Recently, I saw a very nice collection of vintage ads posted by Abduzeedo (via Digg). Speaking of vintage design, I also have a nice collection of vintage websites that I dug up from my old bookmarks and Best Web Gallery submissions. I'm not a big fan of vintage design, but if you want to see more vintage inspiration, here are 23+ sites.
Warning: some of the sites that you are about to view might be very old (click at your own risk)
Travel & tour sites like vintage style?
I'm not sure if it is a trend or what, but vintage design seems to be very popular on travel and tour sites. Below are three great samples.
Visit Cascadia
This is one of my favorite sites. The design itself is not so "vintage" (in fact, very eye-catchy), but the designer did a great job on blending vintage elements with modern web design and coding technology.
Cottonseed Oil Tour
Another eye-catchy site. I particularly like the homepage and the highway signs.
Tennessee Vacation
The details spent on this site is extensive. Don't be shy to click around or you will miss out the inner pages (almost every page or section has a different layout).
Sexy models
One common subject, they like to use sexy models. Below are some samples.
Mouse to Minx
This is one of my favorite ecommerce sites. From design to coding, the overall site is nicely done.
Lana Landis (flash)
Ok, this is a very old site. If you have been in the industry for a long time, you have probably seen this site (it was quite popular back then). I first saw it back in 2003 - 2004(?), but she is still looking hot.
Target Scope (Flash)
Kretivia.com
Prahba.com (Flash)
Yesterday is Here
Vintage cars
Another common subject, beside sexy models they like to use classic cars.
Breeze Media
Jackson Fish Market
Verga Car
WebDesigner.ro
Collage
They also like collage style, torn paper and worn-out photo effect.
Sottocostoska
Avalon Rose Design (vintage design portfolio)
The Retrovert
Spadewerk
More...
Here are more vintage sites, enjoy.
Get Satisfaction
Hardees
Fisticuff Design
Lataka
Sauro Motel
Update (Jan 23, 2008)
Cameron Moll
Most of you is probably familar with Cameron Moll's website. Good use of CSS and typography, and of course very retro.
FortySeven Media
A newly launched retro design by Jonathan Longnecker and Nate Croft.
Media Boom
Big Rig Design
The Greg Brady Project
Prospect Denim
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Cool, Some really nice designs here. These vintage web designs are inspiration and to have fun! Really feeling the vintage look. The Mouse to Minx site is one of my personal favorites. Thanks for taking time to collect and make a post out of this.
Hi,
Greetings from Antwerp, Belgium!
I’m wondering where I can find sources, templates to download that look like the ones posted here. I love the Media Boom website and I’m looking for a similar template to make my own website. I searched throughout the whole Internet but I seem to stumble every time on the same templates which are vintage/retro but not enough.
Can anyone help me? Thanks a lot!
Sonja
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I loved this post! I strive so hard to do a vintage looking theme blog myself, and just adore the old graphics and design. Thanks to this post I realize just how many people are out there doing vintage things! There’s something amazing and alluring about a vintage looking site, and I hope the trend continues.
Great designs, captures the essence of everything vintage perfectly!
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Nice set! Will help me a lot !
Great designs, captures the essence of everything vintage perfectly!
just what i’ve been looking for! :D gracias!
I loved this post! I strive so hard to do a vintage looking theme blog myself, and just adore the old graphics and design. Thanks to this post I realize just how many people are out there doing vintage things! There’s something amazing and alluring about a vintage looking site, and I hope the trend continues
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Thanks for the awesome collection.
All of these websites are pretty classy ! Thanks for all.
I have had a bunch of requests for vintage style graphics. I’ve been loving making them and think they are timeless and fun in design. They have great appeal !