101 of the world’s best designed websites and what actually make them world-class. Yes, one hundred and one of them!

1. 101 Examples of
WORLD-CLASS
Web Design

2.  No web design is perfect. But these examples
contain more positive lessons than negatives
 You might see a different design when you visit
the sites because they may’ve been redesigned
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 They are arranged in alphabetical order
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4. 01
Acorns – Simple design. Distinct & well-placed CTA (Call to
Action) button. Perfect use of images and different colours to
break monotony and provide contrast.

5. 02
Airbnb – Beautiful video background makes the website
beautiful and sophisticated. Design appears complex but
simple at its core.

6. 03
Andersson-Wise – A break from the norm. Uncommon
navigation placement. Minimalistic, grid-based design.
Uncluttered. Beautiful full-width background.

7. Android Lollipop – Beautiful choice of colours. Lovely images.
Excellent use of negative space to make images stand out –
which, by the way, is a great illustration.
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8. 05
Any.do – Simple. General consistency in almost every design
element that needs consistency. Super, clear typography.
Sophisticated video background.

9. 06 Asana – Simple design. Use of beautiful full-width image
background that coveys the setting they had in mind.

10. 07
Bean Smith – Perfect use of image in the header, which
beautifies the site. Enough white background where it
matters. Stylish and simple.

11. 08 Bitly – Negative space that’s just about right. Branded. Use of
standout colours. Use of quality images. Truly world-class.

12. 09
Blondie - Target-audience-centered design. Custom-made,
so to speak. Dotted background provides contrast. Images
used leaves target audience to no imagination.

13. 10
Cashorganizer – Straight-to-the-point design. Lovely colour
scheme. Enough white background to make texts readable.
Great use of icons as bullets to draw attention.

14. 11
Changemakers – Use of full-width image background focuses
all attention on the header banner. Use of people images.
Negative space deployed where necessary.

15. 12
Crazy Egg – Unique logo placement. Consistent alignment.
Simple. Minimal. Branded. Uncluttered. Use of negative
space. Clear.

16. 13
Dinkum – Branded design with endearing colour scheme.
Powerful use of branded in-house images. Interactive
animation makes site sophisticated.

17. 14
Dole – The food are well placed based on their colours.
Ample use of negative space. Different background colours
provide contrast. Visual hierarchy creates order.

18. 15
Duolingo – Simple and clean design. Great use of negative
space to make it standout. Perfect header height. Contrasting
background.

19. 16
Evernote – Use of beautiful human images in the header and
the fact that it is full-width makes it outstanding. And note the
use of minimal colours. Uncluttered design and simple, too.

20. 17
Fanta - Branded design. Simple. Colourful. Adequate use of
white space. Unique placement of logo to stand it out.
Minimal colours. Gray background to break monotony.

21. 18
Flickr - Creates instant impression of what the site is about –
even though they’re world-famous. Excellent use of beautiful,
stunning background image. It’s simple and uncluttered.

22. 19
Fork CMS – Simple design. Unique choice of font. The
cartoons make the site stand out since it isn’t something we
see always.

23. 20
Freshbooks - Great colour combo. Interesting graphic
illustration on the header. The absence of graphics in the
immediate modules prevents clutter.

24. 21
Full Sail University – Use of stunning images of their school for
maximum design impact. The yellow background down the
page lends a brilliant, light contrast to a dark beginning.

25. 22
GoAnimate – Great custom-icons. GIFs illustrating what they
do inspire trust in visitors. The stylistic illustrations and the
video tiles add beauty to it and make it truly remarkable.

26. 23
Greek Tour Guide – Use of beautiful, illustrative full-width
image as header makes it posh, beautiful, lovely, natural,
and emotional.

27. 24
HardRock – Designed with the wow effect in mind. Made
ample use of beautiful, in-house images, not some royalty-
free stock photos.

28. 25
Hello Bar – Simple and purposeful. Hits the bull’s eye as far the
website objective’s is concerned. An excellent example of
simplicity.

29. 26
HipChat – Appears custom-made and modern. Excellent use
of images. It’s neither complicated nor simple – which fits the
kind of service they promote.

30. 27
Hipmunk – Beautiful, that’s just it. And what makes a site
beautiful? Images of people and nature do the job better
than anything else.

31. 28
HireArt – The use of human images on websites always wins –
it gives sites the human touch and makes them easy to relate
with. HireArt does it stylishly and artistically.

32. 29
Hitachi – Immediately communicates their sophistication and
brand image. Matured, professional, enterprising, beautiful,
and world-class.

33. 30
Hostgator – Branded. Mascot happily working in nature lends
a natural touch to the design. Clean and uncluttered.
Consistent use of bold texts. Easy to navigate.

34. 31
House of Tara – When you’re in the image management
business, you’ve gotta flaunt what you’ve got to demonstrate
that you’re good at what you do. That’s what Tara did –
simple and straight to the point!

35. 32
Infogram – Modern-looking. Parallax scrolling makes it look
trendy. Good colour combo. Excellent use of the snapshots of
their platform UI (user interface).

