Once again, I’ve been skimming through the design galleries and looking through notes and bookmarks in search of noteworthy designs. This time around, I’ve put together a collection of light designs. While more graphic-heavy designs may look great, simplicity and whitespace can go a long way as well.
Without further ado, 32 Lightweight Designs:
31Three
37 Signals
A List Apart
Amber Web Solutions
Apple
Blazer Six
Coda
CrazyEgg
FluidBook
GoodBarry
Google
InType
IronFeathers.ca
Jandaco
Joyent
KarimZurita
Media Temple
Mozilla
Obras Cofem
OC Vision
OmniT
PixelEden
Pownce
PSD Tuts
River Rock Communications
RogVaiv Media
Chris Shiflett
SimplePie
SwordFox Design
WordPress
Webmaster-Source 
Tags: Design, gallery, inspiration, roundup
I am currently designing a site for my new design business, Solid Stuff. I have done some graphically saturated work in the past, light is definitely the direction I want to go with this one. Light is the new dark!
Great collection of light weight design examples. I’m not certain everyone appreciates the effort involved in pulling together such a collection, but I do. Thanks
I am redesigning my site right now, and this list has helped me narrow down some of the requirements of the new design.Thanks for the resource.
@Imar, @Sean, Glad you enjoyed the post.
@Bret, Yeah it does take a bit of time and effort to put together posts like this. It’s enjoyable work though.
not Chris Shiftlett , Chris Shiflett . and the url shiflett.org
@Deniz, You have no idea how often I mistype that… I always try putting the extra “t” in. Just fixed it.
Hmmm, I guess I was wrong. Dark is still the new dark! http://www.solidstuff.co.za
@Imar, I reject your reality and substitute my own (as Mythbuster Adam Savage would say). Light is the new dark. I would prefer to avoid needing glasses, thank you.
/joke