40 Beautifully Executed And Trendy iPhone App Web Designs

   With so many iPhone apps in the game you have to really stand out in order to get noticed. One of the best ways to do it is by having an appealing and stunning web design to promote your app. I’m sure you all have seen at least one of those colorful, sleek and pixel-perfect app designs with a huge iPhone vector in them. The developers are trying their best to make their app stand out of the crowd and for us, designers, developers, and simply web design lovers it’s always interesting to see what they’ve came up with. This article presents 40 beautiful, inspiring and engaging iPhone app web designs. Also be sure to check out our recent article about iPhone apps to keep you on edge wherever you go.

Even if you scrolled down the list quite carelessly I’m pretty sure you’d have spotted couple of characteristics these designs have in common. Apple inspired designs have always attracted designers and delighted our sight. Lets take have a closer look at traits these designs share.
One page layoutMost of the app developers have a clear goal – popularize or sell their product. And single page landing pages seems to do the job well. Since most of the apps doesn’t offer tons of features and your goal is to call visitors to action there’s really no need for a multi-page layout. In some of the app web designs a nice jQuery accordion slider is implemented which helps to navigate through the page. I find that a nice well-built single landing page is the best choice for iPhone app web design.
SimplicityOne page layout and simplicity – it does make sense, doesn’t it? Like mentioned before, your goal is to sell, so don’t clutter your design with unnecessary elements. A screenshot, list of features and call to action button is basically all you need. A nice background, couple of bold fonts and you’re ready to go. Don’t stuff your visitors head with inessential information and you will get rewarded. One of the things Apple is famous for is simplicity so keep that in mind.
IllustrationsWhat’s the main thing that you’ll find in almost any iPhone app website? No doubt, it’s a large and sleek iPhone decorating half of the visible area. Features are cool and necessary but we all know that screenshots is what attracts visitors these days. Make sure to offer enough screenshots of the app at work. And no need to limit yourself to screenshots only. Bright and bold illustrations like in the Ben The Bodyguard website will also help to turn visitors into buyers.
Call To ActionThis is what your website is about. Making the casual visitor click that shiny button and purchase the product. The default app store button is nice but try a more creative ways? Lots of the designs listed below are using custom buttons with great slogans. You can also find some creative uses of the default button. This is one of the most essential elements of a landing page so make sure to check out some websites if landing pages is something new to you.
1. Crowd Spottr
Beautiful design with trendy details like paper texture in background, sleek large fonts and illustrations. The page is using nice jQuery accordion slider which makes it easy to scan information.
2. piictu
Simple and captivating design with a noticeable and effective call to action button. What I like is the real time stream of pictures from the app.
3. Cero Ideas
Cero Ideas is a mobile content developer and this is their portfolio site. The design is rather rich and supplemented with some attractive illustrations. Each app has it’s own simple section which does what it has to do – describes the product and tells where you can buy one.
4. Weave
A couple of colors, couple of fonts and couple of paragraphs – what more do you need? Weave is an excellent example of minimal yet engaging iPhone app web design.
5. Ben The Bodyguard
Benthebodyguard has a modern, bold and clean design. It has huge headlines, great features descriptions and large call to action buttons. And have you seen the app’s trailer?
6. Photo Stats
Another simple one page layout with smooth slider on the top. Yellowish buttons look awesome on the textured background and call to action button is done neatly. Like piictu Photo Stats App also has a gallery with user generated content.
7. Zootool
Simple yet efficient landing page which justifies it’s purpose. There are several informative screenshots however I believe that the current lightbox solution ain’t so useful.
8. Localmind
Localmind has a bit different, more massive and businesslike design which is characteristic to more popular and business related apps. However the design is still held in pretty simple style and those trademarks doesn’t leave consumer confused.
9. Leaflet
Simple and beautiful just like every Envato website. Minimalistic color scheme, demonstrative screenshots and grid based layout – this website has what it takes for a pleasant and responsive layout.
10. imygarden
imygarden is using a neat grid based layout which contains all the information you would possibly want to know about the app. The textures have been implemented nicely and the content visibility isn’t disturbed.
11. Maad QR
12. Findmytap
13. Money
14. Ecoki
15. Faces
16. Sundance 2010
17. Prayer Engine
18. iVIP
19. 3do
20. Awesome Note
21. Billings Touch
22. Get Galleried
23. Instagallery
24. blip.me
25. Munch 5–a-day
26. Old Booth
27. Pretty Poo
28. Tea Round
29. Firetask
30. plazaa
31. Debty
32. Grillfest
33. Read Me Stories
34. Momento
35. YouSee TV Guide
36. Float
37. Movies Now
38. Camera+
39. Tweetbot
40. Dui Dodger
     

30 Fun and Creative Office Supplies and Accessories for Designers

   A designer spends around 8-12 hours a day in their office. This means almost half of your day you’re holed up in your cubicle, doing projects, web layouts and designs for clients. Because you spend almost half of your day in the office, you should make your office at most enjoyable, and at least live-able. If you’re feeling a bit uninspired in your office, it’s time to spruce up your office. You don’t need any major renovations, just add a few creative office items here and there.

Here are some great ideas and gadgets to bring fun and creativity into a designer’s office:
1. Balloon CalendarImage from Ads of the World
This calendar is fun and festive. It cheers up everyone in the office, with the balloon’s carefree feeling. It comes with different colors for the different months of the year.
2. Walls Notebook
Every artist or designer needs a notepad to write down important notes and reminders, or to doodle that next big idea. But wouldn’t it be cooler if you put them on walls like a graffiti artist? The walls notebook is perfect for this–it has 80 clean New York ‘walls’ for you to paint, tag, graffiti or scrawl on. It’s creative, cool, and you won’t risk the chance of being arrested for vandalism.

