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Our Top Sites For Design Inspiration
Fueled's London-based lead designer Rob Palmer shares a handful of inspirational websites
Every week at Fueled, our London-based lead designer Rob Palmer shares a handful of inspirational websites with our teams in New York and Chicago. This weekly email acts like a virtual water cooler, encouraging us to congregate across time zones and discuss what brands and blogs are doing to push new trends in web design.
Echoes of the Tsunami
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Last month marked ten years since the 2004 Tsunami devastated South East Asia: one moment in time that would cause enough devastation to last a lifetime. International humanitarian organization Action Contre la Faim (Action Against Hunger) commemorates the anniversary by letting us relive the memories of those who suffered most: this stunning website takes us back in time, by way of beautiful photography and film, to the four Indonesian cities that felt the wave the hardest.
Haruki Murakami
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Internationally renowned author Haruki Murakami is a favorite storyteller to many. His author website is a virtual destination for his fans to peer into his world, even after they’ve turned the last page of his books. Learn about the man behind the words, take a virtual tour of his desk, browse through a gallery of his daily inspirations or discover testimonials from a community of Murakami-lovers: all of this is displayed across an impeccable layout that incorporates Japanese-style contemporary lines and minimalist animations.
Jackaroo Caravans
Leave it to the Aussies to be the best at creating custom ‘vintage retro caravans’ -- and designing a website that makes us actually want to buy one. Jackaroo Caravans presents a website that rings true to their motto: “vintage era meeting meets modern age”. It lets you parallax scroll through appropriately sepia-filtered images that elegantly hide pockets of information and a layout that cleverly mimics the design and colors of their product.
Zenvala
There are a lot of young e-commerce boutiques out there like Zenvala, but not many that manage to make their branding and UX design work like theirs. The site’s landing page greets us with a single fixed background photograph as the focal point, complimented by a sunkissed color scheme and a subtle animation that gives the page depth. (We’re fans of the logo, fixed header and newsletter banner that pops up as a footer, too.) The page naturally prompts us to click towards the site’s shop, where a tight grid of photographs display beachy products with a cool-blue scroll over effect. Let’s go surfing, already.
Hum Creative
There’s a ton of ultra cool stuff going on in this Seattle-based design agency’s website, but the coolest is the display their ‘header’ navigation across four corners of the homepage. This magazine-like site is fresh, fun, contemporary and stays interesting with every click.
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