Getting a website designed can be an unfathomable task for many business owners. The technology, process and understanding can seem like impenetrable barriers to getting your business online. However, with the rise of crowdsourcing over the past few years, the gap between web design and business owners is now just a small step.
Crowdsourcing platforms such as DesignCrowd enable small businesses to get beautiful websites designed more quickly, more economically and more creatively than ever before. Check out these 5 winning website designs from web design crowdsourcing contests on DesignCrowd.
Project: International Dating Community Needs a Web Design
The Brief: A single page web design template for wix
Web Designs Submitted: 6 web designs
Competing Designers: 4 web designers
Winning Designer: Digital Mass
Project Cost: $300
Why we love it: Muted tones and pastel colours work with contrast and simplicity to deliver a design which is both easy to navigate and lovely to look at. Large, simplistic iconography is used in place of words to convey meaning, used with expansive white (or pastel coloured) space makes this design a winner.
Project: Website for Community Storage Startup Company
The Brief: Design a great website that looks good on mobile devices (as well as the web) - Layout should be responsive and able to scale to many sized devices.
It should provide a good user-experience for people browsing the site with heavy focus on search and search results pages - It should be extremely easy to search, see results and add your own information.
Web Designs Submitted: 71 web designs
Competing Designers: 5 web designers
Winning Designer: TechWise
Project Cost: $840
Why we love it: Interactivity is now the norm on the net and this design has tonnes of it. Promoting engagement through interactive, useful maps was an awesome way for this storage business to stand out from the crowd.
Project: Canadian Milliner Needs A Logo and A Website!
The Brief: Milliner - hats, caps, fascinators and embellished hair bands in Toronto, Canada for women and girls. Website should communicate beauty and fun.
Web Designs Submitted: 11 web designs
Competing Designers: 2 web designers
Winning Designer: Siephe
Project Cost: $300
Why we love it: The link between website and service is so obvious – the background conveys the hats are hand-made and bespoke. The ill-aligned content and imagery add an extra level of "fun" and differentiate the site as somewhere playful. The site feels like you're looking at someone's personal workspace – just as it should!
Project: Strong Marketing Website for Financial Services Company
The Brief: A really powerful website for a new campaign. It should be a small website. One primary page with lead generation built in and then only an FAQ tab and "contact us" tab.
Web Designs Submitted: 85 web designs
Competing Designers: 15 web designers
Winning Designer: Smart
Project Cost: $500
Why we love it: User flow down the page is natural and enticing. Only the required product details are included to encourage user interaction and conversion. The minimalistic design makes the product seem simple and easy to use.
Written by Clancy Clarke on Thursday, June 19, 2014
Clancy is the Organic Search manager at DesignCrowd. Clancy has over 7 years of online marketing experience and a passion for analytics. Get in touch via Google+.
