The Design Shed

I was thinking today of what is everyone’s favorite style of website design. Is it loud, simple, modern, abstract, grunge, large type, or etc… What is it? I can tell you mine. I love simple, elegant or simply elegant. I like the them simple but yet with intelligent graphics. Here are some examples:

http://grapefruitgraphics.com/

http://www.achtentachtig.com/

http://www.mediact.nl/

http://www.thilothamm.de/

http://hotwebber.com/

http://www.authenticjobs.com/

http://www.toggle.uk.com/

All of these sites are some examples of having a clean look without white-washing it. They have either no flash animation whatsoever or they use it very limitedly. Simple, clean, elegant designs. I try to strive for this every time I design, sometimes I get it sometimes I do not, and sometimes I get it weeks later after I think I am done. I have tried to incorporate many of these techniques in a couple different sites: Liberty Baptist, Liberty School, Lewis Ave, State Line, and in my own personal website.

Let me know what you think about design, and how you perceive a site would look if it was yours.