apartments and ski areas through a 360-degree panoramic virtual tour . What makes this website one of the best-designed websites in the world is the 360-degree views it offers, which allow users to feel like they’re part of the experience.

Consider investing to create something similar if you’re in the travel and hospitality industry . Offering a virtual tour that allows users to experience a destination before booking can cause reservations to increase between 16% and 67% . 

• Website Type : Hospitality 
• Design Characteristics : Animation, 360-degree, Storytelling, Photo and Video
• Technologies Used : CSS3, HTML5, Apache
• Colors Used : Blue

2. Playbook

Playbook is a cloud storage platform for designers. When looking at this website you’ll see that what captures the user’s attention is how clean the design is. Not only does this follow an important aspect of web design, but it also matches the company’s product: a way to manage files and folders in a visually organized way.

For a technology company targeting designers, having a clean design will show users what you’re capable of and why they should trust your product or service. The website also incorporates elements of interactivity, which creates a more personalized and engaging experience for the users.

• Website Type : Startup, Technology
• Design Characteristics : Clean, Photography, Gallery, UI design 
• Technologies Used : Ruby, GraphQL, React
• Colors Used : Red

3. Animus Studios

Animus Studios is a video agency committed to making the work with their clients fun and organized. They do so by creating original video content that is focused on storytelling. 

What makes this website stand out is the colorful animation it offers. Not only is animation a great way to stand out from other websites, but here, it’s also a way to indirectly show the company’s capabilities in terms of video making.

• Website Type : Business, Agency
• Design Characteristics : Animation, Colorful, Video
• Technologies Used : Craft CMS
• Colors Used : Blue, Red, Yellow

4. PUBLIC DOMAIN

PUBLIC DOMAIN is an innovative, interactive, and experimental website founded by Virgil Abloh to show his collections (in particular, Off-White x Nike Collaborations) and to tease upcoming product launches. More than a catalog, his website is designed to look like Virgil’s own desktop.

What makes this website different from any other web design we’ve seen is the unusual content structure — the way the information is presented and organized on a site, and in particular the hierarchy of different pages. PUBLIC DOMAIN doesn’t have different pages and the content is organized in a very interactive way.

• Website Type : Fashion
• Design Characteristics : Big Background Images, Gallery, Horizontal Menu, Content Architecture
• Technologies Used : JavaScript, HTML5
• Colors Used : Black, Silver, White

5. Globalance World

Globalance World is an interactive investment platform that enables users to make investment decisions based on economic, societal, and environmental factors like climate, footprint, megatrends, and returns. This site offers one of the most simple and best designed interactive experiences on the web; it also has a very responsive design, meaning content and design are adapted to work well for all devices. In addition to interactivity, this website uses the right color scheme (in particular, the color yellow) to convey a fun aspect. 

For example, users can choose a real portfolio or market index and visualize various types of data through different views (like globe, city, or map), or they can opt to compare two market indices (like S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100). The goal of these interactive elements is to provide investors with a fun way of making good long-term decisions. 

In a competitive industry like business or finance, having interactive experiences on your website allows you to stand out from the crowd and keep your users engaged.

• Website Type : Business, Finance
• Design Characteristics : Interactive, Responsive, Data Visualization, 3D
• Technologies Used : next.js, CSS3 , Three.js, React, D3, GraphQL
• Colors Used : Black, Grey, Yellow

UXPERT is a digital agency that focuses on designing beautiful user experiences. Given the type of service this agency offers, it’s not a surprise that this website boasts an innovative user interface , with an unparalleled user experience.

The user interface is fairly simple: on the homepage, users can play a short showreel to learn about the brand. They can then scroll down to learn more about the services, works, and awards. Did you know that 71% of B2B marketers use video marketing? Using a short showreel can help you improve your user experience, especially if you’re targeting busy users.

• Type : Business, Agency
• Design Characteristics : Animation, Clean, Graphic design, Innovative UI 
• Technologies Used : WordPress, CSS3, HTML5
• Colors Used : Black, White, Yellow

MAD is a creative digital design agency. This website takes a creative approach to interactivity to create an unusual design that helps capture the users’ attention. Users can play with the MAD logo, move objects around, and more. As a result, they stay longer on the site, see it as a leading-edge company they can trust for creative work, and are more likely to connect with it for business.

By using these unexpected interactive effects, MAD manages to juice up the user experience and create interest and curiosity. 

• Website Type : Business, Agency 
• Design Characteristics , Experimental, Unusual Design, Transitions, Filters and Effects, Innovative UI Design, Microinteractions
• Technologies Used : CSS3, HTML5, WebGL, Nginx, React
• Colors Used : Black, Orange, White

Glob is an eCommerce site selling reusable bags for a plastic-free lifestyle.

This website makes creative use of filters and effects to grab the users’ attention by making the design more entertaining. In particular, users can use their mouse to interact with designs through a liquify effect while scrolling through the website. This makes the shopping experience on Glob more appealing compared to a traditional web design. 

• Website Type : eCommerce, Fashion
• Design Characteristics : Interactive, Big Background Images, Animation, Filters and Effects
• Technologies Used : WebGL
• Colors Used : Black, Orange

9. Gucci Beauty Foundation

The Gucci Beauty Foundation is a subdomain of Gucci’s website dedicated to their popular foundation product. The page offers a quiz game, interactive shades palettes, and short video tutorials to discover its uses in an entertaining way.

Just like Gucci, you can consider dedicating a subdomain or subfolder of your website to present a specific product in an interactive way , to create a buzz in your industry, and keep your audience engaged.

• Website Type : Promotional, Fashion
• Design Characteristics : Clean, Colorful, Single Page, Gestures, Interactive
• Technologies Used : CSS3, HTML5, React, Anime.js
• Colors Used : Green, Pink, Yellow

10. Mario Russo Archive

If you’re looking for web design inspiration for your art portfolio, artist Mario Russo’s Archive presents a simple and innovative way of showing your work.

This website has a responsive design and makes use of simple and beautiful typography to tell a story. Typography (which includes font style, appearance, and structure) is one of the most important factors that impact user experience. One study found that 46% of consumers base their decisions about a website’s credibility on its visual appeal and aesthetics (which are, for about 90% of users, based on typography alone).

• Website Type : Portfolio, Art
• Design Characteristics : Responsive Design, Appealing Typography, Storytelling
• Technologies Used : CSS3, HTML5, jQuery , Typekit
• Colors Used : Black, Silver

11. Yusuke Fukunaga

Yusuke Fukunaga’s portfolio is worth looking at if you’re looking for web design inspiration for a dynamic content portfolio , such as a developer portfolio. 

Using parallax effect — where the position of an object appears different when viewed from different angles — and infinite scroll technology , this freelancer front-end developer based in Tokyo shows his portfolio of websites.

While the website design is simple (one main page, with about and contact sections) this is, at the same time, one of the most innovative website designs on this list.

• Website Type : Portfolio, Developer
• Design Characteristics : Infinite Scroll, Parallax, Scrolling, Filters and Effects
• Technologies Used : WebGL, GSAP Animation, Three.js
• Colors Used : Black

12. IdeaRocket

IdeaRocket is an animation studio based in New York City. What makes their website one of the best designed websites is the exceptional user experience and the way examples of work are presented. 

In the “works” section, users can choose a category (like 2D animation, 3D animation, etc.) and click on a project to open a high-quality video. If you want to add videos to your website, you should take a look at the way IdeaRocket does this.

• Design Characteristics : Animation, Video, Scrolling, Illustration, Storytelling
• Technologies Used : WordPress, CSS3, HTML5. GSAP Animation
• Colors Used : Black, Blue, Orange

13. Low Five Brewing

With a simple (yet interesting and innovative) design, Low Five Brewing is one of our favorite single-page websites. This type of website features all content on one page, without using a menu. This makes navigation easy, improves website load time, and makes the website more responsive.  

Users can learn about this Amsterdam-based brewery just by scrolling through the web page. At the bottom, users can find a link to the webshop, which brings them to another site — also extremely simple and minimalistic — where they can purchase beer.

If you’re in the eCommerce space (especially if you only sell a few items), we suggest you get inspiration from this website design, since single pages can increase conversions by 37.5% . 

• Website Type : eCommerce, Food & Beverage
• Design Characteristics : Single page, Unusual Navigation, Responsive
• Technologies Used : Vue.js, Nuxt.js

14. Swissdent

Premium dental products brand Swissdent created a website that uses outstanding photography to tell a story. The minimalistic and impressively clean web design gives users an outstanding shopping experience. Focusing on a few items and on a minimalistic design is important for eCommerce sites, where avoiding too many options and limiting distractions often result in more sales.

• Website Type : eCommerce
• Design Characteristics : Photography, Animation, Clean, Minimalistic, Parallax, Transitions
• Technologies Used : WordPress, CSS3, HTML5, GSAP Animation, PHP
• Colors Used : Black, Red, White

15. Goodfight

Goodfight is a creative fashion label based in Los Angeles. With infinite scrolling technology on a horizontal menu and layout , this website manages to create an engaging experience for users who want to learn more about the brand. Considering 72.9% of all eCommerce sales will happen on mobile devices, adding a simple layout, such as infinite scrolling, can contribute to your website’s conversion rate.

• Design Characteristics : Horizontal Menu, Horizontal Layout, Responsive Design, Transitions, Filters and Effects

16. Hanwag – 100 Years

Hanwag is a German footwear company. When it comes to using web design for storytelling , the Hanwag – 100 Years subdomain was our top choice. 

It consists of a single page, detailing the history of the Hanwag brand from the very first shoemaker’s shop in 1921 to the 500,000 pairs of shoes expected to be manufactured in 2022. Storytelling allows you to humanize your brand and increases the chance of potential customers remembering your company. 

• Design Characteristics : Experimental, Retro, Scrolling, Illustration
• Colors Used : Red, White, Blue

17. Fabulatorij

If you’re a fan of vector graphics — which use geometric shapes to create images — we suggest you scroll through this event agency’s website to find some ideas for your site design. 

With hard lines and a fresh style, Fabulatorij managed to create a modern and edgy-looking website that focuses on the company’s services and work samples (that are presented through videos).

• Website Type : Business, Events
• Design Characteristics : Animation, Colorful, Vector, Illustration, Responsive, Filters and Effects
• Technologies Used : GSAP Animation, VideoJS, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Netlify

18. BURGER & SAUCE

The BURGER & SAUCE website uses stunning big background images to share its handmade burgers, offering an impressive and memorable experience for users

Did you know that 82% of people buy meals just because of how they look in a picture? If you’re looking for web design ideas for a restaurant, you can’t miss out on seeing how BURGER & SAUCE lets high-quality photos tell a story that generates user interest.

• Website Type : Business, Restaurant
• Design Characteristics : Big Background Images, Vector, Responsive
• Technologies Used : WordPress, SVG, Cloudflare

19. Westbound Mag – Stories And Places

The Westbound Mag is our top pick when it comes to web design for a blog or magazine. When creating this site, the developer created a minimalist style that captures the readers’ attention. 

This online magazine is characterized by a coconut white background color and high-quality images to create an enjoyable reading experience. When you’re designing an online magazine, it’s important you make the reader experience as enjoyable as possible by selecting the right font, colors, and visual assets.

• Website Type : Blog
• Design Characteristics : Photography, Clean, Minimal, Typography, Responsive, Storytelling
• Technologies Used : WordPress, Bootstrap, WooCommerce
• Colors Used : Red, Black, White, Silver

20. April Group

Real estate investment company April Group created one of the best designed websites in the real estate industry.

The web design is extremely professional and makes remarkable use of photos and videos to show the properties in a simple and organized way. Considering that homes with high-quality and professional photos sell 32% faster and sell at or above list price 44% of the time, make photography the focus of your website design if you’re in the real estate industry. 

• Website Type : Business (Real Estate)
• Design Characteristics : Big Background Images, Clean, Minimalistic, Vertical Menu

21. USAF ECHO

The U.S. Air Force created a cinematic website called USAF ECHO where users face challenges in order to test skills like focus, composure, and reaction.

The Enhanced Cognitive Human Ops website uses a WebGL (Web Graphics Library) API to create an engaging and interactive user experience through the use of high-performance 3D graphics . To engage your website’s visitors, consider using 3D graphics — you don’t need to have a game to offer as you can use this to show your products or services, or to tell a story about your brand.

• Website Type : Games & Entertainment
• Design Characteristics : Clean, Transitions, 3D, Filters and Effects, Microinteractions
• Colors Used : Black, Blue, Silver

22. Wax Poetics

Through the use of animation and interactive elements, the Wax Poetics music journal community created a highly engaging online magazine for music enthusiasts.

If you have a blog, online magazine, or any type of website with a lot of posts, we suggest you explore this website to find inspiration from the innovative way articles are presented to keep users engaged.

• Website Type : Magazine, Music
• Design Characteristics : Animation, Colorful, Interactive Design, Microinteractions
• Colors Used : Black, Green, Red

23. The Atlas of Moons

The Atlas of Moons website by National Geographic was the Webby Awards 2020 winner for best use of animation or motion graphics — which goes to websites that integrate animation to enhance the user experience.

On this award-winning website, users can virtually fly through the moons and learn everything about them in an unparalleled interactive setting.

• Website Type : Learning
• Design Characteristics : 3D, Interactive, Animation, Scrolling Navigation
• Technologies Used : WebGL, JavaScript, GSAP, React, three.js, Python

24. The Body Issue – Every Body Has a Story

The “ Every Body Has a Story” website by ESPN won the Webby Awards 2020 best visual design functionality award, which goes to sites that rely on visual design elements to create a seamless user experience.

This website shows the world’s best athletes using an interactive interface and stunning photography. Considering that while only 10% of people remember what they hear, 80% of people remember what they see and do. As a result, focusing on high-quality images is the best way to tell a story on your website. 

• Website Type : Media, Sports
• Design Characteristics : Interactive, Photography, Transitions, Filters and Effects
• Technologies Used : GSAP (Greensock), Hammer.JS

25. Ending FGM – A Piece of Me

The UNFPA created the “ Ending FGM – A piece of me” website , winner of the 2020 Webby Awards for the best use of video or moving image .

Through the use of animation and astonishing photos and videos, this website tells an impactful story focused on the mission to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted.

• Website Type : Health Agency
• Design Characteristics : Responsive Design, Video, Moving Images
• Colors Used : Yellow, Orange, Pink

26. LeBron James’ Los Angeles

Created by sports powerhouse ESPN, the “Welcome to Bron Bron Land” website was awarded by Webby Awards the title of the best user interface in 2020.

The interactive website is an educational journey of how LeBron’s roots set the foundation for his growing empire. Creating a great user interface will facilitate the interactions between you and your website’s visitors and, ultimately, increase conversions. For example, a study performed by Forrester Research found that a good interface can improve conversion rates by up to 200% . 

• Design Characteristics : Interactive, Transitions, Filters and Effects, Innovative UI
• Colors Used : Purple, Gold, White, Black

The Lusion website by creative studio Lusion Ltd is the Webby Awards 2020 winner of the best aesthetic visual design , awarded to sites that are aesthetically emotional and beautiful. The site features stunning graphics and effects that attract users’ attention. Consider using similar animations to make your website stand out. 

• Design Characteristics : Interactive, Animation, 3D
• Technologies Used : WebGL, Three.js 
• Colors Used : Black, White

28. 2019: The Year In Pictures

Summarizing the news, entertainment, and sports that characterized 2019 through photos, the “2019: The Year In Pictures” website by CNN won the 2020 Webby Award for the best use of photography , granted to websites that rely on photographic imagery to enhance user experience. If you have an information website, photography is one of the elements you should focus on to increase exposure. 

• Website Type : Information (News, Entertainment, Sports)
• Design Characteristics : Photography, Big Background Images, Single-page
• Colors Used : Black, Blue, Green, Red

29. Human Interaction Company

The Human Interaction Company is dedicated to making interactions between humans and computers more joyful.

This company’s website is the Webby Awards 2020 winner for the best practices award — which is given to websites with the most innovative and advanced website designs . In particular, the best practices refer to content, structure, navigation, visual design, interactivity, functionality, and overall experience. Use this website as a model for technical design inspiration, especially if you’re in the business space.

• Design Characteristics : Interactive, Content architecture, Copy design, Photo & Video, UI design
• Technologies Used : CSS Framework, React
• Colors Used : Red, Yellow

30. Drone VR

The Drone VR website by Very Big Things is the Webby Awards 2020 winner for technical achievement . It managed to set new industry standards in user experience through innovative web technology . With this website, Very Big Things achieved its goal of making the pilot certification process more enjoyable. 

Using 3D video graphics is an uncommon way to stand out and come through as a creative website. If you’re a software company, adding 3D video graphics to your website will make you appear up-to-date and original.

