Every month HOW scours the web and pours through submissions from creatives to discover the top design websites. We’re looking for the best promo sites of talented designers and illustrators, as well as design tools, resources and fun sites for creative time-outs.
Check out the best design websites below. (You can also submit a site you think should be included in this list of cool design websites next month.)
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WeMake
WeMake is a creative platform that fosters art, design, and craft through community collaborations. The site hosts a monthly SketchXChange, discovery workshops and design initiatives.

Bedow
Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Below was founded in 2005 by Perniclas Bedow, who expanded the firm to include its first employees in 2011. The firm’s packaging and identity work is particularly clean and modern.

Hunie
Hunie is a site for sharing creative work and giving and receiving constructive critiques to take your design to the next level.

From the Desk of Daniel Blackman
This is the brand new portfolio site of Daniel Blackman, a New York City-based designer and illustrator. He was one of HOW’s 2011 Young Creatives to Watch

Chrisopher Brian King
Christopher Brian King is a graphic designer and illustrator who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He is the art director of Melville House, an independent literary publisher. His portfolio offers some serious book cover design inspiration.

Scandinavian Design Group
This Oslo-based design firm has been in business for 25 years and continues to produce amazing packaging and identity design work.

MAKE.
A Chicago-based design duo of Abby Wynne and Jesse Hora, specializing in design, illustration, art direction and lettering.
Mother Design
Showcasing great artwork, photography and visuals, the design of this site offers a different experience with each visit. With every push of the Refresh button, the page changes. It’s a celebration of design that is sporadically humorous, smart and irreverent.

Lisa Predko Photography
This new portfolio site captures the work of Chicago-based editorial and commercial photographer Lisa Predko who creates vibrant portraits that run the gamut from lovely to disturbing.

Aesthetic Movement
Aesthetic Movement (A/M) provides a range of creative services for clients in the gift, home, jewelry, apparel and personal accessories industries. Their comprehensive portfolio explains the work that ranges from print pieces to interior design.
- Remember to submit a site you think should be included in this list of top design websites next month.















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