Posted on March 9, 2010 - by CDS, 22 Comments
9 Unique Web Design Galleries
There are quite a few inspirational galleries and award websites out there today. We even have our own, The Design Gene. Most all of them are collections of what the moderator feels are worthy of listing in his/her gallery based on overall design. There are a few, however, that focus on specific elements of the website, such as its platform, color scheme, coding, style, etc. Below I’ve compiled a list of some of these element-centric galleries that I find especially useful when seeking very specific inspiration.
Colorgorize, http://colorgorize.com
Categorizes websites based on color scheme and provides a color chart for every website. Very useful to find ideas when selecting color schemes for projects. Users can search by adjusting a hue and saturation range, which I find especially neat.
Footer Fetish, http://footerfetish.com
Clever name and clever concept. This is a gallery of great footers. The footer is often overlooked in design, but it doesn’t have to be.
Type Inspire, http://typeinspire.com
Showcase of inspiring and unique typography in web design. Lots of awesome designs that invoke all sorts of ideas for text effects.
Blog Design Heroes, http://blogdesignheroes.com
Gallery of great blog designs. Categorized by platform, and includes Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress and even some of the newer and less commonly used platforms.
Cart Frenzy, http://cartfrenzy.com
Showcase of outstanding ecommerce websites. Categorized by shopping cart software. Great website to get ideas for shopping cart features and layouts.
Illustration Toolbox, http://illustrationtoolbox.com/category/websites
Showcase of illustrated websites. Also includes an illustration showcase, tutorials, freebies, articles and more resources.
Folio Focus, http://foliofocus.com
Gallery of portfolio websites. Mostly web designers. Good place to get some ideas for creating galleries and portfolio type websites.
Minimal Exhibit, http://minimalexhibit.com
Minimalist type websites, lots of negative space and uber clean designs.
We Love WP, http://welovewp.com
Collection of sites powered by WordPress. Not just blogs, but CMS sites as well.
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March 10, 2010
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audopilit said:
LOL footer fetish
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March 10, 2010
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verminator470 said:
Thanks for posting. The colorgorize one is particularly useful for me. Adds some sort of thought and organization to color selection.
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March 12, 2010
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CDS said:
My favorite gallery is Colorgorize; It’s very useful
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March 12, 2010
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FrappaKelli said:
Thanks for that. These ones actually are useful in web design.
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March 16, 2010
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gojibo said:
coool i like the minimal one the best.
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March 23, 2010
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seo firma said:
this is what i am talking about great web design. specially footer fetish LOL.
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March 31, 2010
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Mizake said:
I’m fanatic to Abduzedo dot com theme. So I try to adapt its style blogspot platform.
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April 13, 2010
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David@Professional Website Design said:
Web design is something that is easy to learn but tough to master. The principles itself are easy but when it comes to making a site that not only looks good but is also functional can present some difficulties to even the most advanced web designer.
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April 19, 2010
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Acai said:
I like the layouts on Cart Frenzy. They are colorful and lively. I bet they get more sales that way!
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May 9, 2010
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Web Design said:
I’m addicted to design galleries. I ran one myself a while back but had to give it up. There are some here I haven’t seen before so thank you for sharing.
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May 13, 2010
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Ashley Martinez said:
i host 5 of my blogs on Blogspot and it is really good for beginners. but if you want something with more features, nothing beats wordpress”";
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May 19, 2010
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Freelance website design said:
These are really nice. Good job. Thanks for it.
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May 19, 2010
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Web Design and Development said:
I love footer fetish! Awesome!
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June 2, 2010
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Paul said:
Hi CDS, some great designs you’ve posted. I run a couple of Wordpress blogs and the biggest problem for me was a recent updgrade of WP screwed my custom theme. The original dev was no longer available and it cost me a lot of money to get someone in fast to fix this. It’s a lesson learned – get your dev to hand over the details of any customisations he’s done!
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June 7, 2010
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web design said:
böyle güzel bilgiler için teşekürler…
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June 12, 2010
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CDS said:
Hi Paul, I know exactly what you mean that happens quite often when upgrading wordpress. Hope you got it all worked out anyway.
Jessica
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July 26, 2010
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Greentent@ Web design said:
Thanks for sharing this information.Web design is not a work that can be learned through trainings. It is a craft that can be developed through practices. This is useful for beginners and to those who are already good on web design.
Kudos to this site!
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July 29, 2010
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Sean Rosensteel said:
LOVE the 2nd listing for Footer Fetish…these are becoming so popular, as a place to get “lost” in someone’s website. If you’re not using footers start today because they’re becoming more and more popular!
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August 2, 2010
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Emma Hill said:
i am self-studying web design coz building websites is my passion~’*
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August 31, 2010
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Xaby Web Design said:
Thanks for sharing. Gonna visit them soon. Creative block doctors
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September 2, 2010
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Thomas BEAL said:
Nice design, I just added you in cssbay.com
. and I didn’t know about Footer Fetish, interesting concept
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September 2, 2010
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davids dresses said:
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