Websites are naturally made up of a series of square blocks due to the way they’re coded with HTML. This results in the typical boxy designs we’ve all come to expect on the web, but some designers are breaking free from the limitations of horizontal and vertical lines to experiment with other layouts. Today’s web design showcase features 25 cool sites that think outside the box with unusual shapes and angles.
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40+ Free Mockup Templates to Present Your UI Designs
Show off your web designs and app interfaces in style with these free mockup templates. Mocking up your user interface designs can really boost the value of your work by giving clients an insight into how the design will look like for the user. Mockups are also especially useful when used with responsive web design to show how the layout changes from desktop to tablet and smartphone devices.
A good presentation plays a significant role in any kind of business and especially in the design world, there’s a strong need for good quality PSD templates. These free mockup templates will make the design process hassle-free and easier, saving you both time and effort.
We have personally downloaded and tested every file in this roundup and categorized them to allow you to quickly and easily find the type of mockup you need to showcase your own projects.
20 Web Designs with Stunning Video Backgrounds
The video background trend in web design is definitely still hot. We first featured roundups of website designs using full-screen video backgrounds and video headers back in Spring, but we’ve stumbled across loads more designs that deserve to be featured here.
This post rounds up 20 more fresh examples of websites that have adopted stunning video backgrounds to introduce the site with motion pictures. Check them out!
Showcase of Creative “Meet the Team” About Pages
About pages are one of the most important aspects of any website. They provide the opportunity to give our site and company a human touch and allow users to put a face to the name. Freelancer about pages are simple, it all about you! But agencies often need to introduce many people who form a team. This post showcases over 15 creative examples of “Meet the Team” style About pages which provide images and background information for each employee.
The Rising Trend of Bright Flat Colors in Web Design
We’ve seen the use of solid colors increase through the adoption of the flat design trend, but these hues are becoming increasingly vibrant following the release of iOS7 and the colorful iPhone 5C. Dazzling RGB colors are becoming more popular in the latest website designs, with saturation levels at an all-time high. This post rounds up a collection of over 20 great examples of the growing trend of supersaturated background colors in web design.
Inspiring Web Design Concepts Currently In The Works
Web design galleries are great places to find inspiration and gain an insight into the next big trend, but you’ll often find that the same sites are featured time and time again. Browsing sites such as Dribbble where designers share their current works in progress is a great way to find some hidden gems before they hit the mainstream.
Showcase of Beautiful iPhone App UI Concept Designs
There are so many great looking apps in the works it’s difficult to keep track of the amazing concepts designers are constructing. This post showcases over 30+ inspiring iPhone app UI designs, all of which boast great interface designs for interesting apps currently in the works. There are a few similarities that could be an indication of what the next big trend will be.
10 Free Mockup Backgrounds to Present Your Work
Uploading samples of your work to sites such as Behance or Dribbble is a great way of getting noticed, so it’s worth spending a couple of minutes adding some polish to your images so they stand out and catch the attention of viewers. This free pack of abstract backgrounds will help you enhance your designs by mocking them up on abstract backgrounds. The vibrant colours and subtle textures help complement your pieces and turn them into stunning pieces of eye candy.
Are you looking for more backgrounds freebies? Check out these free Vector Backgrounds! They will surely help you create awesome, creative websites with vector-patterned backgrounds.
Or maybe you are looking for some inspiration on how to use these backgrounds in web design? Check out these Pattern Backgrounds, Web Designs with Subtle Grain Texture Backgrounds, and Web Designs with Bright Flat Color Backgrounds. Hope these hand-picked website designs will inspire you and teach you new ways on how you can use backgrounds in web design.
30 Web Designs with Full Screen Background Photos
The trend of full screen background images has definitely become more popular over recent years. It was once only really prevailent with fashion or photography sites that relied particularly on impactful imagery, but now we can see the use of large photos spanning the page on sites of almost any topic. Large images have always been a proven tool for grabbing attention as we’ve seen in printed magazines, posters and advertisements, so it’s interesting to them being used in a similar way in web design.
30 Web Designs Featuring Vintage Style Typography
I’m a big fan of the vintage style, both in web design and design in general. Like many, my favourite aspect of vintage design is the elegance of classic typography with its mix of cursive & sans-serif typefaces, clever layouts and the combination of textures and illustrations to relate to the techniques used throughout the early 20th century. This post rounds up a collection of 30 websites all based on the vintage theme and feature great examples of authentic vintage style typography in their logos and titles.
