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Beautiful? Government Website? Is that even possible? Oxymorons aside, we had to dig deep to surf our way through some of the most mind-numbingly aesthetic and usability challenged un-noteworthy websites of all time. At some points, I kind of felt like George W. Bush designed and Cheney programmed these themselves they were so bad!… but I managed to make it through without too much alcohol to bring it to you all with some honorable mentions to boot.

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Black & White doesn’t have to be boring. Monochromatic color schemes can be used with just about any color, but some of the most striking are in black & white. By cutting out color a website relies more heavily on other design elements – such as layout or typography, etc..

So here’s your daily dose of inspiration…30 extremely well-done Black & White websites…

Web designers always have to strike a balance between usability and visual appeal when designing a website. Without this balance, a website might be nice to look at or difficult to navigate. Or, it might be easy to navigate, but not easy on the eyes. With this in mind, balancing attractive navigation with usability does not need to be overly difficult. To help you generate new ideas and inspiration for user navigation, here are 30 great examples of attractive and usable navigation.

Since Web Designer Wall launched, I’ve been featuring a lot of graphic intense websites such as the artistic, large background, vintage, and illustrative styles. Now it is time to feature the minimalist design. Here is a massive list of 50 minimal sites. See how designers use minimal elements to create high visual impact — less is more.

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Below you can see the latest articles from blog and photos from Flickr. There are two new sections, Photography and About. The font used on headers is Anivers created by Jos Buivenga. Actually, this version of my site comes as an anniversary on 8/8/08 of five years spent on the web, two years since The Journalist was released and one year of EVNO.

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The New York Chapter is one of 57 chapters of AIGA, the professional association for design. There are more than 3,500 members of AIGA/NY and many more members of the community that regularly participate in AIGA/NY programming.

This is the online home of Richard Rutter, a website designer. Here he writes about information architecture, accessibility, design, Brighton, music and occasionally mountain biking.

I’m a Graphic Designer living in sunny Brooklyn, New York. I’ve worked for clients such as AIGA, Housing Works, Miramax Films, The New York Stock Exchange, PBS, WordPress, and The United Nations focusing on designing websites that maintain a balance of usability and effective content presentation. I recently transitioned from my long-time position as Creative Director for Happy Cog Studios. I serve as Creative Director for A List Apart, an online magazine for people who make websites, and reside on the Board of Directors for AIGA/NY.

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