50 Minimal Sites are introduced at :
http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/50-minimal-sites/

here are some of my favorites:

Somme

Made by Sofa

Studio Mikmik

Web design is more than just creating clean code and sharp graphics. A site that really works fulfills your strategic objectives while meeting the needs of your users. Even the best content and the most sophisticated technology won’t help you balance those goals without a cohesive, consistent user experience to support it.

The following diagam(The Elements of User Experience) was published on Jesse James Garrett’s Web site in 2000, Garrett has thoughtfully given texture, depth and meaning to a complex process. He has expanded the model through insight, not so much as a how-to guide, but as a thought-process guide–providing a backdrop for the decision-making processes that go into building a successful Web site.

The Elements of User Experience

My favorite design style is minimalist-style(Minimalism-design). I’m not sure becuase of my nationality, I like finding the beauty in simplicity.  I often feel “the less is the more”, but at the same time being simple and mimimal is hard to do since I have tendency adding things more and more.

Here are some elements about minimalist web design:

• simplicity, simple elegant - make the simple things simple
• clean and fine finishes
• use of the fonts
• use of the white space
• essential use of graphic - use graphics only when absolutely necessary
• the subject is reduced to its necessary elements
• using only a small number of shapes and color
• natural textures and colors
• sometimes use contrast colors for aesthetics, or to emphasize what is important
• easy to navigate
• use css (cascading style sheet) to make the pages smaller and load faster
• unique

Here are some minimalistic website designs I like;

poccuo.com	Kind Company
cravattificio.com	frieze magazine

BTW, speaking of minimalism, I like also minimal art & design, and my favorite artists are Sol Lewitt, Donald Judd , Dan Flavin and more… How about you, guys?

Also I feel the people in this region generally have a tendency to consider “The more the better”. Do you feel the same way?

Hi all, I will start posting cool site links for  creative inspiration, motivation and ideas.

adncom : http://www.adncom.fr/

adncom

adncom is a french advertising agency. their website is a skillful executed minimal-style beauty with a “spinning browse” experience.