• Website Type : Business, Software 
• Design Characteristics : 3D, Interactive
• Technologies Used : WebGL, Three.js, React
• Colors Used : Green, Red, Yellow

31. Codex Atlanticus

Codex Atlanticus by The Visual Agency (in collaboration with the Biblioteca Ambrosiana) is the Webby Awards 2020 winner of the best data visualization award. On this website, users can explore a collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s writings and drawings. The Codex Atlanticus is the leading website when it comes to illustrating complex datasets in an innovative, visually appealing, and easily comprehensible way.

• Website Type : Data
• Design Characteristics : Illustration, Interactive, Data Visualization, Storytelling, Content Architecture
• Technologies Used : Vue.js
• Colors Used : Black, Green

32. Spotify: Your 2019 Wrapped

Your 2019 Wrapped by Spotify won three Webby Awards in 2020: best data visualization, best user experience, and best website in the music industry .

To create this website, Spotify used complex datasets and turned them into visually appealing representations that are easy to understand and navigate through. If you have data that your users would benefit from seeing, you can use a similar, interactive data visualization web design.

• Website Type : Music 
• Design Characteristics : Interactive, Animation, Transitions, Data Visualization, Responsive
• Colors Used : Black, Green, Pink

33. Climate Science, Risk & Solutions

The Climate Science, Risk & Solutions website by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won the best individual editorial feature 2020 Webby Award for websites that use innovative interaction design and multimedia storytelling components. The goal of this website is to make climate information accessible to everyone. For better storytelling, you can use an interactive design similar to this one by MIT.

• Website Type : Organization
• Design Characteristics : Interactive Design, Storytelling
• Technologies Used : Elasticsearch, Vue.js

34. Pattern Radio: Whale Songs

Developed by Google Creative Lab — in collaboration with research oceanographer Ann Allen at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) — the Pattern Radio website won the 2020 best navigation/structure Webby Award for websites that offer innovative content architecture to enhance the user experience.

The website uses Artificial Intelligence and allows users to easily explore thousands of hours of hunchback whale songs — to make anyone part of this interesting phenomenon.

• Website Type : Government, AI
• Design Characteristics : Navigation, Site Structure, Heat Maps
• Technologies Used : WebGL, Pixi.js, ResNet-50

35. Buero112

Digital design and branding agency Buero112 created a website that is characterized by extraordinary storytelling through the use of video and image animation. This is extremely powerful, given that users retain 95% of a message when they watch it in a video compared to 10% when reading it.

When landing on this website, a video immediately plays, showing the company’s work through eye-catching moving images. This way, users don’t have to click, scroll, or take any other action. No matter what industry you’re in, you can take advantage of similar features to help users easily consume information on your site . 

• Design Characteristics : Video, Moving Images, Animation, Responsive, Single-page
• Technologies Used : jQuery
• Colors Used : White

36. NexBank

Top-performing U.S. Bank NexBank’s website features Institutional, Commercial, and Mortgage Banking services. This website offers an engaging experience thanks to 3D path transitions and the use of animation. Adding 3D graphics to a business-related industry will make your website more entertaining and visually appealing.

• Website Type : Business, Banking
• Design Characteristics : Animation, Clean, Parallax, 3D Path Transitions, Overlay Menu, 
• Technologies Used : CSS3, HTML5, jQuery, SVG

37. Cantamañanas International Urban Art Festival

Cantamañanas is an international urban art festival. On the website, users can learn about upcoming events in an interactive, 360-degree view. This website takes a bold approach to present information for an event. A user can use their mouse to explore the location, upcoming events, artists, and more.

• Website Type : Event
• Design Characteristics : Experimental, 360, Graphic design, Typography, Unusual Navigation

38. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

Celebrating the museum’s best art collections and exhibitions, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts website is the Webby Awards winner of the best school website in 2020. This website is all about minimal design and clear navigation. If you want to simply share useful information without too many distractions or fancy animations, a simple and clean web design like this is the best choice for you.

• Website Type : Education, Culture
• Design Characteristics : Colorful, Responsive, Simple

39. Bugaboo

Iconic stroller brand Bugaboo is the Webby Awards 2020 Winner of the best shopping website . With the use of interaction and a clean and simple design, the Bugaboo website is all about offering a seamless online shopping experience. 

Users can quickly compare different products and explore each through high-quality video and photos. The “customize” option is an example of how you can make your eCommerce website more interactive for visitors. 

• Design Characteristics : Interactive, Big Background Images, Clean, Graphic Design, Interactive 3D models
• Technologies Used : Dept SFRA, PWA

40. BASIC® Culture Manual

BASIC® is a branding and experience design agency. The BASIC® Culture Manual website was the Webby Awards 2020 winner of the employment award , given to websites that feature job and employment listings, services, or information. 

The Culture Manual website serves both as a guide to understand the brand and as a tool for recruiting and onboarding new employees.

• Website Type : Agency, Design, Culture
• Design Characteristics : Interactive, Experimental, Flashing images loading animation, Overlay menu flag effect animation
• Technologies Used : WebGL, GSAP (Greensock), Nginx, Hammer.JS

41. Nike Purpose Website

Created by Owen Jones and Partners, the Nike Purpose website is the Webby Awards 2020 corporate communications website winner.

The goal of corporate communication websites is to create a favorable point of view among the company’s — in this case, Nike’s — stakeholders (employees, media, customers, etc.) by sharing the core mission and values. 

This website is characterized by a simple and colorful design and uses videos and animations to invite users to learn more about the brand.

• Website Type : Fashion, Communication
• Design Characteristics : Colorful, Simple, Animation, Engaging 
• Technologies Used : WordPress, React, Redux, Docker, Express server, Webpack, Atom
• Colors Used : Black, White, Red, Blue, Pink

16 best websites for design inspiration in 2024

Find web design inspiration in some of the best websites when it comes to aesthetic design and layouts.

Use Webflow's visual development platform to build completely custom, production-ready websites — or high-fidelity prototypes — without writing a line of code.

In need of some design inspiration? These great websites will ignite creativity and help you create visually stunning web designs.

16 Best websites for cool inspiration in 2024

In the rapidly evolving world of web design, staying ahead of the game requires fresh ideas to spur up a great website design.

Thankfully for creatives, the internet is teeming with a plethora of beautiful websites certain to drum up some design inspiration to help fuel that creative fire. 

That said, whether designing a new website or looking to stay up-to-date on the latest design trends , these 16 websites are some of the best websites for design inspiration.

1. SVZ Design

SVZ Design seamlessly aligns its agency’s process and brand through simplistically animated motifs, transitions, and visuals. This pleases the user’s eye and exhibits the brand’s design expertise.

SVZ Design’s end-to-end project page visually asserts their UX and product design skills. In addition, it beautifully demonstrates and validates their claim of carefully crafting meaningful experiences.

SVZ is a great website for web design agencies or freelancers in need of inspiration for their own websites.

2. Wayside studio

A 2022 Webflow Awards finalist in the Cloneable — Visual Aesthetics category, Wayside Studio by Curry Hackett is a monochromatic dream.

A green background dominates this website design, but it’s far from visually dull. Mixed font pairings, fun scroll-based navigation, and high-quality photography make this site a delight to explore. Surprise hover interactions and engaging copy really shine in this design — making it a great website to serve as inspiration.

That said, if you love it, clone it and add your own flair.

3. VOUS Church

VOUS Church is a great website, particularly for non-profit organizations. Not only does their site clearly communicate the church’s mission and goals, but the design packs a punch. It almost feels like a social media platform for its audience.

With subtle choices in layout, content, copy, and a hearty media and blog page, VOUS Church’s website aligns brilliantly with its messaging and core identity, a modern community centered around Jesus and the people.

Ready embraces the “less is more” philosophy by consolidating all of the essential elements of its product on a single landing page with a clear call to action — “get ready.” This simplified design is the best website for function meets form. In addition, by focusing on aiding conversion, Ready makes it easy for potential customers to find the information they need.

Through their innovative use of a homepage with minimal copy, memorable imagery, a pleasant color scheme, and playful highlighting of essential information, Ready achieves what many competitors drop the ball on — marketable usability.

5. April Ford

Specializing in digital advertising, SEO, social media, branding, and web design, April Ford is a duo led by April and Brendan Ford. A 2022 Webflow Awards technical achievement finalist, April Ford is a great website for those looking for a professional and engaging web design. 

April Ford uses a minimalist black-and-white color scheme accented by large, high-quality images of their previous work. While the photos take up a lot of site real estate, they also create a visual effect that makes you feel like you are exploring the April Ford offices.

6. Chiara Luzzana 

Art director and developer Niccolò Miranda brought artistry and creativity to Chiara Luzzana ’s eloquent web design. Chiara Luzzana’s website is a high-quality, interactive user experience that lyrically intertwines the sonar and visual mediums — a sublime rejection of normative web design principles.

Typography and font are used as the core design elements to make up the layout and space, and vertical scrolling in place of horizontal. Charming auditory additions subtly further the brand’s messaging and fluid animations enhance the soundscape.

This is one of the coolest designs we’ve seen — a great website for those wanting an artistic approach to web design — and it’s something no template could achieve.

7. Pierre-Louis Labonne

Creative freelancer Pierre-Louis Labonne immediately pulls you into his website with a big button encouraging you to click. 

Pierre-Louis’s site demonstrates several different web design trends — a loading screen, nostalgia-inspired design, a customizable viewing experience, and plenty of “just for fun” interactions. 

Once you enter the site, you can customize the cartoon character’s face and click through different locked areas of the screen to see Pierre-Louis’s work. As you explore, you’ll discover playful interactions, and clever animations, including links to Pierre-Louis’s Twitter, Linkedin, and Webflow profiles. This Webflow Awards Technical Achievement finalist is one of the best websites, showcasing clever interactions and graphic design.

8. Superlist

When you land on the Superlist website, you’re greeted with a slider that lets you switch between color schemes and use cases. On the black screen, you’ll see the CTA “get things done with your team” followed by a carousel of to-do lists for projects like press releases and recruiting. The red screen swaps the word “team” for “squad” and displays to-do lists for activities like soccer club and a home renovation project. 

The simple but clever slider makes this one of the best websites for versatility due to its range of usability — a small business launching an e-commerce site, a podcast company organizing episode topics and guests, or a family managing their kids’ calendars.

9. Michael Kors Collection

The design team behind the Michael Kors Collection website captures the timeless glamour of New York fashion in a spellbinding way.

The website invites visitors into the mind of famed designer Michael Kors, drawing inspiration from muses of the 1970s. The layout and monochromatic UI truly exemplify and embody his sleek Fall and Winter 2023 Collection.

Let this serve as inspiration for your next blogger or high fashion client’s new website design .

The copy and typography are ‘the stars’ of Slite ’s web design. Slite’s header – “Your team’s go-to for instant answers” – and their site’s crisp design and concise copy back up that claim. The intentional web design demonstrates the clarity customers can gain using Slite.

Slite’s attention to detail makes their design one of the best websites for enterprise clients.

11. The Goonies

What do you get when you have a stellar design team, a high-quality web builder platform, a Hollywood budget, and the nostalgia of the 1980s? Why, this gem of a digital time capsule created by the team behind The Goonies , of course.

This is more than a website — it is an experience. One built using Webflow without CSS or JavaScript.

Simply by the flick of a finger, you are transported into the immersive world and production behind this beloved classic movie. The power of the scroll is evident here — when done appropriately, it functions as the driving force behind a successful web design. 

Using the scroll to move the story along with the user’s gestures is genius and expertly executed. It invokes the spirit of the 1980s. Sweet innocence and hot afternoons spent in a movie theater during the summer of 1985. What a time to be alive!

Do yourself a favor and check out this Awwwards site of the day winner, especially if you’re reading on a mobile device. And if you’re a child of the 80s, you’re welcome.

We’re serving you something hot and sweet with this next web design.

Brought to you by Will Robinson, the incredibly talented Toronto-based Webflow web designer, DONÜTS is a bold, pop art-inspired beauty. This single-page cloneable is cheeky and wonderfully gaudy, with a vibrant play on layout, transitions, typography, and visuals. Robinson uses the simplistic power of the scroll to take visitors along an illuminatingly informative journey through the website. DONÜTS holds up to its namesake, a true visual treat!

DONÜTS is a great website to serve as inspiration for a project or client in need of a unique design for their brand or a niche market.

13. Digital China University

The design team behind Xtudio’s Digital China University uses Webflow to take web design to the next level. As a result, not only is this one of the best websites on the internet, but its aesthetic, UX, UI, and market value are beyond exceptional.

By transforming the graphic design from a brochure illustration into an engaging web design, Xtudio demonstrates its creative ingenuity and imaginative charm. The design team behind Digital China University’s website shows web designers that any design is possible with the proper CMS and web builder, with no need for code.

Oh, and yes, this is cloneable in Webflow!

14. Monograph Communications

Next in line for great website design inspiration is another cloneable by Vancouver-based designer Gary Colwell.

Colwell wonderfully captures the tonality and identity of the communications solutions brand Monograph Communications . In their own words, "[It] features a contrast typography design with the sans-serif (Roboto) representing the corporate professional side of the business, and the serif (Zangezi designed by Daria Petrova) representing an appreciation for the history of the written word."

Centering the site’s design around both type font and typography demonstrates his ingenuity, and it shows how situational and brand awareness can make a brand stand out through seemingly simple design. The Monograph Communications web design proves that intentionality is what makes good design.

15. Moon UltraLight

Drawing inspiration from Apple’s iconic web design, Joseph Berry’s Moon UltraLight is stunning.

This site is a treat for the eye. Berry’s use of interactive animations and parallax scroll elevate the minimalist design elements and perfectly place an aesthetic emphasis on the product’s message and imagery. With sleek transitions and mesmerizing visuals, Moon Ultralight is one of the best websites made in Webflow.

16. Hsu McCullough

Hsu McCullough 's architecture studio site by Dunclyde is a clean and sharp minimalist delight. Its use of whitespace places a gorgeous emphasis on the site’s imagery, with the arrangement of the crisp sans serif-type font furthering the establishment of balance and form throughout the site’s design.

This weaving of aesthetic form meets function makes Hsu McCullough a great website to draw inspiration from, notably the ‘New York City blogger’ archetype.

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Looking to keep your website fresh and up to date? We’ve looked at the top design trends from 2023, and identified the most popular visual elements used in some of the biggest, most successful websites. Take these trends and run with them, and your website might also end up as one of the best designed websites of the year, too.

After all, if a website has a sharp appearance, smooth visual flow, and intuitive navigation, people are going to feel a lot more comfortable following it, engaging with it, and buying from it. Especially in uncertain times with costs of living rising, the easier your website feels to navigate – the better!

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1. Girlboss

Built with Shopify, Girlboss – in its own words – is a “modern media company providing women all over the world with the tools and mindset to succeed.” That all starts in one place (its website!) and here, the design is as inspiring as the contents.

Filled with color, bold call to action (CTA) buttons – and boasting a simple, attractive UX – Girlboss’ website is designed in a way that maximizes the multitude of offerings it provides. The simple scrolling and navigation makes it easy to discover Girlboss’ mission, learn more about its radio show, and browse its range of products – all while diving deep into its range of engaging articles.

2. Swab the World

Swab the World is an organization with a noble, unique cause – empowering patients who require stem cell donations, through technology and media, to recruit suitable donors – and it has a unique, beautifully designed website to match.

Filled with images and videos of people – to humanize those the organization supports – the site also sports an extremely engaging design. There are CTAs that rotate across the screen in time with your cursor; colors that change, blinking, every second; text that slides in, then out, of frame.

Sure – Swab the World deals with a cause that can be hard to talk about. But, with its website so packed with dynamic imagery – such as shapes that bounce, shift, and shimmy as you scroll – it’s certainly easy on the eye.

3. Bod Drinks

Built with popular website builder Wix, Bod Drinks specializes in “functional drinks” – probiotic sodas good for body  and  mind.

Design-wise, Bod Drinks’ website channels the rejuvenating, restorative principles of its wares by leaning heavily on white space – with close-up images of its drinks, and their ingredients, fading in and out of frame.

The site also uses a grid design to presents images of its drinks alongside explanations of them and their ingredients – along with bold, highly clickable CTAs imploring potential customers to view the “facts” and “buy online”. It’s the perfect balance of images, design, and copywriting to engender trust with customers – and showcase its range of delicious drinks in the best – literal and metaphorical – light.

There are few brands as synonymous with sleek design as Apple . Apple plays with the idea of minimalism, but doesn’t fully commit, adding a few extra design elements – like pictures and moving menus – that aren’t strictly necessary, but still engaging and enticing.

We spoke to Ganesh, a Senior UX Architect, who said he loved Apple’s “hyper-realistic, sensational images taken from quirky angles to promote their products.” He also said “it’s the unique lighting that really makes the iPhones jump out on their website.”

