Who’s in the mood for some red designs this week? Let’s start the show!

Backgrounds are so called for a reason. They’re meant to support and complement instead of attract and distract. This week’s featured sites, however, provide a whole other level of interactivity and usefulness to backgrounds. You decide if they’re a good idea or not. Either way, they’re interesting concepts that can only be executed on the Web, so, enjoy!

Typography on the Web is growing bigger and bigger—literally! That is this week’s theme on Friday Focus.

We have a bunch of metaphorical designs on Friday Focus this week: sites whose looks you can immediately tie to the product or purpose they’re “selling”.

This week on Friday Focus: websites with a fair amount of texture and a lot of personality.

Dive into the colorful and detailed world of illustrated web design this week on Friday Focus.

Can’t say there’s a completely obvious unifying factor to each of the design picks this week, but they all have beautiful, detailed illustrations in them. They’re all cheerful too.