I’m a sucker for a well designed site. I will even go as far as saying I won’t return to a site with an old and messy design (like IGN). Luckily, I’ve picked five fresh and relatively simple designs from around the net.

Mixx

Mixx is a rapidly growing social news site comparable to Digg sans the large user base. The blue, red, and tan color scheme play easy on the eyes. The red navigation bar makes for, well, easy navigation and the sidebar refines article searching. The font size on Mixx is very random, which takes away from the content on the site. Bump up the size of the headlines or you’ll never attract new users.
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You’ve seen it everywhere, but not yet on r3fresh until now. r3fresh.com is wishing everyone a Happy New Year and is hoping for another awesome year.The obvious reaction to the new year is to set some goals for the next year. r3fresh’s 2008 goals are:

• increase readers
• reader giveaways
• become more than just a blog -how profound

r3fresh thanks all of it’s current readers and hopes to see them in 2008.