1/6

1st place winner

The state of artificial intelligence

By Vention

Vention’s report on the AI industry covers everything from financials to the philosophical and ethical stuff. It’s brought to life with cool animated infographics, sleek typography, and even a mini-quiz to keep things interactive.

703

1/6

2nd place winner

Doe Records’ website

By Ricardo d'Avila and Lizzy Ellison

Doe Records’ multi-page site hits all the right notes for a music label that champions local talent and minority artists. It’s a blast from the past with a modern twist, where retro colors meet crisp typography. The animations, videos, and ticker tape give it a contemporary edge, making sure you remember this is how 2023 looks and feels.

428

1/8

Brutal web

By Sasha Mikhedov

The name says it all—this is potentially the most on-point collection of brutalist websites out there. True to form, the site’s design is as raw and minimalist as the architectural movement it celebrates. Think less polished library, more industrial warehouse vibes. Plus, the website sits on a .xyz domain, which is included for free with any paid plan.

150

1/7

Action report 2022

By ARMEDANGELS

ARMEDANGELS’ yearly roundup is all about meshing sustainability and ethics with style and esthetics. The report’s a visual treat packed with scrolling animations, full-screen videos, and a cool mix of crisp and dreamy images that make the extensive report a breeze to follow. Plus, they’ve thrown in fun stuff like Shots, Draggables, and some nifty trigger animations.

136

1/13

Impact report 2022

By Driftime

Drifteam’s annual report from 2022 clearly shows that they’re wearing their B Corp badge with pride. Expect a mix of insights on ethical business, green thinking, and community spirit. The site sticks to the essentials but with flair—think smooth scroll animation, sharp typography, and grids that make everything click into place. It’s a standout example of how less can be more when it’s this well done.

111

1/8

1st place winner

Intertapes

By Seva Varfolomeev

Enjoy the aesthetics of the lost and found tape records reflected in a visually compelling page. Lo-fi widgets of scanned tapes hide the embedded digitalized recordings, which you can also access from the interactive grid-like world map. Also, there are extra detailed illustrations of the tape formats popular from the 1960-1990s.

592

1/6

2nd place winner

Everything.can.be.
scanned

By Daniil Kurguzov

The draggable feature got absolutized in this designedly cluttered website. The idea was to create a collection of objects that don’t get much attention in everyday life by scanning them. Drag over all those tickets, pill blisters, and keychains in our own order, and don’t forget to explore the texts and a small game where you catch shadows, but they disappear.

439

1/5

Kebab gum

By the Kitchen Lager design team

Spoilers ahead: the chewing gum that tastes like a kebab still doesn’t exist, unlike the landing page promoting this treat. The website is simple and compelling: it opens with a large typography piece and uses animated color dots to emphasize where the story goes, while steady 3D packaging models give it a refreshing vibe.

123

1/6

OWN architecture and design practice’s website

By UMWELT

A minimalistic chest box with hidden gemstones: hover on the numbers—which won’t tell you anything specific—to find the spoilers of the design projects, carried out by the architects and designers at OWN. By clicking on the numbers, you’ll activate the page, causing photos, plans, and descriptions to appear. The “About” and “Contacts” sections also serve as triggers, opening well-concealed text above and below the number chart.

120

1/6

ALODO design agency’s website

By Chun Hua Lu

This website for a subscription-based design agency artfully combines neat typography and animation to create a smooth navigation experience. Some animations act as transitions and reveal new pieces of content, and others subtly spotlight essential details. Big, high-resolution pictures arranged over the black background grab just the necessary amount of attention and are balanced by texts.

49

1/7

1st place winner

Seen advertising agency's website

By Marie Estaire

This mainly green and beige company website first catches the eye with its bold font and funny animated character, then with its concept of a store, where 3D images of goods that come live on loading and go still as you hover over them can be added to the “checkout”. There are also tiny objects you can drag around the page.

301

1/5

2nd place winner

All around us* brand’s website

By Siarhei Plashchynski

Siarhei Plashchynski designed a trendy b/w page for a clothing brand featuring a custom cursor and a huge typography piece that moves below animated photos. Each photo leads to a new page with a detailed description and more hi-res photos of a product. All along the way, typography acts as one of the main characters interlaced in the gridded canvas.

286

1/6

Neha Hattangdi’s personal website

By Neha Hattangdi

Take a look at the one-piece portfolio for Neha Hattangdi, where project descriptions precede neatly arranged sets of images and video, some of which launch on load or are hidden in folded galleries. There are no extra distractive elements—just contrast above-all-page menus on both sides of the screen.

172

1/8

Belén Valverde’s portfolio

By Belén Valverde

Simple in structure and rich in contents, this graphic designer’s website puts all cards on the table from the onset. Vivid visuals take all of the screen widths and change at a comfortable pace, inviting you to explore further. A two-option menu in the upper right corner leads you to the gallery of Belén Valverde’s works with concise text and extra visuals on a click. At the bottom of the page, you’ll see a grainy video, which delicately finishes the viewing experience.

139

1/7

Anton Rahlwes’ personal website

By Anton Rahlwes

Anton Rahlwes created a minimalist portfolio where all of the texts stick to the top and above all page contents. The text tells the bare minimum, with the stress put on still images, slightly fading on hover, and strictly aligned on the invisible grid.

69

1/7

1st place winner

Heliotropy

by Studio CRONICA

A charged-up website lit by a yellow animated beam explores two stories of Heliotropy’s founders. Each of the personal pages appears brimmed with draggable text, photos, videos, handwritten notes, naive illustrations, and even embedded music balanced with a mono-colored background and smooth scroll.

505

1/7

2nd place winner

Hayal & Hakikat

by Marina Meyer

The website tells a poignant story of Turkish convicts who had to be photographed with their palms on the show so the Sultan could decide whether they would live or die. As you scroll down the page, multiple centuries-old photos of people appear, flickering as if the photoshoot is still going on. The flow is sometimes interrupted by intertitles explaining one thing or another.

389

1/7

Light beam

By Anton Repponen

This is a photo essay dedicated to light, carefully caught by Anton Repponen. Opening with a poem and a dualistic heading that crowns a photo, it goes on as a physical album that’s scrolled horizontally. Each photo emerges from the dark and holds a small number and a geo-mark. A subtle, precious detail is that in the upper left corner, you can spot a tiny illustration: the outline of the light beam shining through the photo.

111

1/8

1st place winner

Roman Sazonov’s portfolio

By Roman Sazonov

Explore this highly interactive website on load and hover. On top of the strong typography, the above-all-pages 3D element, a custom cursor and popping animations, the designer integrated dozens of hi-res visuals.

1124

1/6

2nd place winner

Website for Wow typeface

By Carol van Waart

“Wow” is an artistic project that re-thinks typography through abstraction. The page starts with an animated 3D object that rotates and transforms as you observe it, and offers two typeface variations to switch between. Both subpages show the creation of the typeface through stories, colorful sketches, and samples.