Since Web Designer Wall launched, I’ve been featuring a lot of graphic intense websites such as the artistic, large background, vintage, and illustrative styles. Now it is time to feature the minimalist design. Here is a massive list of 50 minimal sites. See how designers use minimal elements to create high visual impact — less is more.
Hot Meteor

Vitor Lourenco

Arty Papers

Mark Boulton Design

Vesess

Design Work Plan

Made by Sofa

Shift px

Frank Chimero

80/20 Studio

Somme

Aen UI

HUGE

Rustin Jessen

Subtraction

Information Architects

Wilson Miner

The Man in the Sea

Built by Buffalo

CRW

Concentric Studio

Rikcat Industries

Studio Mikmik

Andy Rutledge

Mezzoblue

Simplebits

Chama Inc

Kind Company

Jon Tangerine

Mark Wieman

Winnie Lim

Matt Bango

David Sutoyo

Jason Santa Maria

Rodrigo Galindez

J. Bradford Dillon

Alpha Bros

Joni Korpi

Grow (flash)

Clearleft

Polar Gold

Maxvoltar

Tictoc

Mark Dearman

Odd Web Things

Lift

Jason Duerr

72 Dots

Poccuo

Wonderful Union

Crop
Very Nice
Rafie
Is minimal = white? I’m just wondering because lots of minimal concept will use white (and some use black). Me? I use white.
Fred Soler
Thanks and good luck for Icon dock.
Bye
Kat
I love how simple the sites’ designs are, but they leave a lasting impression. I’m growing to love simple designs now. Sometimes, having too much graphics and ads are really overwhelming. Thanks for this post!
Håvard Bergersen
Nice post. :)
Joel Laumans
Great collection! A lot of sites on this list that I hadn’t seen before =) Thanks
P.S. I’ve shared this on creatinginspiration.net =)
xiaorsz
Very Good!!!Nice post.
Christopher Francis O'Donnell
Beat me to it. I was gonna do one of these. :-)
Anyway, there are some amazing designs in this roundup, good choices.
Lieven
Wow, great list. It’s quiet handy to see them next to each other.
Thanks.
SE7EN
I’m trying to use this approach too but it always ends up with non-minimal. lol
Zeke Shore
Nice list… I definitely took the minimalist approach when re-designing my portfolio last fall.
vectorss
great list. Thanks
atomo
Another simple + minimal:
http://www.gatafunho.com
cheers!
A!
Peter
Yet another, basic but minimal: http://www.formatt.info/
mojito
nice picks, thnx
CreamScoop
Amazing designs!
David
a lot of clean websites. minimalism is nice! :)
CSS Chest
Hey Nick, thank you for making another great list!
Pete
Some nice designs. Vitor Lourenço portfolio is pretty amazing for a 21 year old (or any age for that matter).
Eero
Hi! Some very nice designs. If you are looking for free and minimalistic themes to download, check Modula out.
Steve Killen
I would call a lot of them white rather than minimal, Andy Rutledge’s for instance. But a good list nonetheless.
Creamy CSS
Really a good source for inspiration, thanks!
ty
pepelsbey.net
Jennifer
Very Nice! Here is a local architect, Mark Allison, with another minimalistic website http://www.markallisonaia.net
clean and simple – YUM
Multidesign
less is more.
Cosmos Star Consultants
Very nice analysis Nick. They will be great for research. Bookmarked the post. Thanks a ton!
– Edward J
Paul J
while i like the post’s topic, the majority of the listed sites can all be found on http://www.minimalsites.com. I would have hoped this list contain many other minimal sites than just ones that are found on a minimal css gallery site.
Dainis Graveris
very harmonic sites – just the way I like..but it’s hard to create..clean, minimal and good looking sites – inspiring :)
Timothy
Great list! Minimalistic sites look great is done well. Thanks!
Rodrigo Teixeira
Great websites compilation!
The design minimal is a great inspiration and reference.
MRS
Great designs!!!
How about Manojsachwani.com – any reviews? critiques are welcome :D
Stuart Thursby
Some great inspiration and websites featured here – thanks for the list!
Amy Stoddard
Good collection…but a couple of the comps have “orphans.” Isn’t that a big no-no, esp. when the lead in becomes the center of attention?
Fabrizio Css
Some great websites here, thanks for posting.
Zach
This is awesome. Minimalism is by far the best way to design in my opinion. It’s the easiest way to get your point across and not have a bunch of distractions in the way of what you’re really trying to say. All you need is a hook to sell a product, everything else is just extra baggage.
J.D. Deutschendorf
jangle.net: ’tis the gift to be simple
Se Flow
So how about this one, also very minimalistic ….
AthenaEmily
Wonderful list! Minimalist FTW!!
