When Nature Calls, Nature Inspired Websites

By Chad | August 24th, 2008 Web Design 17 Comments
  • Inspiration is Contagious
  • Delicious
  • StumbleUpon
  • Designbump
  • The Web Blend

    • The environment has seen some serious media attention in the past year or so, celebrities trying to save the environment, and super retail companies offering environmentally safe bags instead of plastic. The environment has had a great impact on us recently, and it’s not shy to the web.
    When would you have ever thought that, you could feel so refreshed and peaceful while looking at a computer screen, surrounded by the mounds of papers on your desk. Web designers are using nature to inspire their web projects, this trend/theme seems to give the user pure joy and happiness. I know when I see a site with great bright blues and green’s with clouds and leaves.. I love looking at it and I can’t help but to feel so refreshed. Another element in nature inspired web design is the levels. Many sites have 3-4 background levels that create an underground scroll, for example; Clouds > Grass > Dirt > and whatever is after dirt! I really had a lot of fun working on this post.. I hope this trend carries on!!

    Piasdfcture 15

    Picture 37

    Piscture 19

    Picture 16

    Picture 34

    Picture 12

    Picture 39

    Picturaaae 15

    Picture 62

    Picasdfture 7

    Picture 6

    Picture 13

    Pictureeee 32

    Picture 30

    Picture 1

    Picture 19

    Pictasdfure 6

    Picture 18

    Picture 10

    Pictureasd 19


    Inspiration is Contagious
  • Delicious
  • StumbleUpon
  • Digg
  • Designbump
  • The Web Blend
    • About the Author: Chad Mueller

    Chad is the owner of Inspiredology. He is a freelance designer who enjoys working on websites, logos and anything to get his creative juices flowing.

    Chad Mueller has written 363 articles for Inspiredology.
    Inspiredology Profile | Website | Twitter

    Tags: | |
     

    Join the discussion

    • Charles
      August 25, 2008 at 8:29 am

      Another great nature-inspired site, beautifully illustrated and very colorful, and animated with JavaScript:
      http://www.bestmortgagedeals.co.uk/

    • Dejan
      August 25, 2008 at 1:37 pm

      thanks for the mention!

    • Ant
      August 26, 2008 at 8:31 am

      Just finished a landscaping site
      which falls nicely into this category!

      http://www.wildegardens.com

    • Dave
      August 26, 2008 at 12:33 pm

      Thanks for the inspiration! I like this style, and I’d like to throw one of my own into this mix – it is a site I designed for Urban Bridge Church. It tries to blend Urban elements with nature and a bit of whimsy for good measure.

      http://www.urbanbridgechurch.com

    • Herbalife
      September 4, 2008 at 2:49 pm

      Beautifully illustrated and very colorful, and animated.

    • Johns
      September 7, 2008 at 6:59 pm

      here’s one I did quite recently guess we’re all going green ^^

      http://spiritofthewind.net/
      (its good casue I dont get out to often)

    • Selma
      November 30, 2008 at 12:07 am

      Learning about and appreciating our world and the living things in it, and sharing the wonder with children. This site has great photos and useful, inspiring information.

    • Toby
      February 25, 2011 at 1:13 pm

      We tried placing calming images of people relaxing in nature on this clients site. http://www.independentfinancialadvisor.co.uk/
      We saw a reduction in the bounce rate of clients landing on the home page against the original design. Overall conversions also increased by 15%.

  • Inspiredology – Design Inspiration Lab
    •