August 2011: Top 10 Websites for Designers

Each month, HOW editors peruse hundreds of websites to find the best of the best—the Top 10 Websites for Designers. In reviewing these websites, the editors are looking for exceptional design as well as functionality.

Check out this month’s Top 10 Websites for Designers below. Plus, click here to submit a website that you think should be included.

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Nicole Ziegler Design
Nicole Ziegler is a Chicago-based designer/illustrator/photographer with a clean, modern style.

Wookmark
Wookmark is a place to collect what inspires you on your travels across the creative web.

The Urban Animal Scientist
With a sleek site design and stylish products, The Urban Animal Scientist seeks to outfit the most fashionable dogs with collars and leads that a funky and functional.

Mr. Shabba
Designer Dean Walton creates gorgeous posters inspired by movies and pop culture.

Jean Jullien
Jean Jullien is a French graphic designer living and working in London. His practice ranges from Illustration to photography, video, costumes, installations, books, posters and clothing to create a coherent yet eclectic body of work.

Brandon Rike
Brandon Rike specializes in typographic design for band T-shirts that totally rock.

Velcro Suit
Adam Hill, a designer and illustrator based in South Africa, has a strong sense of typography that runs through his work.

Gojee
Gojee is a new full-screen, curated recipe site that’s gorgeous it will make your mouth water.

Justin Gabbard Illustration
Drawing inspiration from pop music, new york storefront signs, bright colors and loud people, Justin Gabbard creates likenesses from a combination of strong shapes and graphic, hand-made details that capture the eye.

Raise No Chicken
This portfolio site combines typography, illustration and a sense of humor to great effect.

Click here to submit a website that you think should be included in the Top 10 Websites for Designers.

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