Its use of soft colors is complemented by their incredibly high quality images. Apple’s products can look better online than they do in real life, which might be one of the reasons that it’s such a successful company. So if you’re selling things online, make sure to take the time to secure some flattering photos of your products !

5. Fat Choy

Built with Squarespace – a website builder well-known for its ability to produce stunningly designed websites – Fat Choy ‘s website doesn’t disappoint.

Flaunting a backdrop filled with hand-drawn, cartoonish imagery – and the claim that the New York-based Asian-inspired restaurant is “kind of Chinese; also vegan” – Fat Choy’s website channels a playful style that never takes itself too seriously.

By showcasing its menu and images of its dishes in a large, crystal clear style that hogs attention, Fat Choy’s website does what all well-designed restaurant websites should  do – get stomachs rumbling!

6. Egg Shop

It’s not just tech that can benefit from well-thought-out photography, either. Egg Shop uses photographs of its recipes that can make anyone’s mouth water – and is living proof that you don’t need to be a tech pro to build a beautiful site.

7. Ivy Chen

Ivy Chen ‘s passion lies at the nexus of fashion and graphic design – something you don’t need to spend more than 10 seconds on her website to realize.

Built with Wix, the website’s striking design depicts drawings of outfits which, as you scroll – as if by magic – become actual outfits. It’s an excellent example of parallax scrolling (a technique involving the creation of depth and texture on a webpage by animating different elements). And, quite simply, is an absolute joy to behold.

8. WeAreOSM

More and more people are accessing the web from their phones nowadays. While it’s good to have your website ironed out for desktops, if you’re looking to maximize traffic or sales, it’s just as important to make sure it’s fully functional on smartphones.

WeAreOSM is a site that’s nailed down its mobile version, with the spacing and menus being crafted to perfectly suit a mobile screen.

There are a few things to keep in mind when managing your site’s mobile version. Firstly, when using a website builder, make sure you pick a mobile-responsive theme. Then, when you’re designing your mobile site, keep in mind that a phone screen has a lot less real estate, so keep your text large, your menus snappy, and your display clean.

9. Squadeasy

Remember when the web was first starting up, and there were all kinds of websites that would interact with your cursor movements? Things like glittery GIFs following you around as you browsed the site.

As we’ve advanced, both technologically and artistically, our standards have changed. This is reflected in Squadeasy , a website focused on promoting responsible and healthy living.

As you browse their site, the animated head of their mascot Boogie will bounce around, get dizzy if you scroll too fast, and even eat your cursor if you get too close to him. He’s in the center of the screen, but doesn’t cover up important information when looking at their case studies or information. It’s just a simple way of making your website stand out and stick in people’s memories.

10. Bruno Simon

It’s one thing to have an interactive element on your site, but it’s another thing entirely to make your site into an entire experience in itself.

Bruno Simon’s portfolio site is an example of applying an out of the box perspective to an entire website, as the navigation isn’t done by a mouse and cursor, but rather a remote control car controlled by your arrow keys.

You can drive around his portfolio, go bowling, and find all his social media by driving over the correct logos. Bruno Simon is a web developer, so he shows his creativity and talent by creating a unique and engaging experience that will impress anyone looking for a designer.

11. Pioneer – Corn Revolutionized

All of these pages and tips have been shown in a vacuum, but it’s important to remember that each trend can enhance another. Look at Pioneer , a website focused on the future of corn production.

This website is undeniably an experience, with the page going through an evolution as you scroll, showing the life cycle of corn. A perfect amount of information is presented with each level, and the effects that surround your cursor as you navigate allow you to feel fully immersed in the page.

It’s hard to explain how this website blends these elements without experiencing it yourself. It’s a perfect level of information, interactive elements, and visual flair that shows how combining and keeping trends in mind can elevate your site to another level entirely.

Summary of the Best Designed Websites

To wrap up, here are the eleven tips we’ve taken from our showcased websites:

• Girlboss : Keep your website’s navigation clean and simple.
• Swab the World : Use dynamic imagery to create texture and depth.
• Bod Drinks : Use copy and images to showcase your products’ best angles.
• Apple : Use high quality visuals of your product to engage your audience.
• Fat Choy : Have some fun with your website’s design!
• Egg Shop : Entice your audience with images and descriptions.
• Ivy Chen: Use parallax scrolling to create an immersive website experience.
• WeAreOSM : Keep your mobile users in mind.
• Squadeasy : Have an interactive element.
• Bruno Simon : Turn the site into an experience.
• Corn Revolutionized : Implement multiple trends at once.

Designing a website is as much of an art form as it is a technical triumph. There are a lot of routes you could take to impress your audience, so as long as you know the product or service that you’re offering, you’ll be able to use the right techniques to stand out from the rest.

Remember that everything in this article is a recent trend. Who knows what other web design trends will arise in the future? As long as you stay on top of them and take advantage of the trends that work best for you, your website will flourish.

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42 Best Award-Winning Websites For Design Inspiration In 2024

Having a visually appealing website design is essential for converting visitors into customers. The best website designs offer beautiful visual presentations and a pleasant user experience.

Finding the most impressive website designs to use as inspiration to create or redesign your own site is no easy task. There are far more bad website examples online than great ones.

Luckily, professional web design and development bodies like Webby Awards and Awwwards recognize the best website designs at intervals. You will get better inspiration and design ideas from checking through award-winning websites.

This article covers the 42 best award-winning websites to inspire you to create yours.

Let’s get started.

1. The Mayflower

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The Mayflower is part of The Black Pub Dog Company, serving fresh, seasonal foods and thoughtfully chosen wines in a friendly laid-back atmosphere. 

One of the fantastic websites that keep users engaged, the  Mayflower website is modern, sticking to a clean layout for its web design. 

High-quality images of its menu options and locations are scattered on the homepage’s plain white background, telling a compelling story. 

The chosen font type displayed stands out as one of the site’s key elements, engaging screen readers and site visitors as they scroll. 

2. Blue Dog

Blue Dog is a tavern and cookhouse providing its patrons with food from locally acquired ingredients. One of the best-designed websites, the Blue Dog website features an attention-grabbing image of the interior view of its cookhouse and bar.

I love the display of three distinct CTA buttons over the website's hero image, listing the business’s services in clear white fonts. The Drink, Eat, and Visit CTA buttons show changing visuals as the mouse hovers and links to its other pages. 

3. Hors D'Oeuvre

Made with Wix

Hors D'Oeuvre is a French creative studio delivering an authentic body of work focused on effortless styles and attention to detail. One of the standout award-winning websites, the Hors D'Oeuvre website is unique, built on a predominantly black-and-white color scheme.  

Images of beautiful pieces adorn the site's homepage in a colorful two-column display, adding color to the website design. A cart icon is visible and pinned to the site's sticky header menu, helping users keep track of their purchases.

4. Resurrection

Resurrection is a fashion brand offering all hand-made clothing items made in Japan. One of the best website design examples, the Resurrection website is unique, sticking to a centralized layout to display all of its brands' products.

The entire site is built on a predominantly black-and-white color scheme, adding a mystical touch to the design. This award-winning site uses unique typography to portray an exciting concept, alternating between different font types to display essential information.

5. Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Yassmin Abdel-Magied is an award-winning author, broadcaster, and social advocate championing the case for women across the globe. One of the best website design examples, Yassmin’s website is unique, leaving no room for scrolling on her homepage.

Welcoming visitors is a slideshow display of several high-quality images of herself at different functions, overwhelming visitors. 

I love the display of links to her social media pages and other pages in the site’s header menu, easily recognizable in their white colors.

6. Black Girl In Om

Black Girl In Om exists to hold and catalyze healing within black women everywhere on their unique journeys towards wholeness. One of the award-winning website examples, the Black Girl In Om website is unique, sticking to a soft color scheme for its web design. 

The entire site is built on a consistent Albescent White background, making the text in black more appealing to screen readers and site visitors. Several lines and shapes are visible as part of the site’s design elements, adding to the site’s visual design. 

7. Izzy Wheels

Irish sisters Ailbhe and Izzy established Izzy Wheels, and a long history preceded the establishment of this wheel-based company. Visitors find the modern website for Izzy Wheels visually appealing because of its use of vivid colors, animations, and pictures.

The Izzy Wheels website design features a plethora of original artwork and excellent wheel photos all over the place. Logos of prominent brands and kind words about the brand are visible on the site’s homepage, helping build credibility about the brand. 

8. Oli Dillon

Oil Dilon is a commercial design agency experienced in designing brands, advertising, and digital comms for small and growing businesses. One of the dynamic website examples, the Oil Dilon website, is visually appealing, sticking to a centralized layout for its entire site's content. 

Different bold colors serve as the background color for each homepage section, making the centralized content more appealing to visitors. I love the display of testimonials from past clients in a centralized slideshow on the homepage, serving as social proof to potential clients. 

9. Payless ShoeSource

Payless ShoeSource is a shoe brand that gives people with the unique opportunity to do extraordinary things with confidence and style. 

One of the award-winning website examples, the Payless ShoeSource website is unique, standing out as one of the minimalistic homepage design examples. 

Welcoming visitors to the site is a full-width image of a lady wearing one of its products, displaying confidence and style. Beneath the hero section is plenty of information about the brand and the website, keeping visitors up-to-date about the latest changes.

10. Cleverchefs

Cleverchefs is a dynamic catering business passionate about food and forming long-lasting alliances with other food enthusiasts.

The Cleverchefs website is a great example of creative web design, using a split-page layout to showcase enticing photos of its dishes.

I love the display of the company's prominent brand logos in a triangle against an all-black backdrop, signifying their accreditation and support. A central chat button pinned to the site's homepage facilitates connection between users and the brand.

11. COOL HUNTING Omakase

Cool Hunting Omakase presents a selection of limited-edition gifts individually chosen and commissioned by the firm for its clientele. 

One of the best website design examples, the Cool Hunting Omakase website, is unique, using an intuitive layout that encourages visitors to explore the web page. 

The website's header menu, which features CTA buttons for the shop and previous products and a Cart symbol, functions as the navigation menu.

Aside from the website's main image, all other material, such as the picture slideshow, is arranged centrally, leaving lots of space.

12. Open House Worldwide

Open House Worldwide is a network of 50 organizations hosting festivals and dialogue about architecture, design, and cities across the globe.

One of the top award-winning website designs, the Open House Worldwide is aesthetically pleasing, consistently displaying bold colors and shapes on the site.

The CTA buttons on the site are unique and easily recognizable in their black-and-white color scheme, prompting visitors. I love the display of images of different cities in different shapes, one of the site’s top interactive features.

13. Dutchblue

Made with Webflow

Dutchblue pioneers sustainable technologies for a climate-friendly future, optimizing urban water management and enhancing sports performance. 

One of the best award-winning websites, the Dutchblue website uses an interesting concept for its web design that encourages visitors to keep scrolling. 

Each homepage section is well-designed to attract attention, with an interactive background and features that keep visitors locked in. 

A parallax scrolling feature is visible as part of the site's interactive elements, engaging users as they scroll. 

14. Dolce & Gabbana Beauty Gift

Made with WordPress

Dolce & Gabbana Beauty Gift is a gift store that helps users discover the perfect creation for their loved ones. 

One of the top award-winning website design examples, the Dolce & Gabbana Beauty Gift site is aesthetically pleasing, displaying several eye-catching and aesthetic design elements.

The entire site links together as a means of visual storytelling, taking users on a personalized journey in choosing their perfect creation. Background music attached to the site adds to the list of design aesthetics with an on-and-off switch pinned to the bottom of the homepage.

15. Superlist

Superlist is a task management tool where users can plan, arrange, and rank their to-do list. One of the best website design examples, the Superlist website displays unique usability elements that guide users through the best ways to use its platform.

The Superlist website greets users with a color scheme of Mirage and Coral Red, one of which makes way for the other when the mouse pointer goes horizontally. 

Each background offers customers a two-in-one packed hero image by uniquely displaying two different sets of information.

16. Torgerson Design Partners

Torgerson Design Partners is a full-service architecture firm that helps its clients bring the most innovative ideas to life. This excellent example of a professionally-looking website is modern, sticking to a clean layout for its web design. 

The grapefruit, orangey red, and black logo are the site's standout colors, adding color to the website design. I love how orangey-red stands out as part of the background color for the site's CTA buttons, distinguishing them from regular texts. 

17. George Nakashima Woodworkers

George Nakashima Woodworkers is a furniture-making brand designing pieces of furniture in compliance with the brand's mission of a classic and contemporary design approach and singular craftsmanship. 

One of the best website design examples, the George Nakashima Woodworkers website, is aesthetically pleasing, displaying natural images throughout the site. 

Welcoming visitors to the site is a slideshow of stunning photos that take users on the company's craftsmanship journey. I love how the site alternates between texts and images in a two-column layout, adding a twist to the plain white background.

18. Simply Chocolate

Made with Shopify

Simply Chocolate is a Danish chocolate maker that creates responsible and fair gourmet products of exclusive quality with only the best ingredients. 

One of the best website designs, the Simply Chocolate website is unique, using natural chocolate colors for its website design color scheme.

Image excerpts from the company's Instagram page, each linked to the page, adorn the homepage in a centralized six-column layout. Images of the brand's products are visible in two and three-column displays, with prices and a CTA button attached.

Zillow offers products and services to provide a seamless, end-to-end transaction experience, helping renters, shoppers, buyers, and sellers with every step of their journey. This award-winning website example is minimalistic, sticking to a clean layout for its web design.

Animated images and icons are everywhere on the site's homepage, engaging users with their colorful display. An extensive search bar is visible over the site's hero section, helping users locate specific properties around specific locations. 

ETQ Amsterdam designs wardrobe essentials with strong silhouettes in tonal colors and ever-evolving styles. This beautiful website is modern and has a clean layout. 

High-quality images of the brands' products are everywhere on the site's homepage, providing visitors with an enticing visual design. Product carousel features are visible on the homepage, combining different products into an interactive slideshow.

21. AI Modernism Of Kharkiv

AI Modernism Of Kharkiv is an artificial intelligence experiment based on Kharkiv modernism, displaying the selection of Ukraine's top 5 influential artists. This award-winning website is minimalistic, sticking to a plain website design. 

A predominantly black and gray webpage, the site's homepage displays bold and eye-catching elements visible as text. Images from the artists' works are visible on the site's website, adding color to the site's plain web design. 

22. Shademaster

Shademaster combines exceptional designs and premium materials, providing its clients with the solutions they need to achieve a great outdoor living space. 

One of the best website designs, the Shademaster website is aesthetically pleasing, sticking to an attractive color scheme for its website design. 

A Chat With Us feature is visible on the site's homepage, serving as the site's online communication channel. I love how the doubleheader menu becomes visible as visitors scroll the homepage, which is designed to ease the navigation process for visitors.

23. Boosted U.S.A.

Boosted U.S.A. empowers people everywhere to commute across their cities, campuses, and communities in ways that were never possible. This fantastic award-winning website is modern, sticking to a clean layout for its website design. 

I love the display of logos of top brands associated with Boosted U.S.A. in a black-and-white color scheme beneath the site's two-column hero sections. The CTA buttons and texts stand out on the site, easily recognizable in red-orange colors.

24. Opus Grows

Made with Shopify  

Opus Grows is the newest addition to the organic line of gardening and landscaping products, committed to the promise of good soil stewardship. This professionally-looking website example is well-arranged, with each section designed using a clean layout.

Bold colors and typography are the consistent design elements on the site's homepage, engaging users with their eye-catching display. The CTA buttons stand out in their Davy gray-colored background, prompting visitors throughout the site. 

25. Seastreak Ferries

Seastreak Ferries offers its clients the most civilized way to reach their ideal destination via its state-of-the-art ferries. This outstanding website design is aesthetically pleasing in its modern and clean layout.  

Welcoming visitors to the site is an aerial image of its docked ferries, helping visitors understand the business's services. Listed on the homepage are all the company’s tours and event cruises, each serving as a CTA text providing full detail when clicked on. 

Fensea is a beauty and cosmetic company that helps its customers choose the proper body care products. This award-winning website example is aesthetically pleasing, with a color gradient that welcomes visitors. 

Still and motion sections are visible on the site's homepage, on top of the site's interactive features and design aesthetics. The CTA texts are easily recognizable in green font, distinguishing themselves from regular texts. 

27. RCA Records

RCA Records are lovers of music, partners of creation, advocates for change and the next evolution, and fierce in its dedication to creative spirits. 

One of the best website designs, the RCA Records website is aesthetically pleasing, sticking to an intuitive layout for its web design. 

A customized circle mouse cursor is visible over the site's homepage in a white and blue color scheme, adding a unique touch to the web design. The entire site consistently displays bold design elements, visible as texts and colors that steal visitors' attention as they scroll.

28. Magalleria

Magalleria is a stash of fine, independent, specialist magazines offering high-quality and exciting content. This professionally-looking website is well-arranged and sticks to a plain and clean web design. 