Henrik Joreteg
The ultimate minimalist site I’ve seen is mono’s site.
Very cool: http://www.mono-1.com/
Mark
Great idea, but really disappointed in this list.
1. Too many common sites that everyone knows about. C’mon, don’t post well-know Web Standard people’s blogs.
2. Then the uncommon ones, well, they aren’t very inspiring.
3. Minimal != white. This post needs better variety.
dan
Allow me to preface my comment with the fact that I am a minimalist at heart. That said, unfortunately the first thing that I do when I go to half of these sites is leave. Some of them are even great aides for catching some zzz’s at the office. Websites this minimal just aren’t very engaging!
I like that fact that the typography appears to be a focal point on quite a few of these sites, but it’s going to take a lot more than that to rope me in. Most consumers want big, pretty pictures to look at and graphical CTA’s to click on. There is a fine line between short, sweet and to the point and just short… minimal shouldn’t feel lacking. This is still a great list and I appreciate the time you put in to it.
Peter V Cook
Good inspiration.
I see a couple other commenters have offered suggestions. Here are my three:
cre8tivegroup.com
tumblr.com
iamsecond.com
chris
some great sites listed, thanks for posting them :D
Brian
Submit Css is a great site I found with a lot of minimalistic sites. I’d check it out…
Dave
I like the first 14 or so, but at that point a lot of them start to look like generic, unpersonalized blog themes. When you’re aiming to have very little, it’s very important that what you have makes a real statement.
Tedel
Maybe you forgot Google. That’s a minimalistic design as well. =)
Honestly, I would have liked to see my site in the list too, but well, I guess it’s not that popular yet.
Peace out.
Doug
Great sites, but I don’t consider Clearleft to be one.
johnny rodriguez
Nice List
nicolás
Amazing! thanks for share!
Paquin design
I also love minimal websites. My company tried to do something very minimal also (link on my name)
Zach
@Tedel
Yea, that’s what I said. It would be funny to unexpectedly see your own site in a list like this. I was sad to not see mine as well lol.
Zach
And I actually put up a list of minimal sites a few weeks ago on my blog. So if you want more to look at, check it out.
createandadapt.blogspot.com
Karenjak
hello
tanks for this post.
Krystian
“Less is more” – very important principle, especially on white background.
Nick Stamoulis
I love a minimal clean look of a website. I think hands down it looks much better but it is always important to still include copy so search engines can read it.
Kayla
I adore the Frank Chimero one. It’s amazing how such simplistic design can be so amazing.
Michel Gotta
Pretty nice set of great inspirations, but some could be even simpler. ;)
Ben
great one, some really great inspiration here. thank you for all you do, I love coming back to your site time and time again!
Anna
Just in time for my own site redesign, thanks for the inspiration!
Jethro Larson
Oh no! WDW is turning into SmashingMag. Flee!
minstyle
less is more!
Micah Slavens
Thanks for the mention! We feel very special at Lift to be grouped in with so many of our favorite designs!
Henrik Hedegaard
Great inspirational collection – thx.
4psd
its f* gooood!
I love minimalism
Edmonton Web Design
I’m all about minimal design whenever possible. Love this list. Plenty of inspiration for future projects. Thanks!
Aen
It’s a pleasure to have been listed among so many well-designed sites. Thank you Nick.
pixelcrash
this is a webpage from a minimalistic architecture studio in austria – like the way the present the projects
pixelcrash
http://kmkg.org – the link – thanks for the inspiration
Johan Lorentzon
Very nice designs. I would welcome a feature on well designed corporate sites as well. Maybe something for a future article?
Alex
What do you think about this one, Plootu?
David Gibson
I Love the minimal designs, very easy on the eye and some great effects using line heights.
Sometimes it can be very easy to over design a site! (More is less!!)
Mark Wieman
Great stuff here. Thanks for including my site in the list.
Rishi Luchun
Nice post, less is more! maybe I should apply that theory to my site!
Sklep Wędkarski
I love clean layouts. *Arty Papers* #1 for me. What do you think about this one – http://b39.cal.pl ? It’s my friend personal website, I really like it.
Eneza
Sooooo, Relaxing to look at!!! very very inspirational!
