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This article contains links to some of the best clean looking websites with minimum graphics. everyone has a different opinion of what qualifies as a minimalistic design. Here are 25 websites that make use of very little unnecessary design elements but still manage to pull off a beautiful appearance.
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Rainfall Daffinson
A design firm whose website uses a minimalistic approach to show its work.
John Merrells
The blog of entrepreneur John Merrells uses a simple layout with a distinct header image.
SEO Design Studio
A UK SEO Design company that makes a nice use of a few colors.
Ben Hulse Design
The portfolio of a designer and photographer.
Amy Levy Public Relations
Los Angeles based PR consultant with a very simple and attractive layout.
Jan Reichle
A director and cinematographer with black and white homepage.
Brand Spanking New
A three-columned blog whose simple layout allows the content to stand out.
SMO Blog
A nice minimalistic WordPress blog with an attractive color scheme on white background.
Frieze Magazine
A European magazine of art and culture, Frieze uses several photographs to complement a simple, but beautiful, design.
Mitch Bryson
A portfolio of a UK designer.
simpleModus
Another design company that uses a simple design.
Daniel Scrivner
The portfolio of a web and print designer.
Indie Labs
The home of a two-man team of web developers.
Jeff Croft
The blog of an accomplished web and graphic designer.
Kind Company
Web and print design company that focuses on simple, usable designs.
Vitec
The portfolio of a freelance web designer.
Rikcat Industries
A portfolio that uses a black and white look.
The Morning News
A different kind of news site that doesn’t include a lot of the extra design elements found on most news sites.
Cracked Shell
A California-based designer with a very nice portfolio site.
WordPress
The home of leading blogging and CMS provider.
Mark Boulton Design
A small design studio that focuses on simple designs.
AIGA/NY
The New York Chapter of a professional association for design.
Jonno Riekwel
The minimalistic portfolio of designer Jonno Riekwel.
None-Design Media
A portfolio site that uses a black background.
Wan Zafran
A personal site that uses minimal amounts of color.
CSS Globe
Recently redesigned, this community site for web designers uses a simple, effect design.
Finch
This graphic designer features an uncluttered layout and a nice color combination.
Maqina
A visual communications and brand identity studio.
Darren Alawi
A nice minimalistic design on a black background.
Brijit
The home of articles with 100 or less words also prefers simplicity in its design.
CRCBUS
A minimalistic design on a blue background.
Brynn Shepherd
Online portfolio of a student at the University of Pennsylvania.
Chama Inc.
A Portuguese web design firm that uses very little color in its minimalistic design.
SayHej!
Another dark minimalistic design.
FL2
A high-end interactive agency, FL2 uses a simple website to promote its work.
Oranges
Story writer Edward Pistachio’s website has a minimalistic magazine-style design.
Janic Design
Web and graphic designer with a dark minimalistic site.
Gedankenberg
A minimalistic design that uses only a few different colors.
Achtentachtig
A simply-stated website of a student designer.
Achtentachtig
Headcase Barbers
Another site with a dark background.
Jon Tan
UK web designer with a nice, simplistic website.
Superawesome
Another web design firm.
Mark Wieman
Seattle-based interactive producer.
Cameron i/o
A very basic layout with an interesting background effect at the top of the page.
The Design Canopy
A more colorful minimalistic approach.
Monoroot
A dark background for this designer.
Huge
This site uses a few different random backgrounds including the one shown below.
Sitening
Nashville-based web design and search marketing company.
Postmachina
Minimalistic design that uses black, white, and gray.
Josh Minnich
Portfolio site for freelance web designer/developer.
Concentric Studio
DS.Emotion
Winnie Lim
RIKCAT
Kyle Sollenberger Design
David Sutoyo
Vitor Lourenco
Pixish
Poccuo
International Orange
Brad Young Photography
Jeff Croft
The DECK
Hot Meteor
Six Apart
Nathan Carnes
dConstruct 2008
Opdyne Design
Matt Bango
Vesess
Artworking
Design Intellection
Vitec
Pixelhaven
Jamie Gregory
Jaboh
Jason Santa Maria
Erwin Bauer
Mayo
Surfstation
Studio Gamboo
Kyan
Wevio
devwp
Koleo
Big S Web Design
Theme Magazine
Victoria Star Promotion
The Old Fashioned
Seek and Hit
Jordan Moore Design
Being Wicked
Buuhouse Interactive
Site Creative Web Design
Eduardo de La Rocque
Pixelumbrella
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