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!
Got your own favorites? Comment here!
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flisterz
July 9, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Great list. I’m in love with Evan Eckard’s site.
Brian
July 9, 2008 at 5:19 pm
@Flisterz – Same with me! Thanks for the comment!
salwa
July 9, 2008 at 9:01 pm
great list. very beautiful designs and speaking of beautiful i love the design of your website.
Steve Smith
July 9, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Thanks for putting us on such a great list! Glad you enjoy the design.
Katy Castro
July 9, 2008 at 10:31 pm
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.
Kiten
July 10, 2008 at 1:49 am
I like Chris Garrett portfolio most
liam
July 10, 2008 at 4:23 am
I think I need to get back into doing more dark sites, love ‘em!
Isopo
July 10, 2008 at 9:47 am
Great selection! I think we could have been part of this post with http://www.visualboxsite.com, don’t you agree?
Thanks!
Tom - StandOutBlogger.com
July 10, 2008 at 1:36 pm
wow. they are really nice. Dark websites are really growing on me.
Brian
July 10, 2008 at 10:04 pm
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.
kovilen
July 12, 2008 at 2:10 am
Nice list, dude!!
E. Nicole
July 12, 2008 at 10:27 am
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!
Isopo
July 12, 2008 at 10:53 am
@ Brian – Thanks!
Mushex Antaranian
January 6, 2009 at 2:01 am
hey man, its awesome..
helped me in my new project
thanks !!
lieben
March 3, 2009 at 3:11 am
Interessante Informationen.
Paul
April 18, 2009 at 11:45 am
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.