30 Most Inspirational Dark Web Designs

After showing so much enthusiasm about inspirational light web designs, I thought it would be only fair to bring dark out into the spotlight. Dark web designs, when done right, can be mysterious, elegant, sleek, and professional. Here is a showcase of 30 dark designs that I feel match those criteria. I’ve done my best to feature as diverse of a selection as possible for your benefit. Enjoy!

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Chris Brummel


Studio Number One


Viget


Mike Precious


Sidebar Creative


Ordered List


Chris Garrett Media


Sofa Surfer


Dragon Interactive


Avenue Creative


Merix Studio


Beyondis


The New Odd End


Site Makers


Abduzeedo


Joystik


Evan Eckard


Rusty Bones


Forty Eight Designs


Whitwa


New Concept


Bright Box


Brett Nyquist


Marius Roosendaal


Erskine Design


Snagt


Authentic Style


Elliot Jay Stocks


Kavoon


Mike Poss


Visual Box

Got your own favorites? Comment here!

  • This post was written by Brian
  • Website: http://elitebydesign.com
  • About: Brian is a blogger and web designer at Elite By Design. He has been blogging for over a year providing quality design-related articles for the community.
25 Comments RSS
  1. Reply flisterzNo Gravatar said on July 9th, 2008

    Great list. I’m in love with Evan Eckard’s site.

  2. Reply BrianNo Gravatar said on July 9th, 2008

    @Flisterz – Same with me! Thanks for the comment!

  3. Reply salwaNo Gravatar said on July 9th, 2008

    great list. very beautiful designs and speaking of beautiful i love the design of your website.

  4. Reply Steve SmithNo Gravatar said on July 9th, 2008

    Thanks for putting us on such a great list! Glad you enjoy the design.

  5. Reply Katy CastroNo Gravatar said on July 9th, 2008

    Another awesome collection though I cannot decide if I like Viget or Rusty Bones the best. While all of them are awesome, I’m really gravitating to those two sites.

  6. Reply KitenNo Gravatar said on July 10th, 2008

    I like Chris Garrett portfolio most :)

  7. Reply liamNo Gravatar said on July 10th, 2008

    I think I need to get back into doing more dark sites, love ‘em!

  8. Reply IsopoNo Gravatar said on July 10th, 2008

    Great selection! I think we could have been part of this post with http://www.visualboxsite.com, don’t you agree? :) Thanks!

  9. Reply Tom - StandOutBlogger.comNo Gravatar said on July 10th, 2008

    wow. they are really nice. Dark websites are really growing on me.

  10. Reply BrianNo Gravatar said on July 10th, 2008

    Thanks everyone for the comments! I’m glad you all liked the post – I’ve got a few more inspiration posts coming up in the next few days so stay tuned :)

    @Isopo – Added :) Great site btw.

    @Salwa – Thanks so much!

    @Steve – No problem – you’ve got an amazing design.

  11. Reply kovilenNo Gravatar said on July 12th, 2008

    Nice list, dude!!

  12. Reply E. NicoleNo Gravatar said on July 12th, 2008

    You know, Evan Eckard is pretty talented… I think he runs DinPattern and I can’t tell you how many resources I’ve gotten from THAT site. LOL. Nice list. Wish I had seen is sooner!

  13. Reply IsopoNo Gravatar said on July 12th, 2008

    @ Brian – Thanks!

  14. Reply Mushex AntaranianNo Gravatar said on January 6th, 2009

    hey man, its awesome..
    helped me in my new project :)
    thanks !!

  15. Reply liebenNo Gravatar said on March 3rd, 2009

    Interessante Informationen.

  16. Reply PaulNo Gravatar said on April 18th, 2009

    Wow! Thanks for including Joystik on this list, I’m honoured to be included amongst so many great designs. I’m actually working on a slight redesign at the moment so hopefully they’ll be more examples of work etc going up there over the coming months.

    Thanks again.

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