I love the display of excerpts from the Magalleria blog on a separate homepage section in a three-column layout, each linked to the blog page. The logo's Hollywood Cerise color is visible on the site's homepage, adding color to its plain web design. 

29. Newest Americans

Newest Americans is a project birthed to honor the past, present, and future of migrants by telling their stories from the global city. This award-winning site uses attractive images to capture visitors’ attention. 

Menu texts are visible and pinned to the sides of the hero section in a black-and-white color scheme, serving as the site's primary navigation feature. 

Social media icons and a search icon are visible and pinned to the top of the homepage, serving as the site's top user-friendly feature.

30. Digital Cover

Digital Cover is a creative agency that builds and manages efficient, creative, and innovative websites optimized using SEO. One of the award-winning websites, the Digital Cover website is unique, built on a predominantly black-and-white color scheme. 

The entire site is interactive, with each homepage section linked in an interactive and engaging display. I love the display of logos of top brands the Digital Cover agency trusts on the homepage with an all-black background in a centralized four-column layout.

31. The Teachers Guild

The Teachers Guild is a professional community that activates teachers' creativity to solve today's biggest educational challenges. One of the best website design examples, the Teachers Guild website, is professionally looking and displays well-arranged homepage sections.

The logo's Mikado yellow color is the background color for the header menu and unique homepage sections. Plenty of spaces are visible throughout the site's homepage, allowing visitors and screen readers to digest the site's content. 

32. Tej Chauhan

Tej Chauhan uses his emotive industrial design approach to create iconic product experiences that elicit joy and well-being. One of the award-winning website examples, the Tej Chauhan website, is visually appealing and adheres to a clean web design.

Welcoming visitors is a slideshow display of high-quality images of different products, adorning the site's homepage in their full-width display. 

An ArtyClick Cool Red circle is visible, pinned to the top right-hand corner of the homepage, revealing the site's header menu.

33. Tore S. Bentsen

Tore S. Bentsen is the co-founder and interactive designer at Baseborn, specializing in combining Webflow and branding to create award-winning websites. This top award-winning portfolio website is a masterpiece fusing different interactive design elements.  

The predominant black-and-white scheme of the website is overwhelmed by the consistent display of design elements, adding to the site's visual appeal. 

Images of Tore's past work are visible on the homepage, moving from right to left and adding to the site's design aesthetics.

34. Spinx Digital

Sphinx Digital is a design and technology agency building world-class products for the digital ages. One of the best websites, the Sphinx Digital website is aesthetically pleasing in its modern and clean web design. 

An Honors text box announcing the site as an award-winning website example is pinned to the right-hand side of the homepage. The logo's Bitter Lemon color is the background color for the site's CTA button and customized mouse cursor feature. 

35. Critical Danger

Critical Danger is a team of amazing artists, illustrators, and designers creating one-of-a-kind merchandise to raise money for charities supporting endangered species. 

One of the best website designs, the Critical Danger website is interactive, with each homepage section designed to take users on an engaging journey. 

Red is the primary color on the site, visible in different shades as the font and background color. Images of nature and endangered animals are scattered throughout the site's homepage, helping to put context into the team's cause.

36. Sapori e Natura

Made with WooCommerce

Sapori e Natura, located in Castrovillari, in the territory of the Pollino National Park, produces artisanal baked goods whose main ingredient is almonds. 

One of the best websites, the Sapori e Natura website, has unique visual content displaying images of its ingredients and products. 

The orange color stands out on the site as its primary color, visible as the font and background color for different homepage sections. I love how the CTA buttons in the site's header menu have orange-colored borders, distinguishing them from regular texts. 

37. Kiko Wu

Kiko Wu is a multidisciplinary creative from London with experience in advertising, graphic design, and creative direction. 

A large customized circle dot is visible over the site's homepage, aiding navigation and helping users easily navigate. 

Images of the designers' work are scattered over the site's plain web design, adding color and aesthetics to the website design. 

REZA is a family-owned and controlled business drawing inspiration from an extensive gallery of modern, contemporary, and primitive art. 

One of the outstanding business website examples, the REZA website, which is aesthetically pleasing, with the entire site displaying eye-catching images.

At the core of the site's visual design is the display of high-quality images of its products, drawing in visitors to engage. A bell icon is visible and pinned to the site's homepage, revealing the site's online communication options when clicked. 

39. The House of Eyewear

The House of Eyewear is an expert passionate about helping its clients choose and select customized glasses for every occasion. 

One of the award-winning website examples with the best user interface, The House of Eyewear website is aesthetically pleasing with its subtle web design.

A mouse feature pinned to the right-hand side of the homepage helps users navigate efficiently. The Phthalo Blue color adds a unique touch to the website design, distinguishing between regular and CTA texts.

40. Studio Arde

Made with Elementor  

Studio Arde is an award-winning branding and design studio committed to increasing companies' visibility with women in leadership. One of the best website design examples, the Studio Arde website is unique and built on a predominantly black-and-white color scheme.

Framed images of the company's work appear everywhere throughout the homepage. I love the bold typography displayed consistently on the site's website, engaging visitors and screen readers as they scroll. 

41. Metal 360

Metal 360 is a craft company specializing in metalwork, ironwork, and locksmithing, transforming steel, stainless steel, and aluminum into unique metalworks. One of the best website designs, the Metal 360 website stands out with its captivating and responsive design. 

Each homepage section is linked interactively, displaying horizontal and parallax scrolling effects as visitors scroll. A customized dot icon is visible over the site's homepage, adding to the site's interactive elements.

42. Dopple Press

Dopple Press is the first and only dedicated Risograph and design studio headed by award-winner Liv White, showcasing meaningful and characterful design.

One of the top portfolio website designs, the Dopple Press is aesthetically pleasing in its display of eye-catching design elements.

A menu icon that helps users navigate is pinned to the site's homepage as an animated icon, adding an artistic touch to the website design.

Bold typography and colors decorate the site's homepage, adding to the list of design trends employed in the web design.

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There are plenty of available resources that provide design ideas and inspiration for creating your own website. SiteInspire, Awwwards, Lapa Ninja, CSS Nectar, and Best Website Gallery offer design ideas and inspiration. 

The CSS Design Awards website is a platform that shines the spotlight on exceptional website designs from the best web designers. For inspiration and design ideas to create your own website, the CSS Design Awards platform serves as a website design award gallery, showcasing exceptional website designs. 

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Nowadays, every business needs a website. But what makes a website really good? The difference between the best websites and the rest can be enormous. Let’s explore the best websites in 2023 and what makes them successful.

From small businesses to multinational corporations, organizations across the globe recognize the vital role that website design plays in establishing an effective online presence. 

But why is that? Here are some reasons why a beautiful website can also mean a more successful business .

• According to Stanford Web Credibility Research , 75% of site visitors judge a company’s credibility based solely on the design features of the website.
• According to a study by Zippia , 88% of users do not return to a website if they have a bad user experience.
• If you have an online store, you must pay extra attention to page designs because, according to Brandignity , 42% of users will not buy anything from a poorly designed website.

So, the best website designs quickly deliver the necessary information and effectively communicate their value proposition. 

Along with that, you must have a fast-loading website that’s optimized for mobile devices. The website must have an SSL certificate to keep user data safe and a contact form to collect leads. 

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But even after choosing the best website builder, how do you get the inspiration for the best website layouts ? 

Here are the best websites to take inspiration from and make your website effective for your business.

This is an ecommerce website and an online community targeted toward women. The most remarkable thing about it is how well it speaks to its target audience. The fun color scheme, photos of real women from their community, and playful design elements create a powerful sense of brand identity. This ecommerce website design was built on Shopify.

Knapsack Creative

This Squarespace website design agency really hits the nail on the head with a web design that’s both simple and fun. This website is a masterclass in how small elements, such as illustrations and image backgrounds, can make a simple template stand out.

This is a business law firm, so it is essential for the website to exude professionalism and inspire trust with potential customers. 

The minimalistic design creates a sense of trust, as well as the professional headshots of the team. However, the best web page element is the search bar at the top of the homepage, which urges users to search for attorneys and navigate easily through the website, leading to an enhanced user experience.

Curious & Curious

Let’s switch gears with a website that’s nothing if not intriguing. This creative agency’s website is both stunning and fun to use. With playful micro animations and different designs on every page it really shows that the best website designs sometimes break the rules and go with the “more is more” approach.          

If you need ideas on how to include lots of content into a website, but still keep it user-oriented, this is a great example to learn from. One of the most important aspects in this respect is choosing the right website font, which looks classy and has high readability.

Looking for best website designs in the minimalist category? Here’s one that will certainly tickle your fancy. Ready packs all the vital information in a single effective landing page , along with a single CTA - get ready. If you decide to go with this bold approach, this website demonstrates how you can make vital information stand out using graphic design (lines, arrows, fonts, etc.) and information architecture.

Hyer is a private jet booking service with a stunning website. You won’t see loads of bells and whistles here, but it’s clear that every element was selected with care and a particular brand image in mind. Everything from the color palette, to minimalist sans serif typography, and even destination photos exudes the same sense of elegance and style.

Michael Kors Collection

The name Michael Kors is closely associated with stylish fashion, and their website follows suit. This website is built with Webflow and exudes style with memorable photographs on a dark background, giving it a sleek, monochromatic look.

This productivity app has one of the most fun websites, thanks to great content and the use of micro animation. The hero section has two versions, which change when you move your mouse from left to right, to suggest the app is suitable for both professional teams and personal arrangements.

Slite’s website might seem somewhat cookie-cutter at first sight. However, if you look carefully, you’ll notice a bunch of details that make this website a fun online experience: custom illustrations (which are also part of their brand identity), slidebars, and micro animations.

Digital China University

Just like businesses, modern educational institutions need great web design. This design project shows how to transform a digital brochure into a relatively simple yet visually stunning site.

Lacoste Heritage

This website is a beautiful tribute to an iconic brand. As you scroll through, you’ll keep seeing the recognizable logo, but thanks to fun animation and good proportions it doesn’t diminish the user experience, but rather helps to enhance it.

Chiara Luzzana

Although you might be deceived by its minimalist design, this personal website is anything but that. The website’s visual elements (fonts, animation, 3D graphics) are perfectly paired with sound, making it a match made in heaven for this sound designer.

Design and architecture studios are known for stunning design, but this one takes it to the next level. The homepage features an intriguing illustration that prompts you to explore the studio’s creative work. The rest of the website is a little more minimal, allowing for high-quality content (photos and videos) to shine.

The Pathway

Since they often deal with pretty serious topics, many nonprofits resort to pretty conventional, even drab websites. But that’s why some of the best website designs are precisely those that show thinking outside the box in a particular industry.

Beautiful aesthetics combined with easy navigation make this one of the best website designs on this list. The homepage menu looks beautiful and user-friendly compared to lengthy dropdown menus.  

Sections such as “Products” and “Gift guide” are useful, as well as a search bar that allows visitors to find what they’re looking for in seconds.

The Octopus

Design blogs are great places to learn about design and marketing, and get inspired creatively (just take a bit of time to browse through our own blog !). However, great design can truly enhance the reading experience, and this site proves it. You won’t find a lot of gimmicks on this site, such as animation or immersive videos - but each custom graphic, carefully selected colors and fonts create a beautiful digital environment.

Bruno Simon

Gamification is a popular strategy in the best UI/UX design. This creative concept demonstrates perfectly why it’s so successful. The game prompts-like user experience boosts engagement and makes users stay longer on the website, thus making this an SEO-friendly website . 

Simply Chocolate

One of the best ecommerce websites to learn from, Simply Chocolate has created a beautiful website that provides a seamless user experience.

Although the packaging of the chocolate bars is quite simple, great layout and simple animations (chocolates “open” when you hover over them), make browsing through their virtual shop a very fun experience.

Ever wanted a digital version of Where’s Waldo? Here’s a website that allows you to play the character-finding game. Responsiveness is one of the biggest issues with gaming websites, but I-Spy has beautifully designed its website with extra attention to responsiveness for a great user experience.

Mubasic provides an ever-growing collection of high-quality children’s music created by talented musicians from all over the world. The website design perfectly encapsulates the musical theme of the company with its stylish logo, easy-on-the-eyes color palette, sans serif font, and shapes that resemble piano keys.

Nomadic Tribe

This website takes wholehearted advantage of how videos can help keep your site visitors on the website. 

The Nomadic Tribe website is a perfect example of CTAs done right. Throughout the homepage, you will see various CTAs like “Read More,” “View Article,” and “Watch Now”. The Login | Register buttons urge the visitors to put their email addresses in without getting distracted.

Zillow is a giant in US real estate and sees a lot of organic traffic due to its immense content marketing efforts. The website’s simple hero section caters to everyone - home buyers, home sellers, renters, agents, advertisers, and even Zillow account users - without being overwhelming.

The perfect placement of the search bar urges users to do what they are here for - look for a house. The images add a stellar contrast to the white background.

Tore S. Bensten

Tore S. Bensten is an award-winning website creator, co-founder, and interactive designer at BASEBORN. Due to his reputation, his personal website HAD to do justice to his impressive portfolio, and it did!

The parallax scrolling makes this website more engaging and interactive, and the fading animation on Tore’s image is just perfect. The ideal mix of white space, bold visuals, and engaging fonts creates a seamless user experience.

This “kind of Chinese also vegan” restaurant in New York City hits the perfect mark when you land on its home page. The website design is made with Squarespace - one of the most popular content management systems.

The custom illustrations in the background and the bold font in the front create a great contrast and showcase the restaurant’s personality. As you scroll down, you will find the restaurant menu and photos of the dishes that will make you just hit that order button.

Okalpha combines the magic of animation with clean aesthetics and tops it off with a bold palette of colors. This minimalist approach looks simple and creates a striking and memorable visual identity.

Spring Invest

This company helps startups with much-needed guidance and sales acceleration. The website combines organic shapes with interactive animations. 

The yellow dots act like a cursor that helps users change the shape of the forms. These shapes add a moment of delight and help reinforce the brand's identity and value proposition to shape the future of commerce .

ETQ Amsterdam

For online stores, product photography is critical, and ETQ knows that. They directly show the trending or on-sale products in the hero section of their homepage. This helps in locking the user’s attention and also urges them to buy the product with a Shop Now link.

Final Thoughts

So, now you have seen what are the best websites in 2023, and the first step you take to design the best websites is to choose a good website builder. 

What are the best website builders? 

Some of the most popular website builders for building a website are Wix , Shopify, WordPress, and Squarespace. All of these website builders allow you to create a professional website with dragging and dropping, with no coding or design experience required.

We hope this list of some of the best 2023 websites offers plenty of ideas for your next project. While you can wing it and turn to DIY design with website builders, the most memorable and nicest websites are usually custom-made.

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1. Apple's Website Design

Standout Features:

• Consistent branding
• Minimalist design
• Product Showcase

The best website design of all time goes to Apple. Ever since its inception back in 1997, Apple’s website shines bright among the best web designs with its sleek, modern minimalism, intuitive interface, and consistent branding. Similar to its cutting-edge products, over the years it went through drastic facelifts, both aesthetically and performance-wise. Apple invented something that we could only deem “consistent reinventing” as despite numerous changes website always boasted a stylish, monochromatic palette and ample negative space where products could dazzle visitors and effortlessly convert them to buyers. According to SEMrush, only in October 2023, apple.com received a whopping 810 million visits!

Although not the first to employ it, Apple was the first to fully embrace minimalism, decades before it became an industry norm. Apple’s website became THE trend to mimic. Nowadays, millions of websites aim to emulate its presentation, with varying results. Apple's online presence, founded on minimal, clean layouts and user-friendly features, sets the industry standard, proving that simplicity, efficiency, and brand consistency are paramount in impactful web design.

2. Space Jam's Website Design

• Nostalgia on display
• Lasting user-centricity

Another great website design that we really like comes from Space Jam. Beyond its newfound meme-driven acclaim, the Space Jam website transcends the mere nostalgia trip into 90s web design. Amidst the whimsy of repeating patterns and Memphis-style aesthetics, it becomes a testament to the art of bending rules effectively within the right context. While seemingly "plagued" by dated trends, the website imparts invaluable lessons for web designers. Notably, it remains a vivid example of audience-centric design, originally crafted for children, yet now embraced by thirty-somethings fueled by nostalgia.

Its remarkable longevity, over 27 years and counting, underscores the enduring power of simplicity and consistent branding, proving that these principles stand the test of time regardless of the evolving design landscape.

3.  Netflix's Website Design

• User-centric design
• Personalized experience
• Interactive elements

Netflix may not be a pioneer in the streaming industry, but it set standards that genuinely reshaped our civilization’s collective past time. In fact, the average user spends 40 minutes on Netflix daily. Their website design is equally contagious, and influential.

Web designers can learn a lot from Netflix’s web design, primarily its user-centric interface, seamless adaptability to trends, responsiveness, visual appeal, global accessibility, innovative features, and most importantly cutting-edge personalization.