36. 33
Infusion Soft – Cool design. One of the few technology
websites that uses green as their primary colour. All the
elements of this design make it look professional.

37. 34
Instagram – Simple & clean. Does the job. Well-placed CTA
buttons. Subtle use of human and nature image slideshow on
the phone to the left of the page lends beauty to the site.

38. 35
Instapage – Simple design. Different backgrounds provide
contrast. Good use of images aligned left and right to break
monotony. Minimal colours. Adequate white background.

39. 36
Integra Design – Simple but classy design with full-width
video background that makes it look modern and
sophisticated.

40. 37 Into The Vineyard – Awesome natural background with well-
positioned headline text and CTA button. Simple design.

41. 38
Joomla – It’s clean, simple, with enough white background.
The showcase of the templates naturally adds beauty to the
design.

42. 39
Judy Rudy Cocktail – Simple and professional. Use of
beautiful product images. Just two scrolls. Stylish. Use of white
background to provide contrast and negative space.

43. 40
Just Park – Has an emotional touch to it made possible by the
ecstatic woman in a car. The colour scheme makes the site
beautiful. And its simplicity adds to its professional look.

44. 41
Klout – Good use of white background and custom-made
icons. Simple design. Distinctive CTAs. Standout design at first
glance.

45. 42
Landrover – When you have pictures of Range Rovers packed
in front of a swanky mansion as the background of a website
and it is full-width, what you get is beauty and class.

46. 43
Librato – Great colour scheme. Modern looking. Outstanding
CTA button. Simple design. Use of graphs to illustrate. Parallax
scrolling and stylish modules late on.

47. 44
Listrak – Beautiful and stylish full-width header. Outstanding
placement of headline – in a black circle right at the center
of the page. It calls attention to itself.

48. 45
Lithium – Super design, thanks to the beautiful, full-width
human image used up top on a natural green background –
very lovely at first sight. Colourful and great use of graphics.

49. 46
Lovoo – Truly a world-class design with parallax scrolling.
Parallax scrolling can make you appear greater than you
deserve, when used well. Lovely choice of backgrounds, too.

50. 47 Lumosity – Simple design. Use of people images. Images not
left bare. Ample use of white background for easier reading.

51. 48
Luxury Link – Luxurious, sophisticated, and uncluttered. Use of
awesome natural images makes it beautiful and endearing.
It’s visually oriented – as it should be because of their service.

52. 49 Lynda – Elegant and colourful design. Use of full-width header
background. Adequate use of relevant images.

53. 50
Mabbly – Possesses the wow effect. It deliberately employ
standout colours, though a bit too much. Looks stylish,
custom, and colourful. Good use of animation for effect.

54. 51
Magento – Possesses the wow effect. You can’t help but stay
fixated to the header background. Great use of human
images. Looks professional and world class.

55. 52
Mailchimp – Beautiful design with lots of white space to
provide negative space and enable the images and texts to
breathe. Good use of animation and everyday images.

56. 53
Marketo – Sophisticated design with video background.
Great choice of typography. Matured design. Minimal colour.
Branded.

57. 54
Marqueed – Has the wow effect. Outstanding. Use of unusual
image to create the surprise effect in order to grab attention.
Best viewed on Chrome.

58. 55
Micromax – Stylish design with a custom touch to it. Full-width
background images and the stylish way they are designed
makes this a top-class design job.

59. 56 Mixpanel – Lovely design. Cool colours. Unique typography
that stands it out. Stylishly done. Simple at its core.

60. 57
Moovly – Use of unique typography. Simple. Beautiful colours.
Great graphics professionally done and sharp, too. Enough
use of white background.

61. 58
Mozilla – Unique design concept – use of columns – Microsoft
UI style – that gives it a unique edge. Notice the use of
colours and image transparency to provide contrast.

62. 59
Multi medium – Beautiful because of the choice of colours
and the great images and icons used. Allowing negative
space lets the beauty to escape and standout.

63. 60
My SMS – Simple, straight to the point design. Perfect icons.
Good use of negative space for clarity. Use of their app
screenshot to add credibility. Looks modern and branded.

64. 61
Nature Box – Awesome use of images - natural images, that
is. Great typographical alignments by UX standards. The
parallax scrolling adds style & swag to it.

65. 62
Neopolitan Clothing – Unique choice of typography. Cool
images. Images enclosed in a circle (not bare). Stylish design
of the address box - notice the rough edges used for effect.

66. 63
Omoi Zakka Shop – Another great example of why your
website is nothing without the use of images. Not just any
image, but high resolution, beautiful images.

67. 64 Pager Duty – Simple, clear-cut design with visual consistency.
Use of different background colours to create contrast.

68. 65
Pingdom – Use of relevant icons to emphasize the information
in its modules – albeit too much. And using the screenshot of
their services makes the site appear credible.

69. 66
Postman – Custom design. Stylish. Modern looking. Enough
white background and negative space allow the numerous
icons to appear minimal and uncluttered.

70. 67
Prestobox – Surrounding photo collage beautifies the website,
provides contrast, and lends credence to what they are
promoting. Great typographical arrangement, too.