JohnONolan
Interesting how 90% of them are white background based
Pikatzu
Keep an eye out for this website: pikatzu It will be on here pretty soon.
Julie
great choices! good inspiration for current trends.
Akbar Badsha
mmmm…. good . it gives very good Inspiration to me…..
Wade Jackman
I agree with JohnONolan, unfortunately minimalism tends to equal white for some reason. I have to say though, it is a beautiful post.
Tom
really like http://jbradforddillon.com/ defiantly a favorite
Les
…ahem, but — they’re all designer portfolio sites designed to be viewed by other designers.
How about showcasing “real world” minimal designs whose target audience is the paying public? As Hrundi V. Bakshi would say: “That is the art”
jurriaan
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i’m sry dude but I think it kinda sucks :p
BenSky
Nice collection, minimal rocks.
Dave
Great examples of corporate/clean websites!
sikdave
Quality, white space is sexy!
carl
I really enjoyed this post as its a good one to show our students. “Here are some great examples of sites where content matters and simplicity shines”
Thanks again!
Vuongot
Simple and Useful. Very awesome.
This is my style and I love it.
Thank you for sharing, dude!
visit my site here
Yamid
Estupenda reseña, el minimalismo siempre sera mi estilo favorito. Muchas gracias
Dave
I like this approach too … maybe because I did it :P
Dave
Yeah and heres the link: http://www.interacts.at
alix
love it, definitely helps with a project i’ll be working on soon. minimalism is good! thanks!
Miss Blossom
Nice inspirational collection. I’m really drawn to Hot Meteor’s Typography, absolutely perfect and breathtaking, love Andy Rutlege’s softness, and the others whose simplicity is very brave. It’s not what is there, but what they have done without. Very zen. The ones that look like templates leave me cold, but there standouts are: Hot Meteor and Rodrigez Galinez with their typographic beauty. I would love to have that sensibility, but designwise I like a little clutter. I do admire the bravery in others though.
aledesign.it
Fantastic…a good ideas and resources for a nice work! Clean and simple! thank’s! ;)
Jason Dittmer
How do you find all this stuff?
Gene
nice! i really like it..
got some really good inspiration from here.. thanks!!
Victoria
it is really a great collection of beautiful clean websites, a lot of ideas came already to my mind. Thank you!
Jennifer
Thanks for the amazing list. Minimalistic sites are so amazing and inspirational!
Stephen Fairbanks
Some wonderous web designs here. Less is more or less more. Or something.
stathis
Nice collection, I would definitely also include http://www.lofts.gr in my list, one of the most minimalistic flash sites i’ve ever seen
GameAlways
That’s pretty neat XD
SEO Freelancer
I love minimalistic approach in everything. Simplicity is the key! Simplicity, carried to an extreme, becomes elegance – Jon Franklin
Cam
dope. the huge site is amazing
Pikatzu
nice sites. Check mine out Pikatzu.
jon
nice articles.
more examples css design
http://www.csshook.com
Thanks
oto kiralama
how can u find this good stuff
Web designer
Love it inspiring
annamarie
Indeed a great collection, Would be of great help to all designers.Keep up the good work.
Thanks..
Anna
BORABORA
Nice collection!
I would have loved to see mine on this list too :)
Best wishes
katproductions
Gorgeous list of inspiring sites, it’s so hard to find sites like these for inspiration when you actually need inspiration!! I will bookmark and never lose again. Thank you.
ps. your site is just fab.
New Standard
Beautiful assortment. I would love to see a minimalist post with different background colors.
Joe Vains
Excellent, but why minimalist=white ? ;)
themisfit
wow, another great collection.
Rob
One more to the list: http://www.adrianpelletier.com
Web developer
Yeah most of the mim == > White …
White space plays and important role to get this effect. You can make the page look stuffy with darker shades.
Digimode
Yet another interesting list. Minimalist these designs are for sure. But, to be honest, these designs look better in your list compared to the websites.
APM
Really like the Vesess design. A lot of designs should follow this trend.
WebDesign India
Great list. Inspiring. Full of ideas. Our best – TicToc and 72 Pixels.
kompi21
wow…creative idea.. all those design inspiring me..
thanks
Jacob Langley
Wonderful source of inspiration for us designers.
Thanks for the list.
All the best.
Kevin-K
