“Subernova is a web based project management tool to help solo designers, writers, bloggers”. Not much else I can add to that, but it’s mainly the layout of the product which I want to show you.

Subernova is created by Hex.sg, and is using black and white troughout the entire product, with blue as an accent color, used to highlight selected items or options. Creating a strong design with only black, white and blue is pretty impressive!

For all Adobe Illustrator users here: Vectips.com is for you! The website is dedicated to Illustrator tips, tricks and tutorials and created by Ryan Putnam (a.k.a. Rype). Ryan also runs Rypearts.com, his personal website, including his portfolio.

Back to Vectips. The site has a clean look, and crates a fresh impression. The main menu items are located on the top left, accompanied with big icons to make it easy to spot and navigate. The posts are setup with a lot of space between them, and make it feel light and easy to read. Certainly worth a visit if you are a designer.

Dragon Interactive is a web design agency based in Los Angeles. The website is very dark, which is not very common for web design agencies in general. The header uses a very nice hover effect, which can be found at their labs site. This sub site provides you with some welcome tips and tools.

The header looks brilliant, with a silver look on the dragon to make it stand out. Also the idea of depth behind it contributes to this effect. Also notable: a timeline is shown on the website, where you can see when they have time for a new project.

This time a darker website for review: Discoapp.com. The website is all about Disco, a disc burning tool for Mac users.

The bright red creates a nice contrast with the darker surroundings, and really makes the logo stand out.  The website is clean and accessible, and they made sure the more important part of the text stood out by making it brighter.

Further more this website does not contain a lot of pages; most of the information is right there on the homepage. It gives a clean and easy overview of all the possibilites.

WebdesignerDepot.com (called WDD) is a platform to showcase the latest trends in graphical and design techniques. The weblog itself is a collaboration between some of the best experts in the field. This includes programming, typography, graphical, writing and much more.

The website stats a bold header with a lot of creativity put into it. Next to that we see a few Apple products in there, which still seem to be linked to graphical artists and designers. Make sure to check out the site, it contains a ton of useful stuff and inspiration.

Where a certain graphical quality is one part of a website, the other side is even more important: the programming behind the scenes. Webappers.com gives us a daily post with a versatile utility for the web. Every tool and/or utility is indexed in a category and type of license.

The blog itself is clean and informative, and the categories are well chosen. Scripts for art galleries, video, animations, file uploads etc, you can find it all at Webappers.com

One of the best way to market your product, is to keep your website simple and clear. Campaign Monitor has done just that. Their website looks fresh and clean, and certainly not cluttered. A big screenshot of the product shows you in a split-second what it looks like. Two big buttons for the main actions, and a clear navigation bar at the top. Simple and effective.

Campaign Monitor does what it says, it monitors your campaign. You can setup your own e-mail marketing there, and re-brand it as your own. Perfect for website creators who are looking for good marketing strategies.

Since we are trying to create a collection to provide inspiration, this website is a must. AListApart.com is a very minimalistic website, with a lot of information on it. The main focus was providing information without too much graphics around to distract the reader.

The website consists of articles targeting “people who make websites”. The main topics are about typography on the web, usability, user-friendliness of the layout and things to consider when making a website. It is fun to read, and you will learn a lot on the way.

This time a short review on a web tool, used by a lot of bloggers. Icebrrg.com let’s you build a web form within minutes. This post is mainly about the design though.

As you can see, the website use blue as a main color, to extend the icon of an iceberg. It’s fun to read their texts, and they are original in writing headlines and short texts to promote their product. The example screenshot has a large place on the homepage, and shows in seconds what the site is about. The three buttons in the top are well placed to let the visitor click through to further details.

The design is pleasing to they eye, and has a lot of space around the main items. They made well use of icons to illustrate the titles. All in all a very complete design, offering just what the visitor wants to know.

The first thing you will notice about Codeigniter.com is the use of the color red.  The site looks overly bright, and focuses the attention right where they want it to be: at the header, with a clear explanation about the product and the most important actions right up for grabs. The use of a glassy flame for a logo made me smile.

The website is very user-friendly; there is a lot of spacing, giving it room to breath. Next to that, a lot of icons are used to create visual borders between blocks of content. The layout is neat and logical, but also pleasing to the eye.

The use of bright red and orange makes it hard to forget about the website, once you paid it a visit.