Dec 05
Best of CSS Design 2008
Last December, I posted a list of the best designs in 2007. Now, it is time for — Best of CSS Design 2008 (a new list of 50 websites hand-picked from Best Web Gallery). This year, more designers are using the large background technique and utilizing Javascript frameworks (such as jQuery and MooTools) to enchance the user experience. I also came across a few designs that mixed Flash with CSS; perhaps a new trend we should look for in 2009?
Let It Bleed
Big bold visual images make this website stand out from the crowd.
Vermont Coffee Works
Good use of Flash mixed with CSS.
Digital Mash
Good
Good visual and content-focused design.
Wilson Miner
DrupalCon, DC
Future of Web Apps - Miami 2009
An excellent mixture of big font and grungy effects.
Housing Works
Nice use of large background on the homepage. Large background web design is very hot lately.
Future of Web Design - NYC 2008
Another nice example of large background design.
Tennessee - Fall
I have to admit, Tennessee’s sites are one of the best series — Fall, Spring, Summer, and Winter.
Tennessee - Spring
Tennessee - Summer
Tennessee - Winter
Five Runs
Branded07
Cappuccino
A very origanized site with great usability.
LightCMS
LightCMS incorporated some pencil/sketchy effects, yet maintained its corporate feel.
The First Twenty
Nicely designed one-page site.
YouLove.Us
Great implementation of CSS and Javascript (jQuery).
Luke Larsen
The aquarium themed portfolio of Luke Larsen demonstrates great use of jQuery’s Scrollto plugin.
Design Disease
Wavy and rounded shapes make this site look fun and interesting.
Adaptd
Although the design style reminds me of ISO50 (Scott Hansen), but it is worth to mention.
Jason Santa Maria
Electricurrent
Notice how Electricurrent used the background image technique to display the portfolio images?
Training by Collective Idea
MacAllan Ridge
Good visual design, easy navigation — two thumbs up.
Pikaboo
A cool design that combined CSS, Javascript, and Flash technology.
Mochi Ads
Fling Media
eWedding
Viget
Viget did a great job on branding their image by maintaining the consistency throughout their series of blogs — Inspire, Advance, Engage, and Extend.
Viget - Inspire
Viget - Advance
Viget - Engage
Viget - Extend
August
An awesome design that used Flash scalable image as the background (resize your browser to see the scalable background).
Car Freaks
This blog frequently change their homepage background photo to provide refreshing feel.
Go To China
Here is a perfect example that uses high resolution photos for website’s background. Notice the background image is scalable based on your browser size (done by Javascript CSS).
Jesus Christ
Billy Hughes
Free People
FreePeople is my all time favorite design (love the collage style).
Mouse to Minx
Retro and sexy.
Dara’s Garden
Design Sponge
The scrapbook design style is a perfect match for the site’s content.
Ma.tt
The Lippincott
Hot Meteor
Love the hot retro font!
Fortyseven Media
The Old State
It is rare to find such a beautiful black and white theme.
Exporting and Importing WordPress Fonts and the Web
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255 SEO http://www.logiccoding.com/
July 24th, 2010 at 3:23 am
Great collection of CSS websites. Anybody will be attracted to these designs in the first look.
254 lumi http://melyanao06.student.ipb.ac.id
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:31 am
I would absolutely love to see more of these tutorials…
253 北戴河订房网 http://www.bdhdingfang.com/
June 30th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
THANK YOU ….very good
252 Chanel http://chanel.pixnet.net/blog
June 18th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
I saw this blog yesterday,
and I was wondering that has the blog’s owner stolen your css style & article?
251 Brindes Personalizados http://www.mundodosbrindes.com.br
June 7th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
yeah me too, i was opening all tabs and going through them and saw the xmas one first
250 Brindes Personalizados http://www.mundodosbrindes.com.br
June 7th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
bakedthemes: yeah me too, i was opening all tabs and going through them and saw the xmas one first, and thought wow great site but must suck to be limited to only christmas period, then i saw the summer version and it really blew me away
249 arkadaşlık siteleri http://www.haremx.org
April 29th, 2010 at 2:17 am
Thanks to all the sites on behalf of employees http://www.haremx.org authorities and site owners if this work is a welcome continuation of work I am waiting for a new helmet, I respectfully
248 Web Design http://exmmedia.com
April 28th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Great information!!!thanks a bunches for sharing!
247 Danilo Ramos http://cssorbit.blogspot.com
January 28th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Hey ! Great showcase !
246 Watch Anime Online http://www.lovelyanime.com
January 20th, 2010 at 4:15 am
Cool CSS designs