Perth Web Design. What happened?

I’ve spent the last few months scouring the web for stunning web designs. Searching high and low for web designs that really jump out at me and I’ve discovered two things.

When viewing a post about high quality web designs, you are presented with a bunch of thumbnails. It’s amazing how good a bad website looks when it’s compressed to the dimensions of a postage stamp. I find myself consistently disappointed when I see the full view of these websites. There’s always some detail that is just completely overlooked that throws the balance of the site off. Whether a strange font choice or poorly compressed images, it’s rare to find gold.

I understand that sometimes a client request can get in the way of that completely perfect design, but many of these sites belong to web designers themselves which is the scary part.

The second is a little closer to home. I’m very interested in the standard of work coming from Perth. For the most part, I really don’t like what I see. We are in an industry that is made up of people of all ages, and varying levels of professionalism. Print designers turned web designers, university students, boutique web studios, we have it all. A quick view through the top 10 results at Google for Perth Web Design will present you with this variety, and you have to look quite hard to find really stunning designs. Even a low budget website can still be designed well. Cheap doesn’t have to mean nasty.

Also there’s some very well known large web companies that seem to have really dropped the ball lately. I guess once you reach a certain size, the web design is no longer the primary focus. I hope we are never responsible for polluting the web with substandard websites. And if we do, I hope someone will bring it to our attention.

Perth web designers, this is a call. Come out of the woodwork and share your stunning designs to put my mind at ease.