Are you looking for ideas to design a portfolio site? Maybe all you need is a single-page site? Single-page design works if you don't have much content, but just want to showcase your work. It can save time and cost because you don't need to build the CMS and templates. In other words, it's perfect for the non-coders. Here are 30+ single-page portfolio sites with exceptional design and implementation. Hopefully, they can give you some inspiration.
We Bleed Design
Click on any of the menu buttons at the top and have fun with the scrolling animation.
TapTapTap
A creative way to layout and display the iPhone app information — all on one page.
Luke Larsen
Aquarium themed portfolio of Luke Larsen.
Dean Oakley
Horizontal scrolling portfolio of Dean Oakley.
Benjamin David (Nyxen)
Beautiful portfolio of Benjamin David (the animated loading graphic is cute).
Paolo Boccardi Photographer
The thumbnail tooltip combined with the horizontal scrolling is the perfect match.
Contreforme.ch
Very nice scrolling and navigation effects — all done with Javascript and Mootools.
YouLove.Us
Click on the links and watch the sky background scroll from dawn to night.
Marius Roosendaal
A portfolio of Marius Roosendaal. You can choose from a multi-theme selection: Day, Night, and Sunrise.
Volll.com
Check out the animated clouds and the squid at the footer, they are not Flash animation.
Keithar.com
Portfolio of Brad Candullo
Kinoz
Stoodeo
Nice header illustration!
Seb Design
Tanya Merone
Tanya Merone is one of the early single-page portfolio sites. It hasn't been updated for a long time, but it's still looking good.
Puneet Sakhuja
Sroown
Simona Munteanu
Suffolk Software
Chama Inc
Frojd
Dale Harris
Todd Miller
B.N.Weiss
Grafikas
Janic Design
Hot Meteor
This is one of my favorites. The fonts are hot!
Julien Dassonval
Pikaboo
This one is fun to navigate because of the smooth transitional effects (by the way, it's not Flash).
Studio E-Space
Contrast
Simple and direct.
Nice list! Here’s another good one – http://www.paperswitch.com
Here’s mine: http://javanmakhma.li
I’ll add my own portfolio, too. :-)
http://www.disgenia.net
source: onepagelove.com
awesome sites. luv coming in here to be inspired. always leave with so many ideas.
These would be an inspiration to many out there.
Lovely! I love them thanks for listing, good inspiration.
Beautiful! Thanks for posting and very inspirational. Every time I come here, I come away with more and more ideas.
I have a one page portfolio. http://honeydesign.com
i love them. no clicking needed. ^_^
Thanks for selecting my portfolio. I was definitely inspired by some of your choices and hope others are as well.
Nice list…great sites.
Not sure how ‘Stoodeo’ has a nice illustration when its an overused purchased illustration of a girl and laptop though?
Marius Roosendaal is excelent …
Very inspirational, Nice work. Bye
Great list, thanks for putting it together. I’ve been thinking about a single page portfolio for a while but still haven’t quite accomplished it.
Very interesting/inspiring! Thanks for the list. It’s always great to look at new websites that are creative & usable!
Hey, I think these 2 should have been included:
http://www.visualboxsite.com
http://www.augustooneto.com.ar
Great selection though, good inspiration.
Thanks!
Really good for inspiration and design ideas
Thanks
Max | Design Shard
All of these are awesome sites!
I especially like youlove.us. That’s got to be one of the coolest design ideas I’ve seen this summer!
Thanks for including my site. It’s very encouraging to be among such inspiring work!
Nice list .. also check my page http://www.mitchdesigns.com