Netflix's streaming platform excels in user experience through an intuitive interface that organizes content into clear rows, emphasizing personalized recommendations based on viewing history. The clean, image-focused layout provides a convenient overview of titles, accompanied by smooth transitions and hover effects for additional information. The moody web design, with a black background and iconic red accents, creates a theater-like atmosphere for optimal streaming. The brand's commitment to interactive elements, like secret categories, reflects its intuitive approach, making the website engaging and user-friendly. Check out our list of the best web development companies that can help with your project.

4. Amazon's Website Design

• Focus on functionality
• Minimal design
• Convenient features

The Amazon website stands at the top of eCommerce design, wielding immense power in the modern digital landscape. First built in the late 90s, when aesthetic appeal differed wildly from today’s standards, Amazon aimed for a user-friendly interface, intuitive navigation, and seamless purchasing process from its inception, becoming a blueprint for anyone who seeks to tap into the power of eCommerce. It has redefined online shopping, setting industry standards with its minimalist design, emphasis on functionality, and most importantly placing products at the forefront.

The platform's impact extends beyond mere design, shaping consumer expectations and challenging traditional retail models along every step. According to SEMrush, the king of eCommerce received 4.17 billion visits in October 2023 alone! With convenient features like one-click purchasing and personalized recommendations driven by powerful algorithms, Amazon has elevated user experience to new heights. Its responsive design and efficient search functionalities contribute to a satisfying and efficient shopping experience.

5. Google's Website Design

• Professionally focused sub-sections and tools
• Timeless design
• Ever-improving algorithm

Though it’s arguably less of a website, the world’s powerful search engine successfully powered the web design industry ever since its arrival in 1998. It has become so ingrained in our digital culture that Merriam-Webster added “googling” to the dictionary as one of the most commonly used transitive verbs. And it reigns supreme as more than 97% of all mobile searches ride on Google (79% of desktop searches, according to Net Market Share).

Impressive as it may be, Google affects the world of the best website designs beyond its primary features. It’s easy on the eyes, dynamic, mastering UI/UX formula at every turn. Any important date, global or local, is celebrated with beautiful illustrations, animation, music, and interactive games that help users simultaneously learn and have fun – a powerful combo that every reputable web designer tries to emulate to skyrocket their projects.

6. Reddit's Website Design

• Simple, bare-bones design
• Growing community
• User-generated content

Online forums are as old as the internet itself, but none have ruled the discussion boards undisputedly as Reddit. Created back in 2005, Reddit was shaped by user-generated content, making it a combination story-and-reaction hub. Therefore, the design had to be characterized by simplicity, and functionality with clean and straightforward layouts. The notion of melding interesting, often obscure, and hot topics resulted in a vast fan community, i.e., hundreds of millions of users who generate tens of billions of page views annually, giving rise to a site slogan: “The front page of the internet.” According to BankMyCell, Reddit is expected to reach 70 million daily users by 2025!

Despite its shallow design, Reddit is seemingly endless. What can professional web designers learn from that? It’s simple, combining the democratic approach to content curation and building loyal communities while limiting your graphic potential guarantees success.

7. Facebook's Website Design

• Consistent design updates
• Prominent branding
• Ever-expanding features

Friendster and MySpace may have discovered the magic formula and were arguably prettier, but Facebook is where everything is. Young guns like Instagram and TikTok may exponentially grow in popularity, but the big blue stagnant beast is far from leaving its throne as the largest social media platform on the market.

Founded by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the early 2000s as a way to profile Harvard classmates, it has become so much more. Even today, more than two billion users frequent Facebook regularly, every month. While it always boasted clean, on-brand, and user-friendly UI, the site has also gone through major design updates and functionality changes, evolving from a way to stay in touch with friends and relatives, to a digital highway through which both news (and propaganda) zip freely.

Facebook web design became a jumping-off point, a proven blueprint web design historians must consider when it comes to mastery over user experience.

8. IMDB's Website Design

• Reliability
• Vintage appeal
• Structured databases

Just as Netflix soloed the streaming market for years, so has iMDB complimented it as the most reliable movie/show database out there. With the Apple TV, Disney +, HBOGo, Amazon Prime, and Hulu trailing closely behind Netflix, iMDB had its own contenders, primarily Metacritic and RottenTomatoes. Both, in our opinion, stood their ground, with impeccable quality and design.

What started as a series of fan lists became the go-to stop for anyone looking to find out the ratings of the latest blockbuster, or simply to see who “that guy from that thing” was. With over 16M featured titles, iMDB became an invaluable instrument in keeping track of both television/streaming shows, movies, and video game history.

From a designer's standpoint, IMDb employs a clean and structured layout, ensuring a seamless UX for navigating vast databases. The use of a minimalistic, almost retro design approach allows the content to take center stage, with a straightforward top navigation bar aiding quick access to essential features. IMDb's signature yellow color scheme adds a touch of vibrancy without overwhelming the UI.

9. YouTube's Website Design

• Global accessibility
• Monetization options for creators

YouTube has come a long way since 2005 and its first, “Me at the Zoo” video. Today it has become a go-to global video-sharing platform and a diverse content hub that is ranked as one of the most visited websites of all time, eclipsed only by Google Search.

Hosting a constant stream of user-generated videos, educational content, and entertainment, YouTube serves as a global platform for individuals to share stories, skills, and creativity. With a slew of monetization opportunities for creators, it has propelled careers and inspired a sense of community. Most importantly, YouTube’s global accessibility fosters international connections, making it a vital cultural and informational bridge. According to Data Reporter YouTube will have at least 2.6 billion regular users by the end of 2023.

Since its humble beginnings in shaping and reflecting the online landscape, design-wise, YouTube has changed a lot to prioritize an optimal viewing experience. Its signatures are a clean and intuitive layout and a personalized homepage recommending videos based on user preferences. The consistent use of the iconic red play button against a white background maintains brand identity while responsive design allows seamless transitions across devices, and dark mode enhances user comfort.

10. Craigslist's Website Design

• Text-centric listings
• Simplistic design
• Extensive Categories

If design were synonymous with aesthetics, Craiglist could not go the distance. However, although it has never been much of a looker, it has become somewhat of a profitable anomaly, a giant notice board, and an ad megaplatform.

Long before its specialized spiritual successors that help you find a date by swiping your smartphone, or endless searching for part-time work opportunities, there was Craigslist. Although it’s considered a living fossil, the site remains a popular destination for real estate and job listings. According to SEMrush and a study from March 2022, Craigslist receives a quarter of a billion visits every month!

Its influences, however, extend beyond the confines of the World Wide Web, as many industry professionals attribute a significant part of the newspaper industry’s decline to the shift from print ads to online ones. Craiglist’s UI features a straightforward layout with text-based listings and minimal graphics. Its design, while basic, facilitates easy navigation, allowing users to swiftly access any ad. Craigslist's intentional lack of modern visual elements contributes to its timeless and universally understandable design.

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The Design Research Process

Our design research process is a dynamic journey in the ever-evolving landscape of website design. We search the web, contact brands and agencies, and evaluate the designs worthy of being part of our collection. To be acknowledged among the best web designs, one must master innovation, trends, impact, functionality, user experience, and even branding. 

Designs that manage to transcend expectations and take web aesthetics to the next level gain recognition, and the finest among them may advance further and compete for the title of Design Award winner. 

If you believe your design embodies these principles, you too can submit it for consideration, contributing to the vibrant tapestry of web design excellence. 

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How are the best websites designed?

The best websites are designed through a strategic process that involves understanding the target audience, defining clear objectives, and employing user-centric design principles. This process typically includes research, wireframing, prototyping, user testing, and iterative design. This way, the designer ensures the site is aesthetically appealing and functionally effective. 

EV Universe’s website design by Digital Silk exemplifies this. The site features a custom font, color scheme, and electric microanimations. These elements, combined with interactive CTAs and a user-friendly layout, resonate with EV Universe's tech-savvy audience. It shows how a thorough design process rooted in understanding user preferences can create a stunning, intuitive, and engaging website! 

What is the most important thing when designing a website?

The most important thing to consider when designing a website is user experience (UX). It shapes how effortlessly users can navigate the site, comprehend the information, and engage with various page elements. Effective UX design is pivotal in keeping visitors engaged and converting them into loyal customers or followers. 

A compelling example of UX-centric design is the Vitera website by Artware. The site excels in personalization by suggesting tea flavors based on the user's current mood, creating a tailored shopping experience.  

The sticky menu with a shopping cart provides easy navigation. Such focus on intuitive design and personalized interaction showcases how a strong emphasis on UX can create a user-friendly website. 

How much is a good website design?

A good website design costs anywhere from $10,000 to $500,000. However, the price can vary based on certain factors: 

• The website's size and complexity 
• The number of landing pages 
• The designer's experience 
• The specific features and functionalities needed 

For example, a global eCommerce website like Sephora would cost around $200,000. Its vast product catalog, complex integrations, and high-traffic requirements might need a highly customized and scalable website. This could involve custom development, advanced features, and ongoing maintenance and support. 

Meanwhile, you can expect to spend around $14,000 for a blog with a content management setup, commenting system, and social media integration. 

It all comes down to the use case and features; the actual cost of your website will depend on your unique requirements. 

What do most website designers use?

Most website designers use graphic design software like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for crafting visual content. They also utilize platforms like WordPress, known for its flexibility and user-friendliness. Additionally, many designers use prototyping tools like Sketch and Figma for creating mockups and visualizing the website's layout and user experience. Choosing which tools to use often depends on the desired functionality of the website. 

Here are the tools most professional website designers use:   

Do professional designers use Wix?

Yes, Wix is a popular choice among professional website designers, especially those with clients who prefer a user-friendly platform for future self-management. You may see the top agencies specializing in Wix web design here. 

What are the 7 rules of effective website design?

Effective website design adheres to several key principles to meet user needs and business goals: 

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• Lovethesales’ Website
• Sun King’s Website
• Wimpy Kid’s Website 
• Databest’s Website
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• Squaredot’s Website
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• The Opportunity Agenda’s Website
• Bold Botanica’s Website
• Databest’s Website 
• Wimpy Kid’s Website
• Seletex’s Website
• Gapsy Studio’s Website 

Where can I send my designs for consultation?

If you want your website designs reviewed for exclusive feedback and a chance to be featured on DesignRush, you can send them to [email protected] for free. This is an excellent opportunity to gain professional insights without any cost. 

However, if you want to get recognized by our Best Web Design Jury and possibly win the Best Web Design Award, this service costs $75 per submission. You’ll get in-depth feedback from top experts in the field, which can help hone your design skills and make your mark in the industry! 

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It's seriously hard to keep track of which sites have the greatest content and resources. So to help make things easier, we've compiled this comprehensive list of over 100 of the best websites on the internet.

The sites on this list are those that we consider to be genuinely useful, top-of-the-line websites (not apps) where you'll find what you need. We update this list regularly, so check back occasionally, and be sure to tell your friends!

Project Gutenberg

Own an e-reader but hate paying for e-books ? Luckily, a huge number of great classic books are no longer under copyright. Project Gutenberg is a massive repository for these texts, in a dazzling array of formats, all available free of charge.

What could be better than large social network for book enthusiasts? Amazon-owned Goodreads is fantastic for keeping track of the books you've read, connecting with other readers, finding quality book reviews, and sharing recommendations.

The internet's home of audio books, Audible has an insanely-sized catalog featuring most classics, many new releases, and a host of quality audio courses to keep you learning for years. These are all perfect for listening to in the car, at the gym, or simply as a way of reading a book while giving your eyes time to rest from the screen.

If you're anything like me, your list of books to read is literally never ending. However, the insights of some books can be garnered in a few short minutes. And that's what Blinkist is about. The ideas of over 2500 bestselling non-fiction books have been condensed so you can read or listen to them in just 15 minutes.

You can be a book lover without being pretentious. And that's exactly what Book Riot is selling. An online publication filled with witty, entertaining news and reviews of all things book-related, this is a literary blog anyone can love.

Pixel of Ink

Invaluable for Kindle owners, Pixel of Ink tracks down great Kindle ebooks available cheaply or for free. Ideal for the bargain-hunting reader looking to expand their horizons.

A quality book recommendation engine which works by taking in information about what you're looking for, and matching you to hand-classified books in its library.

Instapaper allows you to save articles to read later without any distractions. While reading these on your desktop or via the mobile app, you can highlight passages, make notes, and even integrate your account with other apps using IFTTT .

Pocket is another popular read-later app. With a single click, you can save videos, articles to read on any of your devices (including in your browser).

Google Translate

Available as a browser extension , Translate leverages Google's machine learning to convert seamlessly between languages. The results are surprisingly accurate (and getting better with every update).

JustPaste.It

A simple service for hosting samples of formatted text, at unique URLs, to be shared freely on the internet. Lightweight, useful, and clean.

Need to sign up for a service but don't want to submit your real email to an endless torrent of spam? Mailinator lets you create unique, disposable inboxes which delete themselves after a few days.

Want to test a service but don't want to give them your data or set up an account? BugMeMot lets users create shared profiles for accessing websites and then disposed, without revealing personal information.

Mega is currently one of the best file hosts on the internet, with local file encryption, fast downloads, and an impressive 50 GB of free storage space when you sign up.

Dropbox is a leading solution for cloud storage because of its ease of use. Using a "drop box" is exactly like using any other folder on your computer, only the files you save to your drop box are synced online and to any other computers or mobile devices linked to your account.

Microsoft's answer to Dropbox, OneDrive lets you host, share, and edit your files and images from your browser, across multiple machines. If you're in Microsoft's online ecosystem, it's a great resource.

Google Drive

A virtual hard drive for hosting your files, you can access them from any internet-enabled machine, and edit them from your browser.

When you do get stuck emailing documents to your team, HighTail is a great way to get around arbitrary file size caps on email clients, allowing you to email documents and folders up to two gigs in size.

A great general file converter, allowing the conversion between many different image, audio, document, and video formats. Great for any application that supports only specific file types.

Finance and Accounting

Mint (us and canada).

An entirely automatic spending tracker and budgeting tool, Mint is great for people trying to build financial responsibility who have trouble keeping track of the specifics of their finances.

When it comes to sending and receiving money online, PayPal is a major player. A huge (and growing) number of online retailers and service providers now accept payments via PayPal. And you can even send international transfers (for a fee).

TransferWise

TransferWise is a quick and easy way to send and receive money in various currencies. Their fees are usually far lower than your bank would charge (including PayPal), and they use the real exchange rate, so you can calculate exactly how much money you're sending.

Money Saving Expert

Money Saving Expert is an absolutely huge resource covering everything you could possible need to save money. Whether you're trying to find coupons, or looking for credit card deals you'll find the advice you need. The site also has an incredibly active forum if you have more specific questions to ask.

Google Finance

Rather than relying on just one financial news site, Google brings together stories from the many of the best. Whether that's Reuters, Bloomberg, or the Financial Times, the main headlines will show up in Google Finance. You'll also have easy access to all the market and portfolio data you need.

Need to track your spending to find out where your money is going? Expensify lets you track your spending in many ways and generates expense reports and analyses for you to look over later.

TaxAct (US only)

This is a much-loved, easy to use platform for preparing and filing your taxes at the end of the fiscal year. Free for simple returns.

Whatever you want to learn, no matter how obscure, it's likely there will be a quality video tutorial on YouTube ready to teach you. Whether it's programming, plumbing, gymnastics, or learning a language, everything is covered.

A wonderful platform for short video lectures, TED is a great place for inspirational talks and educational lessons . Ted Talks provide fantastic insight into the projects and ambitions of engineers, scientists, artists, explorers, and philosophers.

Kialo is a relatively new site where you can join in depth debates and discussions about a variety of deep, and interesting topics. What makes Kialo different however, is the way that discussions are structured (see above). Debate points are ordered into pros and cons. You can then click on any of those points to explore (and contribute) the pros and cons of that specific point. This helps you to really garner an in-depth understanding of the topic in question.

Khan Academy

Blooming from a simple series of math tutorials into the largest school on planet Earth, Khan Academy is a powerful tool for teaching yourself anything from Python to linear algebra.

Arguably the web's best question and answer site, Quora is that place to "share knowledge and better understand the world". Questions can be submitted and answered by anyone. The site is often frequented by influencers from many industries, with answers to questions being famously high quality.

Coursera lets you take online classes from more than eighty universities and educational organizations, all in one place. Courses are structured like interactive textbooks, including lectures, quizzes, and projects to ensure you're learning the content thoroughly.

Lynda (aka LinkedIn Learning)

Lynda is kind of like the Spotify of education. For a reasonable monthly fee, you can access the entire catalog of video courses on offer. These are all incredibly easy to follow, covering both the basics and more advanced areas of many technical subjects. These range from 3D animation and CAD, to photography and coding.

