30 Sources To Get Your Web Design Inspiration

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30 Sources To Get Your Web Design InspirationIf You are developing web designs, then You know there is times when You struggle without any ideas. That’s the time when these web sites becomes handy. I collected nice list with some of the most known web gallery sites showcasing and listing well design sites into different categories, letting You to promote and demote all designs.

Every site is a little bit different, so make sure to check everyone of these and pick up Your most favorite ones. Hope this list will help to get Your inspiration back.

BestWebGallery

Best Web Gallery is an inspirational gallery site collecting a wide range of quality design websites (Flash & CSS).

30 Sources To Get Your Web Design Inspiration

Webcreme

Get Your web inspiration in this great site, overall 313 pages with amazing designs.

web-creme

TheBestWebDesign

This site collects the best Flash and CSS web sites from around the world. Web sites are categorized by CSS or Flash and also by different elements of the design, so You can find and get the best out of it.

thebestdesigns

CommandShift3

Vote for sites like Hot or Not – You are always presented with screenshots of two websites side by side. Click on the screenshot of the site You like the best, the page reloads and You can continue to vote again and again – in neverending way. And in the final You can check out the best site – weekly, monthly, all-time best and worst ever, You can also browse winners by tag.

commandshift

CSSImport

CSSImport has been collecting new web sites from year 2005, check out archive page to get overview about each month. Pretty huge collection can be be found there.

cssimport

CSSRemix

CSSRemix collects the best designed web 2.0 sites, with more than 14 thousand RSS subscribers.

Currently site is undergoing maintenance, but check out this site later.

cssremix

CSSMania

CSSMania is one of the most popular CSS-based and regularly updated sites with more than 14,700 RSS subscribers. All sites are organized in really detailed topics, also listed by countries and much more, currently there are more than 12,000 web site collection.

cssmania

WeLoveWP

Very well designed web site showcasing just WordPress based sites.

welovewp

DesignSnack

DesignSnack site features XHTML/CSS and Flash web designs, categorized by categories – You can browse designs even by color.

designsnack

CSSZenGarden

This is really popular CSS-based site – the code always remains the same, You switch only external .css file – amazing to see what people can do just by coding CSS. Really inspiring selection!

zengarden

CSSBeauty

Get inspired in this popular site – really wide selection with CSS based sites.

cssbeauty

Unmatched Style

Unmatched Style is a constantly growing community dedicated to acknowledging those who have made exceptionally gorgeous web sites using Cascading Style Sheets and web standards. By recognizing these exceptionally beautiful designs, other designers and businesses can get inspired and find a direction they may wish to take with their own web sites.

unmatched

InspirationalFolder

Over 20,000 designs to jump-start Your inspiration!

inspirationfolder

LinkCreme

LinkCreme is a gallery with beautiful CSS and flash sites. Showcasing the best designs only – at least they say it about themselves.

linkcreme

EduStyle

EduStyle is a web design gallery dedicated to higher education websites and powered by higher education web design professionals. Users submit, review, and comment on sites they like (or don’t like). The aim is for higher ed web professionals to learn from and be inspired by the work of their peer.

edustyle

DesignShack

Not like other CSS repositories. Site only offers he cream of great design, filtering through lots of the redesigns that occur every day across the Internet, and cataloging the greatest projects out there, priding themselves on having a huge selection of inspiring sites – perfect for getting that spark of creativity going again.

designshack

CSSTux

Site collecting the best dressed sites on the web.

csstux

CSSBloom

Slowly this site collects more and more great web designs. Make sure to check out this site too.

cssbloom

CSSHeaven

CSS Heaven is all about Fresh and innovative CSS / XHTML web designs submitted by web designers from around the world.

cssheaven

MostInspired

This is one of the network sites, there are also sites like MostSliced, MostHired, MostPreviewed, MostSported and MostListed. There are more than 20,000 web designs You can inspire from. Check out “Sites” section.

mostinspired

UniqueCSS

UniqueCSS.com is a CSS gallery featuring some of the most unique CSS designs on the web.Every month, talented CSS designers submit their websites for review by a group of judges. These judges select seven finalists to be featured on the Unique CSS homepage.

uniquecss

CoolHomePages

Huge list of design resources, there are even descriptions about each site telling what it’s about.

coolhomepages

Botwg (Best Of The Web Gallery)

Botwg showcases few more unique designs.

botw

UCreative

U-Creative is a design gallery. Create a graphic design portfolio, submit your designs and rate other graphic design work, great inspiration place.

ucreative

FaveUp

Faveup is a simple gallery of inspirational design. Everybody gets designer’s block sometimes so it’s nice to have somewhere to go to get your creative juices flowing again. Faveup also gives credit where credit is due, rewarding great design with the respect and linkage it deserves. There are even more sections – logos, business cards, flash websites and CSS websites,

faveup

DesignFlood

One more site collecting and showcasing unique and really well-design web sites. Vote every web-site from 1-9 score, there are no perfect 10 rating, because there are no website, which can be really perfect. Sort sites by newest, oldest, highest rated and lowest rated.

designflood

CSSNature

CSS Nature is a showcase of well designed eco green and organic CSS based web site designs.

cssnature

CSSCreme

CSSCreme is a free gallery of great sites, encouraging people to create beautiful original sites based on CSS technology.csscreme

StyleBoost

Styleboost is a gallery for showcasing beautiful web sites. It has been around since January 2001 and is created, designed and maintained by Johan Bakken.

styleboost

CSSArtilery

CSSArtillery, showcase of web standards state-of-the-art & inspirational websites from all around the globe.

cssartilery

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30 Comments Best Comments First
  • d9fran

    Sunday, November 9th, 2008 03:00

    1

    Great collection about CSS/Design sites!

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  • Thomas | Brush King

    Monday, November 10th, 2008 11:17

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  • Craig Farrall

    Monday, November 10th, 2008 13:14

    11

    Nice list here, some of them I am a subscriber to, nice websites to get great inspiration for a new project. DUGG

    Craig Farralls last blog post : Top 10 Laptops for Web Designers

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  • Alziro Neto

    Monday, November 10th, 2008 20:46

    12

    Cheers! You`ve missed http://www.minimalsites.com
    Check it out…

    Alziro Netos last blog post : design tips

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  • kosyman

    Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 16:54

    14

    Really nice, Dainix!!!

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  • Ben

    Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 16:51

    30

    I use web design galleries for inspiration and thanks for adding some new addition to my list.

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  • Strani

    Sunday, August 28th, 2011 18:37

    29

    Thank you for this nice collection of CSS showcase, very usefull!

    Keep up a good work.

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  • Amar

    Monday, August 15th, 2011 18:50

    28

    More sources will be better :) nice, thanks and please post more sources.

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  • Bala

    Monday, February 21st, 2011 17:27

    27

    Amazing! Wonderful sharing

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  • Jadeslair

    Monday, February 22nd, 2010 07:53

    26

    I like my themes simple with a light use of contrasting colors, I have two main sites and I like the simpler one better.

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