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  11 Almost Perfect Business Layouts

  Business companies tend to impress visitors with solid site structures, precise navigation and the credibility of presented content. Therefore business layouts are usually quite unspectacular, mostly informative, but not attractive. It's an appropriate approach... More... 96 Comments

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  8 Fresh Wordpress Themes

  Nice Wordpress Themes are quite hard to find. Particularly if you don't know where to begin your search from. Google returns literally thousands of results, but not all of them offer what you personally consider to be quality material. Some useful references... More... 89 Comments

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  Keep It Simple, Stupid!

  Let's put it straight - simplicity is more complex than you probably think it is. To design a web-site in user-friendly tones, presenting all information and removing unnecessary details isn't easy. In fact, many designers don't manage to find the right mix... More... 133 Comments

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  45 Fresh, Clean and Impressive Designs

  Sometimes it's just amazing to see, which level of usability, legibility and visual appeal can be achieved using some basic design techniques. In fact, some talanted web-developers manage to deliver powerful, functional and gorgeous web-design in... More... 220 Comments

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  83 Beautiful Wordpress Themes You (Probably) Haven’t Seen

  Sometimes it's just like searching for a needle in a haystack: if you've ever googled for free and quality Wordpress Themes, you know exactly what we're talking about. Most designers love to create Wordpress themes, so they can demonstrate the quality of... More... 1017 Comments

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  30 Dark Designs You Should’ve Seen

  Dark designs can be really stunning. I mean, really. In Web 2.0 designers try to do their best to impress their visitors and in many cases they definitely succeed in doing so. As a second (out of five) part of our 50 Beautiful CSS-Based Web-Designs in 2006... More... 184 Comments

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  Crème de la crème of CSS: List of CSS Galleries

  One can discuss whether numerous CSS-galleries challenge our creativity, however they can serve as a quite nice source for inspiration. The galleries of CSS-based designs showcase exemplary design practices, solutions, ideas and templates. Once you have no idea... More... 51 Comments

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  50 Beautiful CSS-Based Web-Designs in 2006

  2006 was rich on creative, beautiful and unusual design concepts. We've seen a lot of whitespace, many examples of readable and usable text-design, badges, stars, rounded corners, shapes, gradients, mirror and 3D-effects - just name it. Let's take a close look... More... 471 Comments

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