You can always find inspiration in lists of best-looking sites, but what about the worst ever? I know, I know that would be harder, to decide among the countless horrendous sites from Geocities or Angelfire, lol – it’s way easier to hand pick the cream of the crop of webdesign.
According to commandshift3.com – Like “hot or not” meets “celebrity death match” – these are the worst and the best looking sites from the web.
Protective glasses are recommended to prevent your retinas from burning.
The Worst looking sites from the web.
10 dokimos.org
09 catalogs.com
08 5safepoints.com
07 ny1.com
06 djsonline.com
05 gemwebsolutions.com
04 folktrash.com
03 havenworks.com
02 awesomesite.com
01 videosoniclab.com
Now some soothing for those sore eyes, here it comes the best looking websites.
The best looking sites from the web.
10 spon.com
09 titofelix.com
08 jrvelasco.com
07 simonclayson.co.uk
06 teamviget.com
05 biola.edu
04 zu.com
03 max-longin.com
02 gnvpartners.com
01 ilovetypography.com
Conclusions
When you compare the best sites with the worst, it does not come as a surprise that together they look like the ying-yang, each one being the complete opposite of the the other. While the best sites looks clean and light, complying with web design principles like precedence, spacing, typography, usability, consistency and balance – just to mention a few – the worst sites appear to be the antitheses, breaking just about all conceivable design principles. The result is a cluttered, confusing interface where you don’t know where to look, what to do, or where to start.
Looking at bad designs can burn your retinas, but by comparing them with good design, it might make it easier to put your finger on what not to do, and what the practical consequences are.
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So ugly!
Oh come on, if you’re going to write a piece on web design at least understand that design is an answer to a PROBLEM. You’re putting apples up against oranges. I agree that NY1 is badly designed BUT AT LEAST COMPARE IT TO AN ATTRACTIVE *NEWS* SITE. Comparing a news site with some minimalist furniture website is just plain silly.
I agree with the worst looking sites on the net. The typography site is lovely!
This is a great article, I definitely agree with the worst looking sites! the top 10 are really nice sites, they deserve to be high up but I have seen better.
This site is really bad. 2 years like this! Try the links too!
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nicely done! Perhaps, in the future, StayBank.com hopes to make your list of 10 BEST. ;-).
sure Todd :)
its my awesome website/ clothing line