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100 inspiring website designs that can fuel your next web project in 2024. From visually stunning e-commerce sites to user-friendly SaaS platforms, Fratzke Consulting showcases our favorite designs.
- Best Website Designs from 2023
- Best Website Designs from 2022
- Best Website Designs from 2021
- Best Website Designs from 2020
- Best Website Designs from 2019
- Best Website Designs from 2018
- Best Website Designs from 2017
- Other Cool Website Designs
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1. What Is Missing
Award: Activism Webby Winner, 2023 Websites are a powerful tool for storytelling, and What Is Missing showcases this with mastery. This website educates visitors about the Earth’s sixth mass extinction with losses of species habitats and more. When I first arrived on the page, I saw floating white dots on a black background reminiscent of the stars. Text described the losses we’ve experienced from climate change. The dots came together to show a circle where images of wildfires and plants gro...
2. Persepolis Reimagined
Award: Art & Design Webby Winner, People's Voice Winner, 2023 An immersive experience created by Getty, Persepolis Reimagined allows you to explore the city during the reign of King Xerxes. The site is powered by scroll, allowing you to explore the city and zoom in on different significant places within its walls. When I visited the site, I was reminded of walking tours you might take on vacation. For example, I scrolled to see a rendering of the Gate of All Nations. As I continued to scroll...
3. The Health Inclusivity Index
Award: Best Data Visualization Webby Winner, 2023 This site from Economist Impact analyzes the health landscape of 40 countries worldwide. The bread and butter of the site is a ring made up of different lines. Each cluster of lines is a country, and each individual line is a piece of health data. Image Source As I scrolled, I could select a country or view countries by a sorting metric, like health equity or GDP per capita. When I hovered over a country, I could see the countries’ scores and...
7. Hyer
Award: Website of the Month (2022), CSS Design Awards Want to make a strong impression on your website visitors? Take a page out ofHyer’s book. Image Source This striking illustration of the airplane, as it slowly moves across the screen, is sure to grab website visitors’ attention. This page has everything you need in an effective homepage: An image that tells a story but isn’t too distracting, the use of white space, an easy nav bar, a tagline or slogan, and a clear call-to-action (CTA). It...
8. Mubasic
Award: Website of the Day, August 10, 2022, Awwwards Mubasic’s site isn’t just visually compelling. It’s dynamic. Mubasic is a catalog of high-quality music for children, and the website’s designdecisions help it achieve a light-hearted, easy-going feel. The poppy color scheme and effective visual hierarchy contribute to this site’s design success. However, the real reason it shines is because of how the design feels authentic to the brand’s mission. Image Source The homepage easily allows yo...
9. Digital Cover
Award: Website of the Day, July 31, 2022, Awwwards Everything from the loading screen to the homepage of this France-based digital agency’swebsiteis a visual homerun. When you arrive on this homepage, you’re immediately swept into the world of Digital Cover. This is achieved by a graphic that appears nearly three-dimensional, popping up and welcoming you into the company’s orbit. Image Source Similar to the previous site, the animated nature of Digital Cover’s homepage adds intrigue and estab...
10. Superlist
Award: Site of the Month (April 2021), Awwwards Superlist is a productivity app that helps teams and individuals change the way they work. Too often, you land on a website and have to figure out what the brand is about. With Superlist, you know exactly what to expect as soon as you get to the homepage. Image Source The interactive homepage has an on-point copy, showing what the site is all about. There are three easy-to-notice buttons that clearly show how the app supports teamwork, personal...
11. Swab the World
Award: Site of the Day (2020), Awwwards Parallax, bold colors, and negative space shape the design and experience of Swab the World’swebsite. The organization brings awareness to stem cell donations. Their mission is to “Make sure every single patient finds their match. Period.” Photos of couples exhibiting love and emotions bring a human element to a historically complex and scientific process. From a technical perspective, the design makes moving down the page feel natural, ensuring the rea...
12. Newest Americans
Award: Honorable Mention (2020), Awwwards An organization with a responsibility as large as honoring past, present, and future migrating identities needs a beautiful and functional website to help spread the word. Newest Americanschampion immigrant experiences in cities across the state of New Jersey. The website uses beautiful imagery of people, places, and items that represent this experience in a way that flows cohesively down the homepage, telling the story of this group of America’s newe...
