40 Best New Websites, 2024

As regular readers will know, each month we roundup the best new designs of the previous 4 weeks. And now, at the end of the year, we’ve selected our 40 favourites from the monthly collections.

All the sites chosen stand out in some way, whether that’s through the approach to a design problem, embracing a design trend, offering a practical benefit to users or creatively addressing issues that affect the wider world.

Enjoy!

Bright red orange is paired with clean, friendly type, and some great micro-interactions for a confident and pleasing effect.

This fresh and lively approach to plumbing and heating supplies stands out with its rotating images of bathroom fixtures, while the use of blue subtly reinforces the connection to water.

The animated features and 3D illustrations are impressive, and the design is well-executed. What truly shines, however, is the storytelling, making potentially dry statistics and technical details engaging and easy to follow.

Land Life specializes in restoring land and nature. Rather than relying on traditional earthy tones or a natural design, they’ve opted for a professional, science-focused approach to their branding.

Soft sky blues combined with rich and muted greens, accented by delightful illustrations, create a serene atmosphere for this hillside holiday villa. The design feels tranquil, refreshing, and perfectly inviting.

Kozowood focuses on high-end timber construction, especially for luxury homes. The colors, including old gold, chocolate, nougat, and taupe, evoke both the richness of luxury and the warmth of wood, accented with ivory highlights.

Scalvini Marmi’s website showcases elegance and sophistication through seamless interactions, multidirectional scrolling, transitions, and beautiful images. The concept of the menu appearing behind the page adds an extra dimension.

GoodMoods is a design and interiors magazine paired with an online shop. What sets it apart from typical homeware stores is its thoughtful art direction, especially the complementary colors enhancing each image.

Integrated Reasoning develops processors for tackling optimization problems, a challenge to showcase on a sleek website. The design cleverly uses geometric line art and a noise effect, creating a delightful retro vibe.

The navigation stands out with an engaging card effect as projects scroll upward. Despite the site’s considerable size and extensive content, everything feels accessible, cohesive, and easy to explore.

The website for WWF’s Unganisha project in East Africa delivers rich information through an engaging, interactive design. Vibrant graphics, icons, and stunning photography work together to create an immersive and enjoyable experience.

Kahlua’s website has been completely revamped as part of a significant rebranding effort. Drawing from its Mexican roots, the design evokes a telenovela style through its text, videos, and color palette.

Acre’s homepage eliminates scrolling, allowing users to click through images, creating an experience reminiscent of flipping through a magazine. Additionally, an archive page offers easy access to specific images.

Zerodois’ website mirrors the clean lines of its products with a minimalist design. Product pages are divided, featuring a horizontal scrolling section for exploring configurations while the details remain stationary below.

Photographer Christophe Coenon’s portfolio site uses layered images to create an attractive impression of randomness. For this to work, underneath is a clean, well-organized structure with intuitive navigation.

The website for Anai wood factory tells a story linking the forests where the wood originates to the final products. Ample spacing and seamless animations provide a serene, premium experience.

CCA Annex serves as CCA’s (Centre for Contemporary Arts) digital platform, showcasing online projects. The homepage displays works in a marginless grid, forming a collage-like presentation that feels dynamic yet remains visually organized.

This website’s design, consistent with the overall branding, is clean, vibrant, and striking. It aligns seamlessly with the theme of essential pantry staples.

The 855-HOW-TO-QUIT helpline cleverly incorporates opioid imprint codes as phone extensions. The minimalist website design draws inspiration from pill features, with button shapes and speckled backgrounds echoing their physical characteristics.

Using pinks and purples for a quantum computing company might seem unconventional, but these colors bring a sense of approachability to a field that can feel highly complex and technical.

Daylight Computer introduces a new tablet designed for a more comfortable and user-friendly experience. Soft tones, rounded edges, and a subtly flared typeface combine to reinforce this gentle, health-conscious image.

Design Office is the freshly introduced design division of the creative agency Motion Sickness. The page exudes a playful vibe, with the client/designer translator adding an especially enjoyable touch.

The website for artist and illustrator Oliver Jeffers combines an open layout with a unique display font inspired by his handwriting. This creates a design that feels both clean and full of personality.

Agent Pekka, an agency for illustrators, features a site that is both elegant and well-structured, serving as a refined backdrop for the artists’ creations while incorporating illustration into its design.

This restaurant’s website highlights stunning food photography as its focal point, complemented by intuitive navigation. The subtly displayed Michelin stars add a touch of sophistication and elegance.

Few and Far, a digital design agency supporting charities, offers a visually appealing and user-friendly website. It also provides valuable free tools and guides specifically tailored for charity websites.

This design embraces the agency’s name by featuring a showcase arranged in an accordion menu on the homepage. Throughout the site, smooth animations enhance the experience, keeping the accordion concept engaging without feeling overdone.

A carefully selected hero image establishes the mood for this lifestyle design store. Quality product photography, thoughtful spacing, and intelligent sales copy come together to create a sleek and sophisticated experience.

The homepage features an effective reveal animation, where the logo unfolds to display an introductory video. The overall design conveys a strong impression of reliability and simplicity.

This site uses a minimalist color palette, with soft pale greens subtly accenting product shots. Animated color changes on text brings energy, while technical-style illustrations complement the clean design.

Art-Toi features a vibrant design with bold yellow accents and playful hand-drawn lettering. Collaged images enhance the accompanying text, creating an approachable tone that aligns with its goal of making art accessible to newcomers.

The website for creative agency Studio Size follows a classic portfolio format, featuring well-spaced, curated visuals and crisp typography. Unique touches, like on-hover video previews for social links and a playful footer, add charm.

This architectural firm’s website stands out with its smooth, well-executed animations and transitions, creating an enjoyable browsing experience. The vibrant yellow accents bring energy to the sleek, minimalist design.

The site effectively pairs high-quality photography with mockups, helping users imagine the product in context. Information is presented in concise sections, allowing the visuals to remain the primary focus.

Following Wildfire is a rare instance where social media, technology, and thoughtful design come together for a truly practical purpose. Public photos are analyzed for wildfire indicators and plotted on an interactive map.

The transition from pixelated images to detailed 3D product models is a standout feature. Smooth scrolling animations further enhance the experience, keeping users actively engaged throughout the site.

Lively and expressive illustrations add depth to this compilation of oral histories from over 200 elders, including activists and community leaders, who experienced and influenced transformative moments in American history.

The innovative landing page design, featuring a contact sheet with a magnifier, captures attention and seamlessly transitions into a neatly structured and user-friendly agency portfolio.

Emergence Magazine is both a publication and creative studio delving into the intersections of ecology, culture, and spirituality. It features interviews, essays, films, and interactive web experiences on a serene, minimalist platform.

This interactive experience examines how technology, climate change, politics, and dietary habits could shape the future. The approachable illustrations and gamified design break information into engaging, easily understood segments.