Super Clean Part 4
4th edition — by Patrick McNeil — Sep. 25, 2007
The Design Element
Welcome back for another round of super clean sites! As always these are the sites that stand out to me in terms of overall ease of use and general order. That is to say that these sites offer plenty of breathing room, clear hierarchy, and a comfortable aesthetic. In order to archive such visual order these sites seem to rely on three key components: plenty of white space, thoughtful use of color to provide emphasis, and clear hierarchy via scale in text size. These three elements lead to the clean and orderly designs you find below.
One example I want to draw your attention to is the Liberatutti.it
sdf.it site. It is perhaps the most cone tent heavy of the examples, and suffers from a bit of clutter. However, they have really done a good job of keeping it from getting out of control. The boxed in headers really help separate sections; and they contrast well with the blue titles. From there the gray (and smaller) text really falls back in the priority. Overall the site is well put together and allows you to consume all the content rather easily. Ultimately it is their use of those 3 components that make this site super clean for me.
Sample Usage