Hands down the best free tool for learning another language, Duolingo makes it fun, and helps keep you engaged for the long haul.

Open Culture

If you'd rather learn something more in the humanities, Open Culture has a massive number of free online courses and educational media for you to choose from. These range from complete lecture series, to free-to-access audio books.

Udemy mostly offers paid video courses (80,000 at the time of writing, making this the largest selection of courses online), on every topic imaginable. The prices aren't bad, either. And some courses are even free !

Instructables

At the often-surreal intersection of shop class and Pinterest lies Instructables, a massive repository of guides for making everything from mood lamps to robots to chandeliers. If you want to make it, someone will show you how. If you've been looking to get into DIY culture, Instructables is a great place to start.

Like Instructables, MAKE is a great introduction to maker/DIY culture, and great source for tutorials if you want to delve deeper into the maker scene.

Information is Beautiful

Probably the best data visualization site out there, Information is Beautiful distils complex sets of data into ingenious, visually stunning infographics, that'll definitely teach you a thing or two.

StackOverflow

Learning to program? Trying to program? Stuck, or not understanding a concept? Ask StackOverflow! Between the searchable archive (use those first) and an active community of experts, StackOverflow is a fantastic resource for beginning and established programmers alike.

Google Maps

The best free mapping tool, Google Maps is fantastic for planning trips, and finding your way around. Over the past couple of years, it's also become an invaluable way to find local restaurants, gas stations, coffee shops, and attractions, making this your perfect local guide!

A local review site, Yelp lets you check what's good in your area, and leave reviews if you have a good (or bad) experience. This covers everything from restaurants to local electricians and architects.

Like a Local

Whether you're at home, or traveling to a new place, be sure to check out Like a Local. This is a site that's packed full of insider tips to help you avoid the tourist traps, and find the hidden treasures, wherever you find yourself!

Living Social

A great resource for finding huge bargains at restaurants, shops, and for goods in your area.

Like Living Social, Groupon offers a selection of local offers. These can often save you a hefty chunk on the original price of a meal, vacation, or tickets to a local show.

TripAdvisor

Even if you've been living somewhere for years, finding something to do on your days off can sometimes be a struggle. In these cases, TripAdvisor can serve as more than a hotel and flights directory. It also has an extensive database of local attractions that'll keep you occupied for some time to come.

A foodie's resource for local restaurant reviews, Zomato is awesome for discovering hidden gems in your neighborhood -- and finding out which expensive restaurants aren't worth your time.

Weather Underground

One of the best weather sites out there, Weather Underground is a great resource, especially if you're the outdoorsy type and need to know whether or not you're going to freeze your jorts off.

With an astonishing number of movies, TV shows, and documentaries available to watch on demand, Netflix is a worthwhile investment. Their catalog of shows just keeps on growing, and their original productions such as Orange is The New Black and Stranger Things are as good as you'll find anywhere else.

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon's video streaming service may not be as elegant as Netflix's, but if you have Amazon Prime, it comes as part of your package. You'll find a ton of great stuff in their catalog including many critically acclaimed original shows. Amazon's deep pockets are also seeing the company signing exclusivity deals with companies like HBO and the BBC, meaning their library of shows is just getting stronger and stronger.

Rotten Tomatoes

Want to know if a movie is good before you watch it? Rotten Tomatoes aggregates reviews, categorizes them as positive or negative, and then averages them. The result is a simple, unbiased appraisal of the odds that you'll like the movie.

Literally one of the oldest websites on the internet (it predates the web browser), IMDb is one of those exhaustive, meticulous collections of movie ratings, facts, and trivia that would take decades to replicate. Like Rotten Tomatoes, it's a go-to place for movie ratings to help you discover your next movie to watch. If you want to dig deeper, we've written before about how these movie rating sites differ .

YouTube Movies

There's more to YouTube than meets the eye. In fact, it probably belongs in nearly every category on this list. One of the best (and less known) features is the ability to rent movies and TV shows. There's also a decent selection of free movies to watch on the site, too. Basically, if it's not on Netflix, it's probably on YouTube.

As a self-respecting movie buff, ScreenRant should be one of the sites you visit religiously. Packed with the latest movie and TV news, this is an insightful, well-edited publication that keeps you in the know for anything Hollywood related.

Short of The Week

Each week, a new, independent, hand-picked short movie is added to Short of The Week for you to watch for free. These can be on any topic under the sun, from love, to killer zombies. Every short manages to incorporate incredible storytelling finesse into 5-20 minute movies. It's a fantastic way to while a few minutes each week.

Many people see Vimeo as little more than YouTube's smaller competitor. But the site has managed to capture a segment of the movie industry that's hard to find anywhere else. Home to a vast number of indie filmmakers, Vimeo is the place to find refreshing, art-house movies to stream on demand. We're talking about the kind of films you'll see played at festivals like Tribeca, Sundance, or SXSW.

Spotify continues to be the leading service on PC or mobile for streaming any music (and plenty of podcasts), whenever you want. The free service is a good introduction, but it's worth picking up Spotify Premium. You don't realize how annoying the ads are until they're gone. Plus, the offline access is a god-send.

TuneIn is a free internet radio service, that allows you to stream over 100,000 real radio stations from around the world, and over 5.5 million podcasts direct from the TuneIn website, or the service's free apps.

Without a doubt, SoundCloud is God's gift to indie music. It's a simple, bare-bones service that allows anyone to upload and download music under a variety of licenses, and embed uploaded tracks across the web. SoundCloud is great, and if you want to hear the next big thing before the labels do, SoundCloud is where to look.

Connect your SongKick account to your Spotify, Facebook, and Last.fm accounts, and you'll be kept up to date about when your favorite artists will be playing nearby (and the price of tickets). This is a simple, yet powerful way to ensure you never miss another live gig.

iTunes Store and Apple Music

iTunes has grown to dominate the music industry, comprising a huge portion of music sales across the planet. If you want to buy music (or movies, or audiobooks), iTunes probably has what you're looking for. It's also heavily intertwined with Apple Music, Apple's direct competitor with Spotify, where for a reasonable monthly fee, you'll have unlimited access to the entire music library, ad-free.

Last.fm eavesdrops in on your listening habits, and uses statistical analysis to predict what you might like. By installing Last.fm's "toggler" onto, say, your Spotify account, the service offers accurate recommendations for other artist's you're likely to enjoy.

Pandora (US users only), is a great tool for finding new music. It's a "free personalized internet radio". Simply add a few of your favorite artists and the station will start playing related music that you've probably never heard before. Pandora is a great tool, and hopefully it'll stay that way for years to come.

Genius is a gigantic community of music lovers. This is where people turn when they want to discuss and deconstruct a song, or a specific lyric. It's where artists come to explain their music to the world. It's certainly worth checking out.

No matter what kind of music you're into, MixCloud has you covered. This is a fresh approach to radio in the 21st Century, where anyone can be the radio host. Simply search for the radio station, DJ Mix, or podcast that's for you, and start listening for free. If you fancy yourself on the other side of the mic, no problem. Just start uploading your own shows!

The Conversation

For in-depth analysis on a huge range of topics, you'll find it hard to beat The Conversation. The site only accepts commentary and editorials from professional academics. What I love about the site though, is that it will often publish several articles on a single subject to offer different perspectives.

Reuters is the world's leading multimedia news agency, and has received multiple Pulitzer Prizes on international reporting. More importantly, however, according to Media Bias Fact Check Reuters is one of the the least biased news sources out there, offering objective reporting, while using very few loaded words.

Reddit is one of the most diverse media sites on the web, with content ranging from the serious to the absurd . It's also a great source of news, both locally and internationally, on whatever topic you like.

Google News

Google News is a news aggregator, pulling in the top stories from around the web. The site also uses Google's secret sauce of machine learning to turn up articles you're likely to enjoy, based on Google's statistical models of you.

Quartz is home to some of the most intelligent and thought-provoking journalism you can find. Its global-centric approach offers stories you're unlikely to find anywhere else. And its understanding of the online world makes Quartz a beautiful site to visit, knowing you'll always come away more informed than when you arrived.

Hacker News

On the surface, Hacker News is a standard tech news aggregator. However, its technologically literate and involved community offers a unique and insightful perspective that's not available from the more broadly-aimed tech news sites.

FiveThirtyEight

538 is the product of statistician Nate Silver, who is known for almost perfectly predicting the outcome of the 2012 political election via some combination of sober statistical modelling and old-fashioned witchcraft. The site provides news blogging from a data-centric perspective, and often offers an interesting and perhaps soberer take compared to traditional twenty-four hour news networks.

Online Privacy

Tor is not technically a site, but rather a "browser [that] contains everything you need to safely browse the Internet." Tor makes it very difficult for attackers to figure out who's talking to who, much less what they're saying by using computers as a massive obfuscation network to bounce encrypted messages. Want to learn more? Check out our TOR User Guide !

Keeping on top of all your passwords is tough. That's why so many people use the same password for most of their services. Rather than do this, LastPass remembers all your passwords, and keeps them safe under lock and key. Whenever you visit a site, so long as you're logged into your LastPass account, you can also log-in to your other accounts, without needing to remember your password.

HaveIBeenPwned

This site allows you to find out if any of your account information has been leaked. Just search the site for your email address, and you'll be shown which of the leaks your data appears in so you can take necessary action to secure those accounts.

BleepingComputer.com

Think your computer has been infected with a virus or malware? Visit BleepingComputer.com. This is a huge resource not just of security news, but also virus, ransomware, adware and malware removal guides.

A search engine that scrapes a variety of other search engine to provide its muscle, DuckDuckGo helps to anonymize your searches, making it harder for search engines to build up information about you from your search history. It also keeps no logs of its own users.

Terms of service are dry, bland, unreadable screeds of legalese not intended for human consumption. TOS;DR takes terms of service and digests them into something succinct and meaningful. Great for people who want to take a more active role in the services they use, and how those services use their data.

JustDelete.me

An easy repository of links for purging various social media accounts from the internet with a minimum of fuss.

Productivity

Gmail is arguably the best email client out there. Integrating seamlessly with all of Google's other productivity apps, using Gmail is a no-brainer for most people. And with a steady stream of new third-party app integrations and productivity features being released, it's only getting better.

Google Drive (and its associated suite of web document editors) might just be the best cloud document service out there, especially if you're already in the ecosystem (via Android or Gmail).

Microsoft Office Online

Microsoft Office is now offering a free version of many of its popular apps. Among others, these include Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneDrive. These free versions are naturally less feature-rich than the paid version, but are a fantastic way to access and edit files from within your browser, even if you don't pay for the full Office suite.

IFTTT (If this, then that) is a powerful automations platform. From your free account, you can connect hundreds of services and apps that you rely on. Once connected, you can create "applets" that automate certain tasks, so you no longer have to do them manually. For example, you could have IFTTT automatically save email attachments to Google Drive. You could automatically publish your Instagram posts as a Tweet. You can even get an SMS alert to remind you when an event is due to start on Google Calendar.

Arguably the best to-do list manager out there, Todoist has both a free and paid version. Being able to add, schedule, and search for tasks with natural language is a huge plus. As are the many integrations that the app has with the automation engine IFTTT . With its cross-platform availability, quick syncing, and mass of useful features, Todoist will surely help you get more one.

Evernote is one of the world's leading, multi-platform note-taking apps, that's also available in your browser. It's a tool designed to help you capture anything, at any time. You can save your favorite articles, photos, Pinterest pins, recipes, notes, scanned receipts etc., to your account, and easily find these at a later date, even if you have thousands of them!

Microsoft's free note-taking app is, according to some, even better than Evernote. Its standout feature is the ability to customize the layout of your notes however you want. Each element within a single note can be dragged and dropped to any location. This means you can insert all sorts of media into a single note. Before you know it, you'll be running your entire life from this web app.

Google Keep

Google Keep is a simple, much loved note taking app that's far more lightweight than Evernote and OneNote. You can easily create and store notes, lists, images, and audio in your account. Share these with friends and family, and use Google's famous search capabilities to find your notes again when you need them. The app is available on your browser, or on iOS and Android.

RescueTime is a browser plugin with an accompanying site that could save you a huge amount of time. By keeping track of the time you spend on certain sites, you can see an overview of how you're spending your time online. This insight can help you see where you're losing too much time, and adjust your browsing habits for a better work-life balance.

Google Hangouts

Google's free, browser-based answer to Skype is a great application and one you'll find yourself using to keep in touch with friends and family all over the world.

A great, easy screen-sharing application powered by LogMeIn, Join.me is great for remote collaboration for small businesses and creative ventures if you need to host an online audio or video call (with screen sharing), from your browser or smartphone, this is the tool for you!

If you're trying to get more hours out of your day , outsourcing some of your tasks could be the best decision you'll ever make. UpWork is the largest freelance jobs site online. Post a job description letting people know the kinds of tasks you'd like them to do (making reservations, data input, etc.), and you'll receive a huge number of affordable proposals. Then pick the person you think is right for the job.

A Soft Murmur

If you work best with ambient background noise, you're going to love this site! Simply play around with the sliders to create your very own background noise to channel you straight into that flow state.

You know what Google is. It is to search what the pyramids are to wonders of the world (more specifically, nobody remembers the other six). Google will find what you need, quickly and accurately. They're the best in the business.

Want to know where a photo came from? TinEye uses "reverse image search technology" to trawl the web for images similar to the one you submit. Perfect for finding other parts of an image series, finding higher-res or uncropped version of a low-quality image, and even finding where else an image has been published.

Wikipedia is one of the greatest repositories of human knowledge ever constructed. Want to know about anything, from dogs to advanced mathematics? Wikipedia can oblige.

Wolfram Alpha

Want to know what a function looks like? Done. Want to see how to solve an equation, step by step? Can do. Want to know the nutrition facts of a cubic parsec of fried chicken ? Not a problem. Wolfram Alpha has a bizarrely broad and sophisticated suite of features, and is the student's best friend.

When it comes to searching for international and domestic flights, SkyScanner is where you need to be. The free service allows you to search a huge number of airlines simultaneously, to find the cheapest option. You can search for flights on specific days, or you can see an overview of prices across an entire month.

Everybody knows Amazon: If you want it, they've got it, and can get it to you for a very reasonable price, and quickly. Amazon is fantastic.

If eBay is the world's garage sale, Etsy is its crafts fair. Thousands of artists and makers turn to the site to create their own online store from which to sell their wares. A bit of searching can bring up some genuinely beautiful, unique items here. It's a fantastic way to customize your home.

eBay has been called the world's garage sale, and the comparison isn't unfair. Less of a player than once it was, the site (especially its 'motors' section) remains a viable avenue for bargain-hunters all over the world.

A first glance at Craigslist, with its early nineties web design, would not cause it to jump out at you as a website relevant today. That's where you'd be wrong. The minimalist website and its classified ads remain a great way to buy and sell cars, computer equipment, and anything else you can imagine.

Overstock, Amazon's iconoclastic little brother, remains a major online retail outlet: they have great deals, good service, ship internationally---and they accept Bitcoin . What's not to like?

ThinkGeek [NO LONGER AVAILABLE]

Years after its formation, ThinkGeek remains an internet staple. The stuff they sell is rarely practical, but it's often seriously cool: the site delights in nerd tchotchkes and swag, and their stuff makes for great gifts and desk toys for the unrepentant dorks among us.

Newegg is a retailer dedicated to inexpensive consumer electronics, and they do a good job of underbidding the big, non-specialized stores. Their refurbished items are often seriously good deals.

For shoppers outside the US thwarted by region-specific deals and stores, ViaBox lets them permanently register their own US address that they can have parcels shipped to. ViaBox collects the parcels together and ships them anywhere in the world!

Canopy is Amazon, curated. Sometimes finding what you're looking for on Amazon can be daunting. So, if you're particularly keen on beautifully designed products, Canopy might be able to help. The site's hand-curated products are each stunning, and all available on Amazon. This is a fantastic site to browse and find boutique interior products to help your home to stand out.

We all know Facebook. It's the most used social network on Earth and by now it's hard to get along without it (despite the bad publicity recently). Facebook is invaluable for organizing events, keeping in touch with old friends, and sharing bad political memes.

Twitter seems facile on the surface. However, it turns out that forcing succinctness eliminates a lot of the cruft that pops up on traditional social networks, and the platform has proved a great way to keep up with businesses, friends, and celebrities. Without allowing them to monopolize too much of your time.

LinkedIn, a website you may know from those emails it keeps sending you, is a professional social network. Want a job? Need to hire somebody? LinkedIn is your friend.

Instagram is a great way to communicate visually with your friends and followers, whether you want to share behind-the-scenes images and videos of your life, or more polished pics to show off your photography skills, this is the platform for you.

Pinterest is a great platform for collecting and sharing eclectic albums of visual content (much of it tutorials, recipes, decor ideas, and art).

