Last week, Henry posted an article with 30 Fonts Perfect for Vintage and Retro Style Design and I simply loved the first font of the list, the matchbook typefaces. By the time I saw it I could think of several good ways to use it in web design, print design on even other ways. I was so inspired that I decided to do a selection of retro and vintage websites for our weekly web design inspirational post.

I really like retro and vintage stuff… websites, posters, print, adds, everything. I think it’s amazing how an ‘old style’ still get our attention and appreciation. For this selection of retro and vintage web designs, you will see retro and vintage elements, fonts, images, colors, textures, etc. I hope you enjoy the selection. And of course, if you have a cool retro/vintage font site to share with us, the comments are open.

Eighty Two Design

targetscope

singularityconcepts.com

fortyseven media

thigpendesigns.com

icblind.com

edgewater

WebDesigner.ro

Level 2 Design

Custom Design

Kretivia, New Media Production

Big Rig Design

THUNDERfuel

Thrush

mediaBOOM

Radio – The New York Moon

fivecentstand.com

LATAKA

Ali Felski

The Dollar Dreadful

phizz.biz

Style 4 you

Mister-Aero

iso50

Tricycle Terror

sensisoft.com

Small Stone re-cordings

prahba.com

tomatic

Visit Cascadia

Tennessee

jacksonfish.com

Carrozzeria Verga

the Retrovert

Sauro Motel

Antique Piano Shop

painisgood.com

Eric Henning Magic

The Wayward Irregular

flatwoodsfolkart.com

Brocante Boutique

Buy Vintage Clothing

Farinella

What’s your Problem?

Hipstery

readymadedesigns.co.uk

Team Fannypack

thisbythem.com

huxleyprairiefest.com

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Back in May we showcased here 19 Inspiring Examples of Text Over Images in Web Design and we had a really good response on the designs we featured. So for this post, type will take the center stage again. This time showing you beautiful ways to draw attention to your text. We will show you more examples of text over images, and also other approaches to making beautiful typography in web design. From pretty clean and simple designs to colorful and bold ones, there are certainly some good type inspiration here to spark your imagination.

Dassel Und Wagner

Chris Wilhite

Flandria Type

Room 11

Scytale

Familiar

Brave People

Little

Littlelines

Kick Point

Whiteboard

Risk Everything

Mixd

Grafik

Mr. Visual

Scott McCarthy Design

MojoTech – Brand Toolkit

Here at WDL we like to gather resources to our readers because we know designers need as much material they can get to keep their designs fresh and beautiful. Since textures can add a lot of style, depth and personality to a design today we decided to gather a new round of free textures to keep your library filled with options. Check them out and choose your favorites.  You can also always find more free textures

Here at WDL we love to browse the web for good stuff to show you. It’s always great to see how designers put together different layouts and ideas. Minimal websites can be very inspiring when designed properly. Having the ability to develop a nice website with good UX and interface with a minimal approach is certainly a talent. Today we gathered some inspiring minimalistic web designs to show you that almost always less is more.

Square Cash

AC Laschet Architecture

Omada Health

Involvio

Wondersauce

Simple

Mine is Yours

Focus Lab

EssenInternational

Guillaume Juvenet

Octopus Creative

Images add a lot of personality and emotion to a design, besides being a great way to grab viewer’s attention. Knowing how to use images in web design is an art. And this is why today we have some inspiring websites that take advantage of images in their layout. From showcasing a product to communicating an idea or emotion, images are a great way to connect with your audience. From minimal approaches to bold ones, you will find a lot of inspiration here.

Brave People

Hughes Estate Sales

Mextures

Endswell

Hofstede

upbookings.com

Eighth Day

Room 11

Failsworth

Studio Songes

Benoit Challand

Restaurants and food websites are often very inspiring. From exquisite food photography to beautiful type and nice layouts, food related sites can certainly offer plenty of eye candy. A lot of designers are starting to pay more attention to this niche and are developing very solid stuff. There is certainly some room for improvement in the food industry, but it is good to see that many places are already giving their websites the proper attention and creating beautiful and inspiring designs. Be prepared to get hungry after browsing these beautiful sites. Enjoy!

Seafood Revolution

l’unitá

Tradestone Confections

Curt’s Special Recipe

Marianne Restaurant

Florentina

Barboncino

Lemonade

Fifteen

Gilgul

Blackhouse

We all know that typography is a very important element of a good design. And even though we love layouts with beautiful images, it’s always inspiring to see some minimalist type-based sites, like the ones we will show here today. The designs we have here show that type is not only an important element but can also be the focus of a good design. Check out the examples and get some inspiration for your next project.

Arne Meister

Ten & Bourne

Navigating Medicare

Yaron Schoen

Studio Källbom

Nicola Potts

wearegoat

Kyle Penn

Promethean IT

Rareview

Sydney – Stockholm