August 10, 2010 | 72 likes | 3 comments
The use of whitespace and colors on Five Simple Steps' website is drop dead gorgeous. The grid in the design is wonderfully implemented and it's really impossible to resist the sudden urge to buy a book or two.
March 22, 2010 | 18 likes | 3 comments
Carbonmade has just received an amazing makeover. The pages have basically changed into a bunch of super beautiful illustrated posters. And for some reason they've managed to do this while at the same time making the site extremely responsive. And who doesn't want to sign up for a service where the login button says "Moustache!"?
March 12, 2010 | 23 likes | 1 comments
Portuguese web designer Ricardo Mestre calls Duplos his "web thingie". I call it a masterpiece. It really is. The site is basically one big animated poster. It's super beautiful, quite unusual (for a website) and surprisingly intuitive to grasp. The animated details work really well.
February 1, 2010 | 24 likes | 0 comments
I'm selling colors, the tagline for Adhemas Batista's portfolio site is very fitting. His work makes powerful use of bold colors often combined with abstract or almost psychedelic shapes and imagery. I've been so lucky to have had the joy of relying on his services a few years ago, and can attest to his mad skills. His portfolio was last showcased here on Styleboost in 2006, but was recently redesigned.
February 1, 2010 | 16 likes | 0 comments
Easily one of the best sites I've seen in a long time. Personal portfolio/blog sites for designers come a dime a dozen, Yaron has created a remarkable combination of colors, illustrations, typography and whitespace. My favorite part about his site is how he has individually designed project page and blog post. Exquisite work.
January 27, 2010 | 19 likes | 0 comments
HiiDef Inc. is a web product incubator started in 2008 by a team from Vimeo, Meetup, Pronto, IAC/InterActiveCorp and Digitalmash. My favorite part about this site? The large type, theexcellent use of colors and the tiled background, combined with an intuitive interface, of course.
September 1, 2009 | 19 likes | 7 comments
Juanma, Martín and their gang of kick ass designers & developers launch their new endeavour Nosotros. This has got to be the most inspired and talented web agency in all of South America, and perhaps even the world. I'm very much looking forward to reviewing all the great work they will produce in the future.
December 9, 2008 | 6 likes | 1 comments
"Time tracking rethought." With a tagline like that, I expect a lot from a service like this. After trying it out for a little while (not nearly enough), my impression is that this is a solid service both functionality-wise and design-wise. I'm an avid user of Tick, but the delicious design of Freckle makes me wish that the Tick team gives the site a similar realignment in the future. Freckle has an exquisite color scheme, elegant interface interactivity details (js) and oozes of love. What a refreshing site. Even if you're not interested in a Time tracking app, you should sign up for a free account just to play with the interface.
January 31, 2008 | 5 likes | 0 comments
The Department of Printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroc?aw, Poland, wants you to come study printmaking in English. To help convince you, they've put together quite an outstanding little promo site. I love the colors and the animated details. Playful while keeping it simple.
November 14, 2007 | 13 likes | 6 comments
Loïc Sattler's an accomplished designer/illustrator with a love for strong colors and lots and lots of details in his work. In addition to the work, I definitely like how he's laid out the footer area. Very easy to comprehend and still very unique.