Although Juani is only eighteen years old, his portfolio reflects a mature sense of design.  He makes excellent use of the space that he has, and his choice of a light blue background makes the text easy to read while simultaneously giving the portfolio a subtle dose of flair.

Instead of relying on Flash, the iBloom Studio website uses a sliding header to give itself an interactive element.  The rest of the website is simple and has a modest color scheme, which allows visitors to read additional information without any attention being taken away from the portfolio showcase in the header.

Because many of them were designed over a decade ago by volunteers, many church websites look quite dated.  However, the Spiritual Formation Department of the Wesleyan Church has broken this trend by creating a website that is up-to-date, colorful and welcoming.  The Spiritual Formation Department makes excellent use of their large header space by showcasing some of the other top of the line online properties of the Wesleyan Church.

While telecommunications may not be the most exciting industry, that doesn’t mean that the websites of companies in this industry need to be boring.  While the Voiplicity website is cleanly designed and pleasantly simple, it avoids feeling dry or impersonal by throwing in a few touches of color, including a large header photo with color accents and a friendly logo.

The websites of businesses in the graphics industry are always held to a higher standard, and Digiglass successfully steps up to the bar.  The design of their website is extremely attractive, and its homepage successfully integrate elements that are interactive and helpful, instead of being interactive and obnoxious.

The Internet is filled with WordPress themes.  As a result, it’s important for WordPress theme websites to find a way to distinguish themselves from each other.  FrogsThemes successfully achieves this by using their header to prominently offer their top of the line FolioGrid theme for free.

As soon as you visit the homepage of Goksel Eryigit’s portfolio, you know right away what he does.  While the design of his portfolio is fairly simple, it does an excellent job of conveying the most important information quickly enough to catch the attention of even the most distracted website visitor.

The Phynk Creative website is a great example of a design that strips away everything but the essentials.  When you load the website, you are met with a link to their portfolio, Twitter and Facebook accounts, as well as a large form for getting in touch with them.

With an elegant header photo of a beautiful woman and a subtle but attractive design, the best way to describe this design is sexy, which is exactly what you want for a website that sells underwear and PJs.  The drop-down menus at the top of the website are also a nice touch that make it easy to browse through all of the company’s lovely products.

While using large images simply for the sake of using large images usually isn’t a good design strategy, this isn’t true you are using large images to showcase your product.  By using several large images, visitors are instantly able to see what the Nota iPhone App will look like on their iPhone, and then they can get more details about its capabilities from the easy to read body of the website.