The “We Are Sofa”-design gave me a wow-moment while I didn’t really feel like having it, if you know what I mean >.<
carol rivello
really cool collection, and very useful as well :)
Attitude Design | Graphic Design Portfolio
Thanks for putting together a great selection of sites. It definitely shows that less is more!
imaginepaolo
Great Article… check my Web Design Napoli
Wonderful source of inspiration for us designers.
Thanks for the list.
João Henrique -Designer from Brazil
Thaks again!!!
Mat
A nice list, could do with some more british talen though, like ebs web design and jellifish.
RoySolhaugen
Nice collection :) just love surfing these posts
teramange
Great list. Good source of inspiration.
paul
nice collection … minimal designs are clean, simple and easy on the eye … nicely done …
Soren Aarlev
Great collection! Definitely one of my favourite styles.
Jenny Pilley
It just goes to show that the simpler the design the more effective it can be. I think it can be just as hard to create something that has little design and still have a great effect as it to have a page full of colour and images, if not a little more difficult.
Has anybody else got any other designs like these?
Rene Kok
For a very minimal site check out http://www.maslow.nl
Web Design
Thank you so much for putting this together.
Atlanta Web Design
Simple is usually better.. while the artsy eye candy may catch ones attention.. the simple sites tend to be easier to follow content on.. but that’s my personal opinion.
Fabian
Great article! Love minimalist design.
Alice
I notice that so many (nearly all?) of these are portfolio sites for artists, designers and similar disciplines.
Do you know of any such bold designs used for more work-a-day companies such as builders or car repair shops? I would love to see how that would work!
Caitlin
Great post. I love clean and simple designs. I think this trend is emerging as a sign of the times. I think the recession is causing individuals and companies to rethink how they present themselves, and no one wants to be perceived as disrespectful because they are overly ornate. I think this will continue to be a trend for quite a while.
don
Impressive, i love these designs, very much appreciated for inspiration
Donna
Nice sites listed here. Great articles on your site. This is my first time here and I’m definitely going to come back.
Abbie
Thank you for the list. These have inspired me a lot. Have ideas pouring down my head now. =)
Gwóźdź web designer
MInimalism is so cool. And I think is also hard to do, because it is easier to use few big colorful photos and make heavy site, but to make something minimal and focus on typo and color is next level of design.
Keith D
Nice… very nice.
Lots of ideas for ant website.
Thanks for putting together and sharing.
Keith D
Rakesh Suryavardhan
Really amazing collection…..fantastic sort out….
after all something empty..contains much…
….simply lovely….
Regards
Rakesh
Nick O
even more minimal
http://www.migroz.com
Edgar Leijs
I think Minimal, is putting in the essentials and nothing further! leaving the cr4p out… I tried to do the same with my own site, it’s not specifically minimal but I used only what was needed.
I also think Minimal sites leave more space to be Typographic… a new trend in Webdesign that hopefully will stay and grow!
Gr Edgar
billseymour
Wonderful collection. Minimalist pages remind me of someone who sings “a capella” (without any instruments or music playing, and often singing alone). You can’t run, you can’t hide- everything is plain to see/hear. But on the other hand, things are so uncluttered that the message has tremedous effect and impact.
(…and the best part of these sites: no “animated flames”!!)
–Bill
Deger
Very nice sites, also your site is very very helpful for me to try to become a wed designer. Thanks in advance.
nadjeeb
i like it !!!
Peter Albert
I agree! This is a wonderful collection, full with new ideas. Let me introduce our home page also: http://www.chipbracelet.com. Thx.
suffolk web design
Isolated, strong image elements surrounded by white space…love it. You just can’t beat it for impact – some great sites!
Vicky
Peter, it looks great! Could you just tell me what is it about? :-) The home page URL http://www.chipbracelet.com doesn’t tell me much..
francisa
nice
Froot
Nice
&
Clearleft site 2 times.
Robby
Great choices, thanks. I love minimal style web designs. Perhaps you’d be so good as to feature mine in yourr next article like this? I’m a Freelance Web Designer so I’d be glad of it (creep, creep).