13. Spotify Design
Award: Honorable Mention (2020), Awwwards Spotify is known for its fair share of amazing feats, and its latest iteration ofSpotify Designis no different. Serving as the hub for all things visual and creative for Spotify, the music and podcast streaming giant gives listeners a look into the who, what, why, and how of what makes the app so sensational. Bright colors, drop shadows, and smooth animations give this website character and depth. The flat geometric designs with abstract accents make...
17. 1917: In the Trenches
Award: Awwwards’ Best Website of the Day (2019) This website, made to promote the film 1917, lets you walk around the trenches and perform the same mission that the characters did in the film. You can also see their maps or access other tools. This is a great example of a site that went above and beyond with interactivity as well as a site that leverages its content and prewritten storyline to market its film. This website won Site of the Day byAwwwards, which allows designers to vote and nom...
18. The Octopus: A design blog by IDEO
Award: Business Blog/Website 2019 Webby award IDEO, a global design company, won the Business Blog/Website 2019 Webby award for itsOctopus blog, and for good reason. Overall, the whole IDEO site is fantastic. A few seconds after you enter the homepage, catchy yellow and pink letters will overlay the black-and-white text and add a pop of color. Image Source If you hover over a blog post, the title is highlighted in yellow. If you hover over an image, the image is pulled towards you — two small...
19. Nomadic Tribe
Award: Awwwards’ Site of the Year nomination (2019) This site, which was nominated for Awwwards’ Site of the Year, is one of the most engaging sites I’ve seen. The homepageimmediately begins playing a stunning video featuring a man walking across a desert, followed by gorgeous landscape scenes and text like, “Are you lucky enough to call yourself an adventurer?” The text throughout the website is playful, with colorful pinks and oranges and yellows, and the homepage is logically designed, wit...
22. Crypton.trading
Award: Site of the Day (4/3/2018), Awwwards Meet crypton.trading, your robot accountant. Crypton.tradingis a trading hub for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, using artificial intelligence to predict changes in a currency’s value and identify key buying and selling opportunities. The website was rated high for its development and design, as it gradually explains more of the developer’s methods the further down visitors scroll. This website makes tech-savvy visitors feel right at home the mome...
23. Overflow
Award: Site of the Day (3/20/2018), Best Website Gallery Overflowis a design tool that allows people and businesses to create story-like flow diagrams of their ideas so they’re easier for others to understand. Aside from this being just a good service, the Overflow website practices what it preaches — the website promotes its product using a flow diagram. The website delivers this flow diagram in the form of a video. While embedded videos can look clunky sitting in the middle of a website’s o...
24. Frans Hals Museum
Award: Site of the Year (2018), Awwwards It can be tough for a museum to present all of its artwork together on a cohesive website. That’s what makes the website of the Frans Hals Museumso impressive. Located in the Netherlands, this museum has created a website that uses a combination of digital design elements and its own exhibits. This mixture helps visitors understand what they’ll see, when they can see it, and where else they can get a taste of what this museum has to offer. Image Source...
25. Simply Chocolate
Award: Site of the Year (2017), Awwwards You’ll get a craving for chocolate just looking at this website — and in a way, that’s Simply Chocolate’swebsite working as designed. This appetizing website is that of Denmark chocolate maker Simply Chocolate. Its website uses a variety of colors (and creative product names) to promote each chocolate bar. And as you scroll from one product to the next, they all seem to remain consistent in brand. The vibrant yellow package and yummy chocolates in the...
26. NOWNESS
Award: Best Cultural Blog/Website, 2017 Webby Awards NOWNESS is perhaps the coolest crowdsourced video blog on the internet. That was a mouthful. What does it all mean? NOWNESS’crowdsourcing is part of what makes it an award-winner. This means most of its content comes from independent creatives — an increasingly popular way for businesses to publish content. NOWNESS is also a video channel, meaning all of its blog content is in video format. Together, these qualities help make NOWNESS a capt...
27. Guillaume Tomasi
As a Photographer in Montreal, Guillaume Tomasihas built a portfolio that’s truly fit to house his unique and awe-inspiring photography. His surreal photo style is juxtaposed by his simple, flat, empty, and minimalistic portfolio design that places all of the focus on the work itself. His unique series navigation, coupled with art-gallery-inspired introductions and perfect scrolling interactions, yield an experience reminiscent of that of a real gallery Image Source What I like:The mosaic lay...
