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Sven Lennartz Sven is the co-founder and former CEO of Smashing Magazine. He’s now writing at his Conterest Blog, where he focuses on blogs, content strategy and publishing — all in German.

Inspiration Package: 50 Usable & Elegant Designs

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We all love beautiful, usable and impressive web designs. To achieve them, web developers need to focus on many aspects, but basically it all boils down to the question, how well the content is presented and how easily the information can be perceived. Harmonic color schemes are as important as solid and consistent typography. Precise visual structure and intuitive navigation are essential for...

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We all love beautiful, usable and impressive web designs. To achieve them, web developers need to focus on many aspects, but basically it all boils down to the question, how well the content is presented and how easily the information can be perceived. Harmonic color schemes are as important as solid and consistent typography. Precise visual structure and intuitive navigation are essential for both usability and accessibility. In fact, mostly it’s a keen attention to small details which gives web-sites a profound and enduring nature.

We’ve selected some more of them. Over 60 elegant, usable and impressive designs with a well thought-out color scheme, typography and visual structure. Their beauty lies in the way the information is presented. Their usability lies in the way they communicate presented data. That’s what makes them different.

Next week we’ll present the .pdf-version of this showcase. You might be willing to check out further showcasese we’ve presented before - you’ll find the links at the bottom of the article.

Inspiration Package: 50 Elegant and Usable Designs

  1. 31Three
    2. Beautiful Designs - 31Three - The Design Studio of Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain
  2. North x East
    3. Beautiful Designs - 12 Ways to Turn a Boring Post into Pure Gold at Weekly Articles About Blogging - NxE
  3. Youtilize.com
    4. Beautiful Designs - Youtilize.com - technology, web development and entrepreneurship
  4. Oaktree Creative
    5. Beautiful Designs - Oaktree Creative: The pixels, prose and portfolio of Chuck Mallott
  5. CodeIgniter
    6. Beautiful Designs - CodeIgniter - Open source PHP web application framework
  6. WebRevolutionary
    7. Beautiful Designs - WebRevolutionary — The semi-coherent ramblings of a web addict.
  7. Pop Labs
    8. Beautiful Designs - Search Marketing and Social Media Consulting - Pop Labs - Pop Labs

  8. Creative Binge
    9. Beautiful Designs - Creative Binge - Online Creative Portfolios
  9. Designwise Studios
    10. Beautiful Designs - Designwise Studios ~ Accessible, Simple, and Elegant Web Solutions
  10. Mike McFarlane Landscape Photography
    11. Beautiful Designs - Welcome - Mike McFarlane Landscape Photography
  11. Pearsonified
    12. Beautiful Designs - Best Damn Blog on the Planet — Pearsonified
  12. BlogMinistry
    13. Beautiful Designs - BlogMinistry

  13. html life
    14. Beautiful Designs - html life

  14. Devlounge
    15. Beautiful Designs - Devlounge : A resource for designers and developers
  15. Putput Comunicacions
    16. Beautiful Designs - Putput Comunicacions
  16. Savana webhosting
    17. Beautiful Designs - Savana webhosting - levný hosting s pohodlnou administrací

  17. Stoodeo
    18. Beautiful Designs - Website Development Services - Stoodeo

  18. Koder
    19. Beautiful Designs - Kodér - Domů | Vy designujete, my kódujeme do posledního detailu
  19. Tappity: Mobile Homepage
    20. Beautiful Designs - Tappity: Mobile Homepage
  20. WorkOne Central
    21. Beautiful Designs - WorkOne Central
  21. Rifidi | Software Defined RFID
    22. Beautiful Designs - Rifidi | Software Defined RFID
  22. Pixel House
    23. Beautiful Designs - Gold Coast Web Site Design - Pixel House
  23. ~ VEDA ~ Healthy Indian Takeout & Eatery
    24. Beautiful Designs - ~ VEDA ~ Healthy Indian Takeout & Eatery
  24. Gaby Lopez
    25. Beautiful Designs - Gaby Lopez
  25. Versions - Mac Subversion Client
    26. Beautiful Designs - Versions - Mac Subversion Client
  26. Ted Lermontov
    27. Beautiful Designs - Ted Lermontov : Web Designer
  27. Pozycjonowanie INHEAD Krakow
    28. Beautiful Designs - Pozycjonowanie INHEAD Kraków

  28. Sonze
    29. Beautiful Designs - Sonze
  29. Corporate Image
    30. Beautiful Designs - Corporate Image – Logo, Graphic Design, Website Development, Web Marketing Consultant, Melbourne, Sydney, Australia
  30. Frazier Media
    31. Beautiful Designs - Frazier Media
  31. KellerAdv
    32. Beautiful Designs - KellerAdv - Agenzia di Pubblicità  - Comunicazione - Marketing - Latina

  32. elan3.com
    33. Beautiful Designs - elan3.com : Tim Sears' blog and personal site of web and .NET development.
  33. Erratic Wisdom
    34. Beautiful Designs - Erratic Wisdom
  34. Design View / Andy Rutledge
    35. Beautiful Designs - Design View / Andy Rutledge

  35. Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
    36. Beautiful Designs - Home | Waggener Edstrom Consumer Group | Waggener Edstrom Worldwide

    Artwork

  36. EMS | Matthew Soriano
    37. Beautiful Designs - EMéS | The online portfolio of Matthew Soriano
  37. anixstudio.
    38. Beautiful Designs - anixstudio.
  38. Blues Sklep
    39. Beautiful Designs - Blues Sklep – Live Blues and Jazz music
  39. plasq.com
    40. Beautiful Designs - plasq.com - Main >
  40. sr28 Web Design
    41. Beautiful Designs - sr28 Web Design, Houston based Web Designer and Illustrator Simon Reynolds

    Remarkable Designs

  41. Warpspire
    42. Beautiful Designs - Warpspire: Web, Design and Code Geekery

  42. The 5th Avenue Theatre
    43. Beautiful Designs - Welcome to The 5th Avenue Theatre
  43. The Knowledge Well
    44. Beautiful Designs - The Knowledge Well
  44. Palm, Inc.
    45. Beautiful Designs - Palm, Inc., Your Destination for Handhelds, Mobile Managers, Smartphones, Accessories and Software Titles
  45. Dion.nu Design
    46. Beautiful Designs - Dion.nu Design | Dion's Weblog 3.0 | Weblog of Dion Kesling. Designer in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
  46. FreeSwell Studios
    47. Beautiful Designs - FreeSwell Studios | Creative, Web Design and Development, Kailua Honolulu Oahu Hawaii
  47. Knoxville Life Church
    48. Beautiful Designs - Knoxville Life Church

  48. Footnote
    49. Beautiful Designs - Footnote - The place for original documents online
  49. FF Maria Raisenmarkt
    50. Beautiful Designs - FF Maria Raisenmarkt |www.ff-raisenmarkt.at|
  50. JoshLockhart.com
    51. Beautiful Designs - JoshLockhart.com | Effective Web Applications & Rapidweaver Themes

    Flash Designs

  51. Made by Mark Dearman
    52. Beautiful Designs - Made by Mark Dearman

    Further Design Showcases

    You can find more inspiration in the following showcases we’ve published before:
    1. 60 Elegant and Visually Appealing Designs
    2. Keep It Simple, Stupid! - the showcase of simple designs.
    3. 45 Fresh, Clean and Impressive Designs
    4. 30 Beautiful Dark Designs
    5. 50 Beautiful CSS-Based Designs in 2006

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