71. 68
Prezi – Truly world-class. Employs GIF to call attention to itself.
Beautiful and perfect use of images. Simple design. Could
have been more stylish but then they didn't need to.

72. 69 Princess-Cruises – Use of full-width natural image as header
background makes the website beautiful and worthy of note.

73. 70
Pulse Mobile – Wow! What a design. It’s swanky, colourful,
and sophisticated – thanks to the awesome images used that
create a carnival like atmosphere.

74. 71 Redhat – Use of vibrant colours, video background, and
relevant icons to create a sophisticated look.

75. 72
Scribd – Modern-looking. Use of three perfect contrasting
colours in the first three modules. Perfect use of images. And
where it matters most, they use a white background.

76. 73
Shareaholic – Simple, beautiful header banner with human
images as background and transparent black box on top of it
to make it outstanding. Obvious CTA buttons. Perfect icons.

77. 74
Sharebutton – Use of full width, full-page image background
makes this design beautiful & outstanding. The few elements
and features used make the website simple and uncluttered.

78. 75
Shuddle – Addresses the objective of the site nicely. Use of a
natural header background with full-width makes it
outstanding, beautiful, sophisticated, and modern-looking.

79. 76
Skype - Admirable and sophisticated. Perfect colours. The
images used lends it a human feel. The video backgrounds
call attention to itself and sustain it.

80. 77
Slidely – Sophisticated design with beautiful video
background. Stylish modules with beautiful images not left
bare. Love the visual hierarchy and use of people images.

81. 78
Upwork – Uses a beautiful full-width header to immediately
endear visitors to site. Restricting the design to just two colours
makes it non-distracting. And all the texts are well-aligned.

82. 79
Sponge – Wow! What a design. Simple. Outstanding. Unique
navigation. Brief. Enough white space. Does the job it’s being
asked to do for a creative company that it is.

83. 80
Sticker Mule – Use of lovely graphics, exciting colours, and
negative space to provide clarity. The columns used provide
contrast when it was about to get too monotonous.

84. 81
Sticky Albums – Use of blurred background image allows their
headline to stand out. The full-width adds to the beauty. The
perfect graphics illustrate their service well.

85. 82
Stripe – Simple and clear-cut. It employs non-distractive,
user-operated slide show with beautiful graphics.

86. 83
Task Rabbit – Smart design. Uncluttered. Perfect use of icons
in the modules. Well-designed modules with “clothed”
images. The use of blue down the page breaks monotony.

87. 84
Team Work – Makes positive impression at fight sight. Full-
width header. Aligning the logo at the center adds to the
beauty and consistency of the typography.

88. 85
Telegram – Stylish design with great graphics. Visual
consistency. The use of negative space makes the texts and
images shine and clear.

89. 86
Tesla – Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. And that’s made
possible by the shinning image of car driving along an
equally beautiful road. Note the full-width header, too.

90. 87
The Knot – Beautiful, people images with stylish onboarding to
give visitors visual cues on where to go. The contrasting
backgrounds interrupt the monotony.

91. 88 Tinypass – Beautiful and lovely at first sight. Stylish, simple,
clear. Clean and neat. Use of full-width image background.

92. 89
Todoist – Use of video as background makes the site look
trendy, modern, and matured. And the video is not just any
video, but videos of everyday people using the service.

93. 90
Tomorrow do – Stylish, custom, and simple. It’s not all the time
you see a site such as this – that makes it outstanding. Notice
the use of onboarding to guide users navigation easily.

94. 91
Tumblr – The designers came with a plan – to be playful,
trendy, personable, stylish, colourful, and beautiful. And they
achieve all in one fell swoop.

95. 92
Utorrent – Simple design. Use of full-width background.
Contrasting CTAs. Use of lovely and stylistic modules. Enough
white background.

96. 93
Vconnect – Using the image of a city as a background with
full-width makes this site beautiful at first sight. Good use of
icons and different background colours to give it contrast.

97. 94
Videolicious – Good use of negative space. The large, bold
headline adds to the design. Looks sophisticated and
modern. Powerful use of images.

98. 95 Visit Florida – Aesthetically pleasing. Colourful. The use of pink
colour is particularly endearing and beautifying.

99. 96
We Transfer – Simple design with onboarding to guide users
on where to go. Unique site navigation concept (use of
speech bubble icons). Also take note of the negative space.

100. 97
Weebly – Use of a human image in a beautiful full-width
background. It’s uncluttered. The placement of logo at the
center stands it out.

101. 98
Woocommerce – Beautiful colour combination with full-width
header banner. Adequate use of whitespace. Simple yet
modern-looking design.

102. 99
Wufoo – Appears branded. Simple design. The image of
dinosaur adds a brand touch to it. The contrasting CTA
colours is also worthy of note, plus enough white space.

103. 100
Wunderlist – Custom design, beautiful UI (user interface),
enough white space. Simple. Enough to make this a world-
class site design for a world-class service.

104. 101
Zapier – Beautiful and exciting background colour that’s also
full-width with negative space to make their headline stand
out. And don’t ignore the simplicity of the design.

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