28. Tej Chauhan
Tej Chauhanhas turned impressionist artwork into a business model with this intriguing website. Each image on this product developer’s homepage slides out to cover the previous image, offering little context around the object you now see in front of you. But it’s that lack of context that makes you want to learn more. Plus, the tagline, “Souvenirs of The Near Future,” suggests these objects are a part of their product line — and an opportunity for you to bring these innovative objects into yo...
29. Amanda Martocchio Architecture
An architecture firm might not specialize in web development, but its website should still demonstrate its commitment to visually pleasing design. Amanda Martocchio took that to heart with this gorgeous website. It’s no secret that Amanda Martocchio Architectureloves its work — each picture on the homepage of its website is an enchanting shot of the houses the company designs. The website labels every house you scroll through with the type of design that was intended, along with numerous angl...
30. Donaldson Clinic
I love the fresh, minimalist design of Donaldson Clinic’swebsite. It’s sleek and modern and reflects the clinic’s professionalism and innovation. Image Source Having an introduction to the doctors right on the homepage is a smart move — it quickly builds trust, which is especially important for sites of this nature. Image Source The high-quality imagery highlights the clinic’s facilities and makes it all look high-end. With trust indicators and clear CTAs, it’s incredibly easy to feel confide...
31. Pony Studio
Pony Studio’swebsite is one of the coolest sites I’ve seen. Image Source The mix of dark colors with bright pops is eye-catching, and I love the dynamic nature with motion, illustrations, and 3D elements. As you scroll, you’ll see the super interesting case studies and integration of user feedback. Image Source Every part of this site makes you want to explore more. What I like: Probably the best part of the Pony site is how they showcase their team. Boxes switch between current images and ch...
32. Lacoste Heritage
To celebrate Lacoste’s 90th anniversary, the brand collaborated with Bonhomme to showcase its story. In April 2023, Awwwards recognized Lacoste Heritage, awarding it Site of the Day (SOTD) and DEVAWARD recognitions. The site excels in usability and overall design. It displays Lacoste’s popular products through fantastic background video and image choices. Image Source As you scroll, you’ll notice a charming feature: a small Lacoste crocodile that turns over and follows the mouse cursor — so o...
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- Superlist. The productivity app Superlist boasts not only an intuitive mobile application but also an award-winning website. In April 2021, Superlist earned SOTM honors from Awwwards.
- Spotify Design. For our next best website designs award winner, we’re going back to 2020. That’s when Spotify Design received an Honorable Mention from Awwwards for its vibrant website.
- 1917: In the Trenches. In 2019, 1917: In the Trenches earned Awwwards’ Website of the Day prize. Intended to promote the film 1917, In the Trenches lets users explore WWI trenches and follow the path of the movie’s core protagonists.
- IDEO — The Octopus design blog. IDEO is a well-known global design company that has produced some truly innovative content. One of its most notable designs was The Octopus, which was deployed on IDEO’s in-house blog library.
3 days ago · Discover our editors' best website designs of 2024. By Petar Pesic Last updated: May 17, 2024. SUBMIT YOUR BEST DESIGN. Industries. Advertising. Aerospace. Agriculture. Architecture. Arts & Recreation. Automotive. Banking & Finance. Content & News. Distribution. E-Commerce & Retail. Education. Engineering. Entertainment. Fashion & Beauty.
- Dopple Press: Best User Experience. While all of the featured Wix websites provide an A+ user experience, risograph printing studio Dopple Press really takes the cake.
- OK Drugs: Best use of asymmetry. Exciting visuals? Check. Edible typography? Spunky color scheme? Cute iconography? Vibrant graphics?
- Sonja Van Duelman: Best one-page website. Incorporating animation, galleries, use of multimedia and a playful use of typography and fonts, Studio Sonja Van Dulmen's one-page website is a delight to scroll through.
- Yantra: Best restaurant website. Unlike many restaurant websites, Yantra's focuses on the atmosphere and eliciting emotion instead of its food. The homepage features a full-bleed gallery of stunning images of the restaurant's interior, which promises a new feast for the eyes around every corner.
4 days ago · Best web design examples. A curated collection of web design inspiration. This is a list featuring what we think are the best, most inspirational, well-crafted, elegant and stylish web pages in the wild. We curate topical collections around design to inspire you in the design process.
May 6, 2024 · Reading time. 11 min. Share. We’ve created a handy list of the 13 best examples of web design so you can get inspired and emulate great design practices on your own website to delight your users. Let’s begin! Prioritize brilliantly in your website design process.
