Web Design: Retro style

Lately, retro vintage designed websites are all the rage. These older styles capture much attention from users because of the texture, fonts and use of color. Elements used in retro and vintage websites communicate information effectively using emotions, nostalgia, and triggering memories. 

The people at noupe have selected a few great examples.
http://www.noupe.com/design/web-throwback-showcase-of-vintage-and-retro-web-design.html

Web Design and Development Inspiration

We found a collection of beautifully designed and developed websites. Most of these are single page websites which have well suited interactivity. They are pretty engaging and the themes invoke emotions from users.

Overall these are impressive, a favorite is "Bagigia". It's design is photography driven and it has playful interactivity, which creates an enjoyable experience for the user.

Which site do you like, what do you like about it?

This compilation was created by Speckyboy Design Magazine.
View website compilation.

Inspiration: Urban Calligraphy

There's something charming about the free flowing nature of the Calligraphy pieces, created by Alexis Persani, Jackson Alves, Ivan Lyashenko, Boglárka Nádi and Mauro Melis. The grittiness and texture make it feel tactical and human, while the confident strokes give it elegance. It's like refined graffiti.

In my opinion Calligraphy tends to hold its own ground in design. It's hand drawn quality adds and organic flow to type that traditional typesetting can't seem to replicate. Type can be rigid and structured, it often has to be placed, and even when it's distorted it's being manipulated within constraints and rules. That's why I feel Calligraphy flourishes in font, typography and logo design.

Check out their work on this blog post.
www.noupe.com/graphics/typography-inspiration-calligraphic-masterpieces.html