3. 8-bit Flower Bouquet

Spice up your otherwise boring desk with this quirky 8 bit flower bouquet. Perfect for geeks at heart.
4. Cursor Mouse

A great mouse designed like a cursor, by Art Lebedev Studio. It is designed to fit the hand for ultimate comfort and flexibility.
5. Infectious Disease Stress Balls

Stress balls are great for keeping yourself sane. It’s great to keep your nerves in check, especially if you feel like you want to burn the whole building down or tear your client’s head apart. These stress balls are fun, you squeeze them hard and blisters will protrude. Diseases available are cooties, smallpox, zombie virus and bubonic plague.
6. Cigarette Pen

A cigarette that’s actually useful.
7. USB Beverage Cooler

The USB beverage cooler is retro stylish with a blue LED light inside. This gadget keeps your beverage cool in a stylish way. Your office mates will be jealous.
8. My Document Sleeve

The ultimate laptop sleeve for web designers and developers. It even has a removable cursor.
9. Play More Notepad

Often the use of the paper comes to end when it is torn, crunched up and thrown in the dust bin. But this creative notepad design extends its life use by making it more fun. The Play More notepad is designed by dutch design firm Trapped in Suburbia and was a finalist for the European Design Awards.
10. Rotating 360 Lego Sockets


A multi-socket outlet that can be removed and rotated on whim.
11. Ninja Star Push Pins

Ninjas can work in an office too, you know. And they work with a vengeance.
12. Camera USB

Whether you’re a photographer or not, you’ll appreciate this smart USB flash drive. Like a real SLR camera you can detach the lens from the camera body. The camera lens serves as the USB, a great device for transferring your images and documents from one place to another.
They also come in many different lens types. Just lovely.
13. Talk to the Hand Sticky Notes
Now you never have to write important reminders on your hand again–there are 300 other hands to write on, such as this awesome Talk-to-the-Hand sticky notes.
14. Super Kid USB Hub

Hook various USB devices with the boy’s hands and feet.
15. Book End Arrows

At first look it seems like the arrows are magically keeping your books in place. But in actuality, the arrows are magnetic and the end books have a thin metal piece inside, keeping the arrows magically afloat.
16. Melting Clock

Your office will look like a Dali surrealist painting with this lovely addition. The melting clock makes a great timepiece at the same time decor to every room.
17. Electronic Rock Guitar Bag

This bag is a rock star. When you strum it, it plays a realistic electronic rock guitar sound–bring music with you anytime, anywhere. It can play all the basic chords. Plus, it’s the perfect bag to place all your designer essentials: laptop, pens, notepads, and the like.
18. Crinkle Cups

I just learned something: a plastic thing that looks so ugly and discarded can look like a work of art in ceramic. It is designed by Robert Brandt, and since its introduction in 1975, it has become a hit for keeping all types of liquids.
19. Staple-free Stapler

An awesome tool that can staple papers together–without the use of staples! It’s handy, safe and environment friendly, too!
20. Character Eye Stickers
If you are a sucker for all cute things (like me), you’ll love these stickers. They turn your everyday office supplies into friends. Even something as simple as this can make your day more enjoyable.
Image from edgecastcdn and shelterrific21. Circuit Board Mouse Pad

If you want to make a geeky statement, opt for this simple but ultra-geeky circuit board mouse pad. This unique mouse pad design is made from real recycled circuit boards.
22. Monkey Cable Organizer
It’s simply a cute rubber monkey with flexible arms to keep your wires and cables organized.

23. Wooden Ball Point Pen

It’s a ball pen carefully disguised as a pencil. Clever, isn’t it?
24. RoyalTea Tea Bags

If you are more of a tea than coffee person, you’ll love this. Have your own personal ‘tea party’ (pun intended) with your favorite political figures, royalties and strippers with the DemocraTea, RoyalTea and StripTea, respectively. Each set comes with 5 tea bag sachets.
25. Magnetic Key Holder

Isn’t it annoying when you lose your car keys on your messy bag or desk? Now you don’t have to worry about that by getting yourself the magnetic key holder. It is a pretty strong magnet, and can hold up to 30 keys at a time. You’ll never lose a single key again.
26. Super Mario Filing Cabinets
It’s the 21st century, and while we are needing bulky filing cabinets less and less, we still need one for keeping a few important documents and papers. And who can deny these uber-cool and uber-geeky Super Mario filing cabinets?

27. Alphabet Book Shelf
The Alphabet book shelf is great for storing books on web design and others. Keep it in your office or your home, it could make an otherwise boring space into interesting and interactive.


28.Talk Board

A dry erase board to simply write what’s on your mind: project deadlines, meetings with clients, shopping lists, your kid’s carpool schedules, etc.
29. Sleeping Grizzly Bear Bean Bag

Every designer must have a resting nook in a corner. Wouldn’t it be great to sleep on a grizzly bear without being mauled?
30. Lock Mug

The lock mug thwarts other people from stealing your coffee cup again. Basically, it’s a coffee mug with a hole, and only the coffee cup owner has the key to plug-in that hole and use the cup to themselves. Created by Israeli designer Efrat Gommeh, this is a great mug for people who hate sharing their things with other people (such as myself, hehe)
And now I should go and probably get myself the Lock mug.