Great work, love your site (:
XavierJrG
This one is quite interesting too: http://hakki.com
He makes use of minimal space and fullscreen at the same time, I like that. I need to work on my flash skills…
Nicky
I like this one too : http://www.404works.com
A french site for webdesigners classifieds, it looks like Apache default errors pages (404, 500, etc.).
Alexander Rutz
I demand to be minimal too: animaux.de :)
cennet
Thanks Thanks What’s the problem here? Google could bury the meager profit number from even the biggest media conglomerates.
cennetevi
these are awesome!
thanks for putting in the effort to get this list together
cennetevi
these are awesome!
thanks for putting in the effort to get this list together http://www.cennet.gen.tr
IT City
What do you think about http://www.BalticBG.com ?
cool fashion
Sometimes simple is enough.
bagsin
small sites have great focus.
medyum
thanks dudex
sikiş izle
thanks dudecc
sikiş izle
thanks dudeddd
sikiş izle
thanks dudexc
sikiş izle
thanks dudedsa
purplerain
these are great! awesome inspiration
justintime
Simplicity and minimalism is a double sword edge only enjoyed by proclaimed and famous. Us mortals would be called lazy.
“trust me I can design…I only choose to make my site look like b&w newspaper add” – is very hard pitch to have unless you enjoy the statue or have an amazing portfolio behind it. :)
Jeem Bert
Yes… awesome inspiration!
Jeem Bert
And nice sites listed here.
Mike
thanks dudex
vincentdresses
喜欢你们的设计与技术,常来看看
robbydesigns
Great list, some amazing examples of minimalism in website design there. Thanks for your hard work .
redblueblur
wow. great post! thanks!
Adam Moore
If you want minimalist you should take a look at our site http://www.ursusmedia.co.uk
We think it’s cool anyway.
ijjal
that’s great design…nice ;;;;;; :)
Web Design
Great inspiration. THANKSSS
I.T MONTREAL
Great examples of minimalist designs, sometimes a website that has minimal design input can have a greater impact!
Aker
Perfect list, I love minimalism :)
Penang Web Design
i love it..thanks…
Ipswich Web Design
Minimal designs can be very hard to pull off, and even harder to get signed off when doing client work.
Strange how many people view white space ans wasted space, when in fact it can really set off a great design.
Melvins
In web designing, graphics play very important role. Sometimes a graphic or image says many things which we are not able to express in words. I must say that here in minimal sites graphics is used in very nice manner.
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angel
Me and my friend were arguing about an issue similar to this! Now I know that I was right. lol! Thanks for the information you post.
Dale
I love these sites! Clean and easy, the world needs more minimal websites!
Las Vegas Web Design Company
Very nice and clean collection .thanks for share.
dreamincolor
Great collection but don’t forget to see this other Amazing Minimal Websites in here : http://www.dreamincoloronline.com/20-amazing-minimal-websites/
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nesk
Very good selection of perfect designs.
Chris Rushe
Great selection. I love designs that say more with less. These examples of minimalist websites exemplify the timelessness of simple, funtional design. I just found another that’s not on the list but ought to be: http://www.alancaseydesign.com. To my mind, flash-free sites like this allow the design to speak more clearly.
jozsmith
how many people view white space ans wasted space, when in fact it can really set off a great design.
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As iphone 4 white 3GS has something of non-update to the iPhone range, but there are finally decent alternatives in the smartphone market, with the HTC Desire and Samsung Galaxy S leading the Android fight right to Apple’s door.
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No wonder, with white iphone 4 in your hand will make you be the focus of the crowd! You won’t miss it!
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I love these sites! Clean and easy, the world needs more minimal websites!
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The list of minimal site is excellent. As Web designing is the most important element of any website one needs to be creative while doing it. This will be a great resource to many designers.
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