09 Sep Updated: Unique Web Design Galleries
There are quite a few inspirational galleries and award websites out there today. 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 (now defunct)
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.
For those looking for general galleries, we feel these are the best of the best:
AWWWARDS, http://www.awwwards.com
The Best Designs, http://thebestdesigns.com
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Posted at 16:28h, 10 MarchLOL footer fetish 🙂
verminator470
Posted at 21:26h, 10 MarchThanks for posting. The colorgorize one is particularly useful for me. Adds some sort of thought and organization to color selection.
CDS
Posted at 12:49h, 12 MarchMy favorite gallery is Colorgorize; It’s very useful 🙂
FrappaKelli
Posted at 14:40h, 12 MarchThanks for that. These ones actually are useful in web design.
gojibo
Posted at 15:01h, 16 Marchcoool i like the minimal one the best.
seo firma
Posted at 10:09h, 23 Marchthis is what i am talking about great web design. specially footer fetish LOL.
Mizake
Posted at 17:35h, 31 MarchI’m fanatic to Abduzedo dot com theme. So I try to adapt its style blogspot platform.
David@Professional Website Design
Posted at 13:41h, 13 AprilWeb 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.
Acai
Posted at 14:53h, 19 AprilI like the layouts on Cart Frenzy. They are colorful and lively. I bet they get more sales that way!
Web Design
Posted at 17:31h, 09 MayI’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. 🙂
Ashley Martinez
Posted at 23:19h, 13 Mayi 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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Posted at 06:28h, 19 MayThese are really nice. Good job. Thanks for it.
Web Design and Development
Posted at 13:46h, 19 MayI love footer fetish! Awesome!
Paul
Posted at 08:01h, 02 JuneHi 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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CDS
Posted at 13:52h, 12 JuneHi Paul, I know exactly what you mean that happens quite often when upgrading wordpress. Hope you got it all worked out anyway.
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Per H. Jørgensen
Posted at 02:52h, 09 JulyThanks for an inspiring list. Found http://colorgorize.com especially useful 🙂
Greentent@ Web design
Posted at 14:54h, 26 JulyThanks 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!
Sean Rosensteel
Posted at 07:41h, 29 JulyLOVE 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!
Emma Hill
Posted at 08:13h, 02 Augusti am self-studying web design coz building websites is my passion~’*
Xaby Web Design
Posted at 22:19h, 31 AugustThanks for sharing. Gonna visit them soon. Creative block doctors 🙂
Thomas BEAL
Posted at 00:54h, 02 SeptemberNice design, I just added you in cssbay.com :). and I didn’t know about Footer Fetish, interesting concept
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Posted at 01:01h, 02 SeptemberThanks for your article, Now there is more reason to comment than ever before!
Camila Perry
Posted at 10:51h, 29 Septemberweb design is also a good hobby and a great job too. web design jobs pays very well’:`
philwebservices
Posted at 15:58h, 13 OctoberThis is very informative. This is very useful in making web designs more effective and functional. Great galleries. Thank you for posting.
Petite Tops
Posted at 02:55h, 14 Octoberi like to design webpages and also get paid by using my customized themes”,’
Mike
Posted at 02:31h, 18 OctoberI am loving both the name and noccept of Footer Fetish! That truly is a great site. I’d like to also compliment the look and design of this page. Really loving it. Thanks for the list of sites – they will come in very handy in the future.
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Posted at 08:48h, 25 Octoberi love web design and i love to build webpages specially with flash animation”.:
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EDDIE
Posted at 12:42h, 26 NovemberThanks for the link! Alot people overlook the footer, and I think you should keep everything in mind when designing a web site, if anybody should need a link just leave a comment on my blog. Thanx
josh
Posted at 18:59h, 12 DecemberThanks for the links! I like the idea of putting these in categories.
webb
Posted at 07:51h, 17 Decemberit’s a wonderful collection.
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Posted at 22:14h, 17 DecemberI can see that you just are an expert at your field! I’m launching a web web site soon, and your particulars will likely be pretty useful for me.. Thanks for all of your help and wishing you all of the success.
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Posted at 05:30h, 11 JanuaryWow,great content and your blog design is just gorgeous.
Stacy Renee
Posted at 21:47h, 21 JanuaryVery cool, I am just starting to learn about web design, so I am reading every article I can find, thank you very much for sharing yours.
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Çelik Kapı
Posted at 03:18h, 05 Februarygood sharing thank you
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Posted at 09:02h, 20 Februaryman…this is amazing collection…thanks for sharing this….
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Mariano Ihlenfeld
Posted at 21:19h, 06 MayI’m particularly amazed with your creating competencies and with the structure on your weblog. Is that a purchased topic or did you customize it yourself? Both way retain up the nice high quality crafting, it is rare to see a good blog like it one today.
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Posted at 22:53h, 18 MayThis is a nice site. Good fresh, informative articles and beautiful interface. I’ll be back soon, to thank the great article.
Susan @ Custom Slipcover
Posted at 05:45h, 05 JuneNice collection. I like the way you’ve categorized them for easy reference. And you’ve surely overdelivered by collating such a rich set of links from across the Web. Thank you, as a web designer I really appreciate this effort 🙂
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Posted at 07:39h, 13 JuneHeya! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any issues with hackers? My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing several weeks of hard work due to no data backup. Do you have any methods to stop hackers?
Chris Garden
Posted at 05:54h, 15 JuneExcellent collection, thanks for sharing this. Must have taken you quite a while to compile this list. Thank you.
Chris
Morgan Sterling
Posted at 06:01h, 15 JuneLoved ‘colorgorize’. Just what I needed to find matching swatches and palettes for a new project I’m working on. Cheers.
andrew fields
Posted at 04:10h, 26 JuneAwesome collection, thank you for sharing this. I really have a great time reading and viewing it. I find it very interesting and informative. Keep it up
Gene Mickser
Posted at 10:29h, 06 JulyHave you thought of offering these to platforms such as WordPress, say, footerfetish? It’s free and you get a lot of exposure!
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Tom Johnson
Posted at 00:22h, 12 JulyNice collection. Very interesting & informative. Thanks for posting. The “Type Inspire” one is particularly useful for me.
ranji
Posted at 22:33h, 02 Augustgood collection…thanks for sharing it
Chlorella Fella
Posted at 23:58h, 12 AugustExcellent resource!
I especially like Blog Design Heroes. Thanks for posting the links 🙂
San Diego Design
Posted at 23:27h, 02 SeptemberThese are pretty cool, thanks for the list.
Kristina
Posted at 09:58h, 04 OctoberThanks for this great list! I’m always looking for inspiration, and this is just what I needed today.
Patrick Hayes
Posted at 10:33h, 17 JanuaryI think this information about 9 unique galleries for web design is very useful for the betterment and anyone can get the advance learning about that process. This is totally remarkable from site as a learner, am saying to all the readers for this. Thanks a lot.
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