Previously just a mobile messaging app, WhatsApp also has a web and desktop client. This hugely popular app has become one of the primary ways for over a billion people per month to stay in touch. And with end-to-end encryption, it's more secure than many alternative messaging clients.

As an adult, meeting like-minded people outside of work can be tough. Meetup puts an end to this struggle. Acting as a directory of thousands of meetups around the world on a bewildering array of topics, it's never been easier to make new friends, in real life.

Think of Imgur as a slimmed-down Pinterest. Originally developed as a photo-host for Reddit, Imgur has since bloomed into a great image-sharing platform in its own right.

Tumblr remains one of the leading blogging platforms. It's a great place to connect with original content, put your own creations out there, or simply curate the awesome stuff you're finding. The political side of the site can be scary, the creative side of the platform is phenomenal.

For a few years now, Buffer (free and premium), and its accompanying browser extensions, has been making scheduling posts to your social accounts easier than ever. Simply connect your social profiles to your Buffer account, and you can quickly schedule your posts in advance.

MakeUseOf maintains a list of the best free software for Windows , MacOS , Linux , Android , and iOS , and more. We also publish in-depth resources to help you get the most out of any tech you own.

AlternativeTo

If an app you previously used has started charging, or isn't quite offering what you need, check out AlternativeTo. Type in which application or website you want to replace, and the site will churn out plenty of decent alternatives for you to try.

GitHub, currently the most popular platform for hosting and contributing to open software projects, is fantastic. It gives access to downloads, version history, commit logs, and contributor statistics.

SourceForge

Similar to GitHub, SourceForge is another open-source coding repository to help you "find, create and publish open source software for free".

Which Awesome Websites Did We Miss?

We're sure you'll agree that these sites are awesome, but they're still just a drop in the bucket. Which among these are your favorite picks? Did your favorite not make the cut? Let us know! Your contributions will help us keep this list updated.

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100 Websites You Should Know and Use (updated!)

In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH , gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the “100 websites you should know and use.” Six years later, it remains one of the most viewed TED blog posts ever. Time for an update? We think so. Below, the 2013 edition of the 100 websites to put on your radar and in your browser.

To see the original list, click here . While most of these sites are still going strong and remain wonderful resources, we’ve crossed out any that are no longer functioning. And because there are so many amazing resources out there, please add your own ideas in the comments. Happy surfing!

BUSINESS + E-COMMERCE

• blogs.hbr.org
• fastcompany.com
• entrepreneur.com
• dealbook.nytimes.com
• thebillfold.com
• kickstarter.com
• indiegogo.com
• rockethub.com
• marginalrevolution.com
• learnvest.com
• getrichslowly.org/blog
• ritholtz.com/blog
• consumerist.com
• npr.org/blogs/money
• blog.priceonomics.com
• freakonomics.com/blog

AUDIO + VISUAL

• thisiscolossal.com
• creativetimereports.org
• designobserver.com
• hyperallergic.com
• transom.org
• atavist.com
• thirdcoastfestival.org
• nfb.ca/interactive
• woostercollective.com
• c-monster.net
• artfagcity.com
• pitchfork.com
• blog.largeheartedboy.com

L ITERATURE, MEDIA + CULTURE

• theparisreview.org/blog
• lareviewofbooks.org
• themillions.com
• therumpus.net
• grantland.com
• vulture.com
• themorningnews.org
• longreads.com
• goodreads.com
• thefrisky.com
• rookiemag.com
• mediamatters.org
• jimromenesko.com
• poynter.org
• niemanlab.org
• google.com/trends
• youtube-trends.blogspot.com
• onthemedia.org/blogs
• journalism.org
• bookslut.com/blog/
• brainpickings.org
• buzzfeed.com

POLITICS, NEWS + GLOBAL ISSUES

• pewresearch.org
• politico.com
• thinkprogress.org
• brookings.edu
• aljazeera.com
• fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com
• www.propublica.org
• alternet.org
• dish.andrewsullivan.com
• dissentmagazine.org
• edsurge.com
• khanacademy.org
• coursera.org
• udacity.com
• generalassemb.ly
• nces.ed.gov
• greatschools.org

SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY

• blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews
• blogs.scientificamerican.com
• onearth.org
• scienceseeker.org
• lastwordonnothing.com
• scilogs.com
• pandasthumb.org
• realclimate.org
• incubator.rockefeller.edu
• blogs.plos.org
• doublexscience.org
• australianscience.com.au
• guardian.co.uk/science
• lifeslittlemysteries.com
• allthingsd.com
• techcrunch.com
• mashable.com

And now, the original list from 2007, created by Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH. While most of these remaining thriving websites, we’ve crossed out defunct websites and added notes when possible:

CURIOSITY & KNOWLEDGE

• reuters.com
• research.philips.com
• readme.cc.png
• podtropolis.com
• papertoys.com
• new7wonders.com
• thomasedison.org
• beelinetv.com
• submarinechannel.com/titlesequences
• visual-literacy.org
• cartype.com
• captology.stanford.edu
• bannerblog.com_au
• curiosityshoppeonline.com
• creativecommons.org
• lawsofsimplicity.com

GRAPHICS, MUSIC & ARTS

• vincent-vella.com
• tutorialblog.org/free-vector-downloads
• tate.org.uk
• squidfingers.com/patterns
• sohodolls.co.uk
• radioblogclub.com
• photogravure.com
• netdiver.net/illustration [redirects to featuredby.com/illustration ]
• mine-control.com
• matthewmahon.com
• marcelod2.com.br
• magwerk.com
• kraftwerk.blocmedia.net
• headbangers.tv *
• grupow.com/circulo
• creaturesinmyhead.com
• bernhardwolff.com
• arturofuentes.com
• alennox.net

E-COMMERCE EXPERIENCE

• imaginemusicstore.com
• coft1.com [redirects to blackbeltmonkey.com ]
• heftyrecords.com [splash page; “full website coming soon”]
• freddyandma.com
• nikeid.nike.com
• feelthepower.biz
• shopcomposition.com
• agentprovocateur.com

SEARCHING & FINDING

• trendwatching.com
• springwise.com
• scholar.google.com
• podcasts.yahoo.com
• msdewey.com
• maps.live.com
• books.google.com

ONLINE RESOURCES

• infopresse.com/prixboomerang
• rjnet.com.br/2velocimetro_php
• vixy.net [redirects to jaksta.com/vixy-download-youtube-videos-free/ ]
• kuler.adobe.com
• wikitravel.org
• thinkingwithtype.com
• dominiopublico.gov.br
• madehow.com
• howstuffworks.com
• dictionary.reference.com
• gutenberg.org
• nationmaster.com
• en.proverbia.net
• del.icio.us
• touchgraph.com

TOP INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE CREATORS

• 2advanced.com
• almapbbdo.com.br
• artless.gr.jp
• bigspaceship.com
• d-o-e-s.com
• domanistudios.com
• eurorscg4d.com [redirects to havasworldwidedigital.com/ ]
• firstbornmultimedia.com
• group94.com
• heiwa-alpha.co.jp
• lowetesch.com
• northkingdom.com
• soleilnoir.com
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The World’s Top 25 Websites in 2023

In the vast realm of the internet, a handful of websites have emerged as global giants. Mainstays like YouTube and Facebook capture billions of users and shape our online experiences. But occasionally, new waves of innovation can shake up this list, which is exactly what’s happening now with generative AI .

Using data from web analytics firm SimilarWeb , we delve into the top 25 websites based on their most recent traffic numbers.

Ranking Internet Heavyweights

In 2023, web properties owned by Alphabet and Facebook dominate the top 25 list as they have for many years now. In fact, when Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are combined, they make up three-quarters of the top 25 list’s total traffic.

Here’s the complete top 25 websites list as of April 2023:

The 25 websites above combine for a staggering 192 billion monthly visits.

Most of the websites on this list are based in the U.S., but a few such as Baidu (China) and Yandex (Russia), also make the cut. Interestingly, the three adult websites on this list–XVideos, PornHub, and XNXX–are based outside the U.S.

The Allure of Generative AI

A year ago, Bing ranking as one of the world’s top websites wasn’t on many people’s bingo cards . But, Microsoft’s also-ran search engine has benefitted immensely from the generative AI boom taking place—making it a legitimate contender in the search engine category that has been firmly dominated by Google for years.

Of course, the most remarkable story this year is the meteoric rise of OpenAI , the creator of ChatGPT and other AI-powered tools. OpenAI’s web traffic has shot up over the course of the year, rising from about 20 million per month in the fall of last year to 1.8 billion in April 2023.

In fact, OpenAI’s website traffic is growing so fast, that it may soon surpass giants like TikTok and Amazon.

The rise of OpenAI and ChatGPT shows just how quickly a company can rise to prominence if their tech offering is compelling enough. Whether that popularity can be sustained over the long term remains to be seen.

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Published: September 02, 2024

I spent hours scrolling through countless websites, trying to find inspiration. With over one billion websites out there, it felt like I was searching for a needle in a digital haystack. That's when I realized I needed to take a step back and figure out exactly what type of website would work best for my freelance business. Once I understood the different categories and their unique design practices, things started falling into place.

Now, having gone through this process myself, I want to share what I‘ve learned. In this article, I’ll walk you through 23 common types of websites we encounter daily. I'll provide examples that highlight the distinctions in site design and execution, drawing from my own experience where relevant.

Types of Websites That You Can Make

• Business Website
• Ecommerce Website
• Blogging Website
• Real Estate Websites
• Food and Recipe Websites
• Entertainment Website
• Wiki Website
• News Website
• Government Websites
• Nonprofit/Organization Website
• Coupon Websites
• Directory Websites
• Booking Websites
• Membership Website
• Wedding Website
• Portfolio Website
• Personal Website
• Educational Websites
• Job Board Websites
• Forum Website
• Knowledge Base
• Video Streaming Websites
• Memorial Websites

1. Business Websites

A business website is a company’s digital presence — it presents a business for visitors. While business websites come in many sizes and shapes, they all aim to present the business’s products and services to visitors in a way that acquires new customers, clients, and/or partners.

Usually, business websites include descriptions of their offerings and a way to either purchase through the website or contact the team to initiate a sale or partnership.

From there, it’s all up to the business to decide what to include on its site — some sites are dense, while others are stripped down with just one or a few pages. It’s all about what best aligns with your branding and what your target market wants to know.

Let’s look at two business sites that show this contrast. Modern Health is a personalized mental healthcare delivery service with a website that explains the app’s purpose, value, features, and plan options for employers. It accomplishes this with a mix of copy, videos, testimonials, infographics, and blog posts.

Modern Health

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4. Real Estate Websites

Real estate websites are online platforms that list properties for sale or rent, making it easy for me to search for my dream home or investment property.

My go-to site is Zillow. It lets me window shop for houses from my couch, see tons of photos, get all the important details like price and square footage, and even take virtual tours of some places.

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Website design inspiration FAQ

How do i get inspiration for my website.

Seeking website design inspiration can be an exciting journey. Start by exploring award-winning sites, browsing art galleries online, or delving into the history of web design to see how trends have evolved. Resources like design blogs, Pinterest, and industry-specific showcases can also spark creative ideas. Remember to look beyond digital spaces, as nature, architecture, and print media can offer unique perspectives that can be adapted for the web.

How do I come up with a website design?

To come up with a website design that truly resonates with users, begin by immersing yourself in a variety of sources for website design inspiration. Consider your target audience, the message you want to convey, and current design trends. Sketching out ideas, creating mood boards, and experimenting with color palettes and typography can help in coming up with a cohesive design concept.

How do you get inspiration for designing?

Finding inspiration for designing can be as simple as observing the world around you. For website design inspiration, engage with the online community, follow design influencers, and participate in webinars and workshops. Analyze well-designed websites to understand the rationale behind layout choices and user experience tactics . Interactive design platforms and experimenting with design software can also fuel your creativity.

How do I brand my website?

Branding your website is about creating a memorable identity that communicates your values and mission. Draw website design inspiration from your brand's story, color scheme, and logo to establish a visual language that speaks to your audience. Consistency is key across all pages to build recognition and trust. Look at how leading brands in your industry present themselves online for inspiration.

Can a beginner design a website?

Absolutely, a beginner can design a website using multiple resources for website design inspiration. Beginners can leverage online tutorials, free website templates, and drag-and-drop website builders—like the Wix Editor—that offer a guided approach to design. It's also helpful to analyze and learn from existing websites in your field to understand basic design principles and best practices.

How can I make my site look more professional?

When first creating your site, it’s important to explore website ideas, fonts and color palettes. You’ll want to explore color meanings and find visual inspiration so that you can find the right template to fit your brand’s specific needs. It’s a good practice to check out competitor’s web designs and see how they incorporate design and functionality to build engaging sites. Remember, when it comes to design, simplicity is key. You don't want to overload site visitors with too many distractions or make it unfriendly on mobile. You do want to create a good UX (user experience) and add high-quality videos and images where relevant—they make the user experience more exciting.

How can I find a professional designer to help me build my site?

If you feel you need help building your website, you can always hire a professional web designer to help you create, design or enhance your site.

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Top 25 Websites for Web Design Inspiration

Explore the best 25 websites for web design inspiration. Discover creative ideas, award-winning designs, and stunning UI examples to elevate your next project. Perfect for designers seeking fresh ideas.

The Best 25 Websites for Web Design Inspiration

Looking for the perfect web design inspiration to kickstart your next project? Finding creative examples can save you time, boost your workflow, and push your designs to new heights. In this blog, I’ve compiled a list of 25 top websites to help you discover incredible web design ideas with ease.

Here are my favorite sources for eye-catching and innovative web design inspiration, perfect for any project you have in mind.

1. Awwwards

Visit Awwwards

Awwwards is renowned for showcasing the crème de la crème of web design, providing daily updates that keep the community and enthusiasts in the loop with the latest and greatest in website aesthetics. With a meticulous and thorough rating system in place, Awwwards evaluates each submitted site across multiple dimensions: design prowess, creative flair, user-friendliness, and the quality of content. It's more than just an award ceremony; it's a trusted resource for designers and creatives seeking to explore high-quality, award-winning design examples that set the bar for excellence in the digital space.

2. Web Design Inspiration

Visit Web Design Inspiration

This website offers an extensive collection of designs tailored to various industry needs, ensuring that you can effortlessly locate the perfect match for your project. You have the convenience of filtering options by color, type, or specific industry to streamline your search and make it more efficient. With these tools at your disposal, finding exactly what you require becomes a simple and straightforward process.

3. Site Inspire

Visit Site Inspire

Site Inspire offers a user-friendly interface that lets you effortlessly search for designs based on specific criteria such as style, type, or platform. This streamlined approach ensures that finding creative examples that are perfectly tailored to your individual needs is both simple and efficient. Whether you're looking for inspiration for a particular project or just wanting to explore the latest design trends, Site Inspire makes the process straightforward and enjoyable.

4. Olivier Larose

Visit Olivier Larose

Olivier Larose's personal blog is a meticulously curated repository, featuring a hand-selected assortment of inspiring designs. Each showcased piece is not only a source of visual inspiration but also comes paired with Olivier's incisive commentary that delves into the design's intricacies. Additionally, he provides useful tips and tricks for designers that help them understand and apply the principles behind each featured design. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, Olivier's insights are sure to inform and innovate your design approach.

5. Dark Mode Design

Visit Dark Mode Design

This platform is dedicated to spotlighting websites that have embraced dark mode, presenting an exceptional selection of the finest in sleek, contemporary, and contrast-rich web design. It's a space where the mastery of dark aesthetic shines, featuring sites that make the most of dark backgrounds, bright text, and vibrant accent colors to create immersive and eye-catching user interfaces. Whether you're a designer looking for inspiration or simply someone who appreciates the beauty of a well-crafted dark theme website, this platform has curated a lineup of top-tier examples that embody the best practices in modern, dark-themed web design.

6. Pinterest

Visit Pinterest

Pinterest, known predominantly as a social networking platform tailored for the sharing of visual concepts and inspiration, has evolved into an invaluable asset for web designers in search of creative ideas. By conducting searches specifically for boards dedicated to web design, users can discover an abundance of examples showcasing the creativity and talent of designers from various corners of the globe. This wealth of shared content serves as a treasure trove of inspiration that can help spark new ideas and provide a unique perspective on web design trends and techniques.

7. Webflow Showcase

Visit Webflow Showcase

The community showcase put together by Webflow is nothing short of a treasure trove of amazing projects, each one skillfully built using the capabilities that their platform offers. It’s an exceptional resource for anyone looking to not only understand but also truly appreciate the creative boundaries that can be stretched with Webflow's robust features. Browsing through this display of innovation and design prowess serves as a fantastic source of inspiration for those embarking on their own project journeys, providing a glimpse into what's possible and igniting the spark of creativity in Webflow users and enthusiasts alike.

