What URL comes to mind when you think of the phrase 'beautiful website'?

August 31, 2004 10:34 AM

What URL comes to mind when you think of the phrase 'beautiful website'?
posted by mosch to computers & internet (13 comments total)

NOT www.beautifulwebsite.com (NSFW, not linked on purpose).

In its early days I always thought AroundAlone.com was stunning. It was the first Quokka site I ever saw. I don't know if it was the subject or the design I found particularly beautiful but I got a thrill every time I opened it
posted by m@ at 11:04 AM on August 31, 2004

http://gmail.google.com/, but then I'm a minimalist.
posted by majick at 11:16 AM on August 31, 2004

Stopdesign, K10K, and International Herald Tribune
posted by riffola at 11:24 AM on August 31, 2004

nowords.org
posted by ambrosia at 12:45 PM on August 31, 2004

Well, when pixelcore was around, most of the popular sites on that ring would have qualified. Technically, the ring is still around, but most of the content is, err.. just not the same.
posted by Gyan at 1:10 PM on August 31, 2004

i really, really like the soft colors on all the orisinal games and the front page is very clean and visually pleasing. while i usually dislike flash pages, i think ferry halim's games are a good use of flash.
posted by alicila at 2:01 PM on August 31, 2004

http://www.ntk.net/
http://www.hi-res.net/
http://news.google.co.uk/
http://www.flipflopflyin.com/
http://www.nosenseofplace.com/
http://www.once-upon-a-forest.com/
http://www.plain-text.co.uk/index.htm
posted by nthdegx at 2:09 PM on August 31, 2004

http://a.wholelottanothing.org/

slowly removes lips from #1's ass
posted by gyc at 3:30 PM on August 31, 2004

Some designs I rather liked:
http://www.adp.archined.nl/index-e.html
http://www.sothere.com/
http://www.poundy.com/
http://www.sufienneagram.com/
http://www.illegal-art.org/
http://www.brokensky.org/self/?x=x.html
http://www.photonet.org.uk/
posted by suleikacasilda at 4:43 PM on August 31, 2004

ambrosia: wow -- thanks for the noword link -- truly, there are no words. beautiful.
posted by davidmsc at 6:18 PM on August 31, 2004

Thanks guys (nowords.org is my site)

I like to stroll through the CSS Zen Garden lately when looking for inspiration. Current fave: Mediterranean
posted by kokogiak at 9:05 PM on August 31, 2004

As far as blogs go, Jeremy Hedley's is gorgeous, imo.
http://www.antipixel.com/blog/index.shtml
posted by gen at 10:38 PM on August 31, 2004

I've always loved Don Barnett's site. For pretty, pretty blogs, here's a nice list, though it's from February and many of the blogs have changed.

perfect.co.uk used to be a collection of beautiful sites updated daily, but these days it's a political blog. I'd like to see a site that does this - surely there must be one? (Besides the one that focuses on minimalist design - which I can't seem to find right now...)
posted by taz at 12:15 AM on September 1, 2004