8. Lapa Ninja

Visit Lapa Ninja

Lapa Ninja is a fantastic resource that provides an expanding collection of landing page inspiration, showcasing full-page screenshots for your viewing pleasure. This platform is tailor-made for those seeking out original and creative ideas specifically in the realm of landing page design. Whether you're looking to inject some fresh flair into your web projects or just scouting for new trends, Lapa Ninja has you covered with its extensive and diverse selection. It's the ideal place for designers and marketers alike to explore and discover unique concepts that can elevate any landing page to the next level.

Visit Behance

Adobe's platform is renowned for being a colossal community brimming with designers who are keen on showcasing their outstanding work. When you apply the filter by web design, you'll unveil a vast array of stunning examples that span across numerous industries and an eclectic mix of styles. This feature allows you to dive deep into the creative world of web design, where you can discover inspiration and marvel at the aesthetic prowess of designers from all corners of the globe.

10. Dribbble

Visit Dribbble

Dribbble has earned a reputation for its invitation-only exclusivity, becoming a premier platform that showcases the crème de la crème of design talent across the globe. It's far more than just a wellspring for web design inspiration; Dribbble also serves as an essential hub where industry professionals can network, exchange ideas, and engage with one another. For those looking to bring fresh creativity to their projects, it is also an ideal marketplace to potentially find and hire skilled designers who are at the top of their craft.

11. CSS Nectar

Visit CSS Nectar

CSS Nectar is a platform that meticulously curates and showcases websites exhibiting high-quality design, serving as a source of inspiration for those looking to create or improve their own web presence. By leveraging an array of filters - including category, color, and country - users are afforded the convenience of narrowing down the extensive collection to find specific types of web designs that align with their unique preferences or project requirements. Whether you're in search of a particular style, theme, or regional design influence, CSS Nectar's user-friendly interface allows for an efficient and targeted browsing experience.

12. Refero Design

Visit Refero Design

Refero Design stands as a beacon of inspiration, showcasing an impressive array of high-quality web and user interface design examples. With its carefully curated selection, it caters to designers who are on the lookout for visuals that are both clean and professional in appearance. By offering such a refined collection, Refero Design serves as an ideal resource for those striving to elevate their design work to new levels of aesthetic excellence.

13. UI Design Tips

Visit UI Design Tips

This website is dedicated to staying at the forefront of the latest trends and developments within user interface design. Its primary goal is to showcase inspirational and innovative designs, placing a strong emphasis on creativity within user interfaces as well as their overall usability. Visitors can expect to find a curated selection of design work that both inspires and exemplifies the pinnacle of UI design excellence.

14. Godly Website

Visit Godly Website

Godly Website is an incredible resource that showcases minimalist and exquisitely designed websites. It's the ideal spot for designers who have a strong appreciation for simplicity coupled with elegance in their design solutions. This platform serves as a haven for those who gravitate towards clean and understated aesthetics, making it a perfect destination for creatives seeking inspiration for simple yet sophisticated web designs.

15. Stacked Sorted

Visit Stacked Sorted

Stacked Sorted delivers an impeccably curated assortment of web designs, meticulously organizing a wellspring of inspiration into a highly accessible and effortlessly scrollable gallery format that caters to user convenience.

16. Minimal Gallery

Visit Minimal Gallery

As indicated by its moniker, Minimal Gallery is dedicated to the art of minimalist web design, serving as an idyllic choice for individuals who are in pursuit of a design approach that is clean, contemporary, and uncomplicated. This focus creates an ambiance that’s both modern and straightforward, offering aesthetics that are uncluttered and effortlessly elegant. It's the quintessence of simplicity, making it an ideal match for those who admire minimalism and wish to embody that philosophy in their web presence.

17. One Page Love

Visit One Page Love

For those who are fascinated by the elegance and simplicity of single-page websites, this is an essential destination. One Page Love is wholly dedicated to this unique style of web design. It’s an incredible resource for any designer or creative individual seeking inspiration on how to create a powerful user experience while keeping everything accessible within a single scroll. It demonstrates how minimal scrolling can still deliver maximum impact, making it a go-to resource for anyone looking to streamline their online presence with efficiency and style.

18. A Fresh Website

Visit A Fresh Website

A Fresh Website stands out by offering innovative design perspectives that are sure to capture your attention. With a gallery of examples showcasing bold typography, it's a treasure trove for anyone looking to push the envelope in textual design. The creative layouts featured on the site are not just pleasing to the eye but also serve as a source of inspiration for those seeking to break free from conventional design patterns. In addition, the stunning visuals displayed serve as a testament to what can be achieved when creativity meets proficiency in design. Whether you're a seasoned designer or someone simply appreciating the art of design, A Fresh Website provides an exciting exploration into the realm of modern web aesthetics.

19. Load More

Visit Load More

Load More serves as your continuous source of website design inspiration, offering an ever-flowing collection of aesthetically pleasing and creative web designs. With its straightforward interface, you can seamlessly keep scrolling, delving deeper into the pool of visual creativity until you stumble upon a design that truly ignites your imagination and sparks your creative flair.

20. See-Saw Website

Visit See-Saw Website

See-Saw provides an exceptional and distinctive platform designed specifically for those who wish to explore artistic and innovative web designs. It places a strong emphasis on out-of-the-box creative approaches, serving as a haven for individuals seeking inspiration beyond the conventional. With See-Saw, users are invited to delve into a world where creativity knows no bounds and every design exudes originality and inventiveness.

21. Browsing Mode

Visit Browsing Mode

Browsing Mode offers an elegant and minimalist selection of web design inspirations, focusing on clean, user-friendly interfaces. It’s ideal for designers seeking simplicity combined with modern aesthetics. The site showcases websites that balance functionality with visual appeal, often featuring clean typography, intuitive layouts, and effective use of white space. You can filter by design style and type, making it easier to find inspiration for your next project. Whether you're designing for e-commerce, portfolios, or blogs, Browsing Mode provides a refined set of examples to guide your creative process.

22. Landbook

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The Internet is full of amazing and addictive things: social networking, endless amounts of information, and incredible websites that keep your mind entertained and your time wasted.

How can you possibly find the perfect website when you’re busy wasting your time on other websites?! Clearly you don’t have time for that, so here is a helpful list of some of the best sites on the web, neatly compiled in a categorized list for your browsing pleasure.

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1.  Freerice

This charity website is a fun quiz that donates 10 grains of rice through the UN’s World Food Programme for every answer you get correct.

Their goals are to provide people with free education and help end world hunger.

If you’re feeling down, you can learn something new, feel smarter, and help feed the hungry all at the same time.

There’s even a free app for your phone.

2. F*** My Life (FML)

This is basically a message board where people post all of the crappy things that are happening to them.

Now matter how bad your day is going, perhaprs you can take comfort in the fact that you didn’t get pulled over for pimple-popping.

3. The Nicest Place On The Internet

“A little pick-me-up can be hard to come by.” This site is continual footage of people giving you virtual hugs.

Warm, fuzzy, happy feels are coming at you nonstop. You can also submit your own virtual hug.

If you’re in need of some love, go to this website and you’ll be smiling within a minute.

4. Duolingo

Doesn’t get much better than this for language lovers. Learn a new language and play a game at the same time, for free.

Choose from Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Irish, Swedish, Hungarian, Esperanto, Ukranian, Russian, Norwegian, Romanian, Polish, or Vietnamese.

For non-English speakers, there is also an option to learn English and various other languages. Best part? There’s also a free app.

5. Wolfram Alpha

Browse through a list of information quickly without having to open different links.

This is a refreshing search engine that compiles actual curated data from other sites instead of providing a list of links to your desired information the way Google or Bing would.

6. Musictheory.net

Free online content for learning everything from major scales to diatonic triads.

There are also a variety of useful tools for musicians of all types, and mobile apps for on-the-go learning.

7. Serendipity

Serendipity is a site that tracks when 2 people in different cities, states, or countries have started listening to the same song at the same exact time on Spotify.

The creators wanted to show how people all over the world can be very different, but still connected by music.

8. MyFridgeFood

Myfridgefood.com lets you enter whatever ingredients you have in your fridge and tells you what you can make with them.

It also provides recipes, nutritional information, and cook times for each option.

Sometimes, if you’re lucky, it just tells you to give up and get drunk.

9. Sleepyti.me (bedtime calculator)

Possibly the most instantly useful and personally beneficial site you’ll find on the web, it tells you what time you need to go to bed in order to get a good night’s sleep.

No, it does not count backwards 8 hours from your wake-up time. It provides several options of the best times to fall asleep so that you don’t wake up in the middle of a sleep cycle feeling tired and cranky.

10. What Should I Read Next?

This site is exactly what it sounds like: it tells you what to read after you finish a book you like.

Type in the book title and it will provide a list of other books that might be right for you.

11. Child’s Own Studio

Turn a child’s artwork into an actual plush toy, aka “softie.”

12. Unagi Travel

Unagi Travel is literally a Japanese travel agency for stuffed animals.

For the cost of shipping your fluffy friends to Japan and a $45 tour fee, they will take them around Tokyo, Onsen, Kamakura, or on a “Mystery Tour” and post photo updates of the entire journey on Facebook.

13. Weave Silk

Lets you create beautiful artwork in mere seconds.

This one, inspired by a pelvis and vertebrae, took me about 1 minute to make.

14. This Is Sand

Same idea as Weave Silk, only you’re making virtual sand art.

It takes a lot longer to come up with much of anything, so if you’ve got a lot of time to kill, this is the online art project for you.

Here we have a feeble attempt at a sunset and pyramids. (I gave up after 5 minutes.)

15. I Need A Prompt

Writers and artists, if you have a creative block or want inspiration for a quick exercise, this site generates random ideas for you.

For example, if you want to write a short story about something but have no idea what, consider describing what happens when a wizard makes uncomfortable eye-contact with a proctologist.

16. A Chinese Pug Licking Your Computer Screen

That’s all it is. A never-ending video loop of an adorable, fawn-colored pug give your screen sloppy dog kisses.

17. I Love You Like A Fat Lady Loves Apples

Help the old lady eat some apples. Do it. She’s hungry.

18. Draw A Stickman

Draw your own stickman (or woman, or dog, or whatever) and choose an adventure, then watch your creation come to life in an interactive scenario. Time killing at its finest.

19. You Are Listening To…

Select from a list of major cities and listen to all available police scanners in the area, set to a background image of the skyline and soothing music.

20. Google Fight

If, for some odd-yet-awesome reason, you’ve ever wondered who would win in a fight if Christopher Walken took on the Power Rangers, just have them battle it out by seeing who gets the most action on Google.

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New Report Ranks The Best Countries For Quality Of Life, Business And More

What are the best countries in the world? A new report from U.S. News & World Report has the answers. (And you won’t believe where the U.S. ranked.)

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A view of Bern in Switzerland, which was named the world's best. country in a new report.

What makes a country truly great? Is it a booming economy, a high standard of living or the ability to inspire adventure and creativity? According to the 2024 Best Countries ranking from U.S. News & World Report , it’s all of the above—and more.

Now in its ninth year, this definitive report offers an inside look at how 89 nations are perceived across the globe. From Switzerland’s unbeatable quality of life to the U.S.’s rise in business agility and innovation, the rankings reveal which countries are leading the charge in shaping the future.

The 2024 list—produced in partnership with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania—is based on a survey of nearly 17,000 respondents from around the world. The nations are evaluated across 10 subcategories, ranging from quality of life and business climate to cultural influence and adventure. The result is a detailed snapshot of how these countries are viewed on the global stage.

What sets the Best Countries report apart from other global rankings? “Our rankings project is based on a proprietary perceptions survey that reaches thousands of citizens across the globe. By asking respondents to associate countries with dozens of varied attributes, the report is comprehensive,” Elliott Davis, a reporter for U.S. News & World Report , told me in an interview. “There’s plenty of data behind the success of a country, but analyzing how one is perceived takes a unique spin on it. How a nation is viewed by others can play a big role in its global standing.”

According to Davis, U.S. News started the project in order to help citizens, business leaders and governments make decisions about where in the world to invest their time and money “by understanding how a nation’s policies, politics and products affect its perceived standing in the world,” he says. “The Best Countries rankings therefore aim to highlight a nation’s potential for success through our survey data.”

The Best Country In The World

For the third consecutive year and the seventh time in nine years, Switzerland takes the top spot—thanks to its stability and quality of life. “When I spoke to experts for the story about Switzerland, they each talked about the country’s stability and high quality of life—and these strengths are underscored in our perceptions data,” says Davis. “It’s no surprise that a stable, consistent country like Switzerland would top our rankings seven times in nine years.”

Switzerland’s high rankings in categories like entrepreneurship, quality of life and being “open for business” solidify its winning spot.

The U.S. ranked third in a best country report. Pictured here: A view of the Statue of Liberty in New York City.

The U.S. Makes a Notable Leap

One of the biggest surprises in this year’s rankings is the United States, which jumped two spots to land at number three—its highest position ever in the history of the report. “Two factors that played a role in America’s rise were its notable jumps in the ‘‘open for business’ (up seven spots) and ‘movers’ (up four spots) subrankings,” says Davis. The U.S. also maintained its top ranking in agility and power, making it a dominant force across multiple categories.

Although the U.S. often ranks lower in other global quality of life reports, its strength in entrepreneurship, innovation and global influence propelled it upward in this report. “The country ranks in the top 25 in eight of our 10 subrankings, so it’s generally perceived strongly among the respondents to our survey,” says Davis.

Surprising Gains and Losses

Beyond Switzerland and the U.S., the rankings also revealed some unexpected shifts. China, for example, jumped four spots to number 16 “despite other survey data pointing to unfavorable views of the country,” says Davis.

On the other hand, Ukraine—which surged in the rankings after the Russian invasion—fell 12 spots to number 80. “It was the largest fall among countries assessed in the rankings,” says Davis.

These changes underscore how global perceptions can fluctuate based on current events, particularly when it comes to geopolitical stability and future growth potential.

In the movers subranking—which assesses a nation’s potential for future growth—the United Arab Emirates ranked first. Pictured here: Dubai.

Beyond Quality of Life: Other Rankings

Besides the overall Best Countries list, the report ranks countries for other attributes. When it comes to the adventure subranking, Brazil tops the list, followed closely by Italy and Greece.

Germany leads the entrepreneurship category, thanks to its innovative economy, highly skilled workforce and strong infrastructure. The United States comes in second place, showcasing its dominance in innovation and business-friendly environment.

Italy, France and the United States lead the cultural influence subranking, reflecting their roles as trendsetters in fashion, entertainment and global cultural exports.

In the movers subranking—which assesses a nation’s potential for future growth—the United Arab Emirates ranks first. Countries like China and Qatar also ranked highly, signaling their dynamic and rapidly evolving economies.

Here are some of the rankings from the 2024 Best Countries report. You can also see more rankings in the original report .

Japan was named the second best country in the world overall. Pictured here: the city of Tokyo.

10 Best Countries Overall

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• United States
• United Kingdom
• New Zealand

Denmark was named the best country for quality of life. Pictured here: biking in downtown Copenhagen.

Best Countries For Quality Of Life

Germany was named the best country for business and entrepreneurship. Pictured here: Cologne Cathedral with the Rheinau Harbor (Rheinauhafen) buildings at night.

Best Countries For Entrepreneurship

Italy was named the best country for culture. Pictured here: Atrani on the Amalfi Coast.

Best Countries For Cultural Influence

Brazil was named the best country for adventure. Pictured here: hang gliding over Rio de Janeiro.

Best Countries For Adventure

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Sam Collins has claimed his second best and fairest for Gold Coast, with Bodhi Uwland finishing second and Sam Flanders third

SAM COLLINS has won his second Gold Coast Club Champion following a stellar season by the full-back.

Collins finished the night on 68 votes to beat Bodhi Uwland (56) and Sam Flanders (55), who rounded out the podium.

In a tight count, Matt Rowell (54), Noah Anderson (50) and Mac Andrew (49) were all within striking distance of the top three before narrowly missing out.

Collins' triumph follows his victory in 2020 and comes on the back of finishing runner-up to Anderson last season.

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Collins was named in the 44-man All-Australian squad, but missed out on selection in the final 22.

For Uwland and Flanders, it was the first time the pair had finished in the top three.

Collins also claimed the newly named David Swallow Award, voted by the playing group as the most selfless and inspirational throughout the year.

Uwland, who had played only three senior games prior to this year, was also named the Most Professional.

Collins becomes the fourth player to win multiple Club Champion awards alongside Gary Ablett jnr (four), Tom Lynch (two) and Touk Miller (two).

1. Sam Collins (68 votes) 2. Bodhi Uwland (56) 3. Sam Flanders (55) 4. Matt Rowell (54) 5. Noah Anderson (50) 6. Mac Andrew (49) 7. Wil Powell (43) 8. Ben Long (39) 9. Touk Miller (36) 10. Jarrod Witts (35)

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