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The Top 35 Web Design Galleries on the Internet

Web design galleries are the best sources for inspiration

Web design galleries are the best sources for inspiration

Whenever I’m in the mood for inspiration for web design, I always immediately flock to web design galleries to try to get some ideas. Since these sites feature the up and coming best designs on the Internet, there’s no better source for ideas and inspiration out there than a quality design gallery.

However, there are countless CSS galleries on the Internet, and finding the best ones can actually be pretty tough. After hunting around for a while, I’ve come up with a list of my favorite 35.

If you’ve come up with a design that you would like to submit, many of these sites will allow you to submit your website to them, although some have requirements that must be met.

And, without further ado, here’s the list. All links open in a new window.

  1. Beautifully Web Design
  2. Best CSS Gallery
  3. Creative-Pakistan
  4. CSS Beauty
  5. CSS Drive (only accepts submissions of other design galleries)
  6. CSS Flavor
  7. CSS Hazard
  8. CSS Import
  9. CSS Mania
  10. CSS Reboot (read the About page)
  11. CSS Remix
  12. CSS Website
  13. CSS Zen Garden (submissions are stylesheets for the CSS Zen Garden site)
  14. CSSBloom
  15. CSSclip
  16. CSSelite
  17. CssGlance
  18. DrupalSites.net (Only accepts sites using Drupal)
  19. Favorite Website Awards
  20. Inspiration King
  21. Light on Dark (sites with dark backgrounds only)
  22. LoopPress (only sites that use WordPress)
  23. Perfection
  24. Screenalicious
  25. StyleBoost (StyleBoost is a blog, not a gallery)
  26. StyleCrunch
  27. StyleGala
  28. The Best Designs
  29. Unmatched Style
  30. We Love WP (WordPress only)
  31. Web Creme (a personal favorite of mine)
  32. Webdigity Gallery
  33. Website Design Awards
  34. WP Cube (WordPress only)
  35. WPCandy (WordPress only)

A few bonus galleries…

These are the galleries I missed and was told about via the comments:

  1. Best Web Gallery
  2. welovetxp (TextPattern only)
  3. Oriental Gallery
  4. CSS Daily
  5. PixelCSS (in Spanish)

Any others I’ve missed?

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116 Replies to “The Top 35 Web Design Galleries on the Internet”

Comments:

1. Internet Marketing

February 7th, 2009 6:32 pm

Brilliant, will use that resource.

2. Jack Fisher

February 8th, 2009 11:44 am

wow such a great list thank you

3. Affiliate4Travel.co.uk

February 8th, 2009 1:24 pm

Thanks for this list.
Bookmarked & Stumbled!

4. Paul

February 8th, 2009 1:40 pm

@Affiliate & Jack Fisher: You guys are very welcome — I’m glad you like the list!

5. software developement

February 9th, 2009 7:07 pm

great lists….thanks for sharing..thumbs up on SU!

6. Paul

February 9th, 2009 10:07 pm

Thanks! I’m glad you liked it!

7. Nihar

February 11th, 2009 11:32 pm

Paul, thanks for this list. I will bookmark this page.

8. Paul

February 12th, 2009 12:55 am

@Nihar: You’re welcome, hope it helps you out!

9. Daniel Adams

February 14th, 2009 12:58 pm

here is a good resource.

100+ Best Web Galleries Around for Your Inspiration

http://www.instantshift.com/2009/02/11/100-best-web-galleries-around-for-your-inspiration/

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10. lost

February 14th, 2009 1:00 pm

great post i stumbled :)

11. Rodrigo Teixeira

February 14th, 2009 1:35 pm

Thanks for this list, Paul. Great Compilation.

Hugs

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12. Gary

February 14th, 2009 4:28 pm

As long as you’re adding WordPress and Drupal sites, might as well include Textpattern too.

http://welovetxp.com/

13. Ray

February 14th, 2009 10:02 pm

How about http://www.oriental-gallery.com ?

14. Vayu

February 15th, 2009 10:17 am

Hey. You missed out the best web design gallery of them all. Best Web Gallery http://bestwebgallery.com/

Vayu

15. Paul

February 16th, 2009 3:31 am

Added some of the galleries. Thank you for the additional inputs!

16. Matt

February 16th, 2009 11:58 am

Great list! And webcreme’s always been a personal favorite of mine as well. Not sure why… I guess whoever runs that one has tastes similar to mine. :)

17. Paul

February 16th, 2009 12:01 pm

@Matt: Yeah, I’m always not sure what it is about Webcreme that appeals so much, but it always seems to have great sites.

18. hediye

February 17th, 2009 4:28 am

I started a new design. I’ll take advantage of this site. Thanks

19. audrey

February 17th, 2009 7:47 am

All of these links will help you get ideas for new designs? Cool.

20. Kevin

February 17th, 2009 8:37 am

thx.. nice as well as useful list…

Kevin’s latest post: Lively Is About To Dead

21. Dalius

February 18th, 2009 3:30 am

dailycss.net -one more updated every working day :)

Dalius’s latest post: Mip design

22. Guffin Mopes

February 18th, 2009 7:04 am

Nice list. Great piece, thanks.

Guffin Mopes’s latest post: There’s Profit in Putting Teenagers in Jail

23. Anonymous Prime

February 18th, 2009 7:47 am

I stumbled here. Great resource

Anonymous Prime’s latest post: How the internet saved a cat and punished a stupid f**kin kid.

24. Paul

February 18th, 2009 3:30 pm

@ Dalius: Added dailycss! Thank you!

25. bienB

February 20th, 2009 7:58 am

Another gallery: http://www.pixelcss.es

bienB’s latest post: Design54

26. Paul

February 20th, 2009 12:59 pm

@bienB: Thanks! Will add it!

27. guest

February 21st, 2009 1:12 pm

Thanks! I love finding web galleries of good design, especially if they are not only designer websites. Designer websites have a function, but their designs would not work for any other type of website.

28. Judy Sherman

February 27th, 2009 9:09 am

I enjoyed this report a lot. I have a question though, how do I get the ask a question button? I want to put that on my site. Can you help me?

Judy Sherman’s latest post: Doing What You Love

29. Paul

February 27th, 2009 12:24 pm

@Judy: I just use a basic contact form and take out all of the fields except the question.

30. SB

March 3rd, 2009 4:13 am

Excellent Resource “E” Excellent

31. Optimizacion web

March 8th, 2009 2:42 pm

Thanks, for this list, Paul

32. asker

March 10th, 2009 8:41 am

Hello webmaster I like your post…

33. Scarf*oo

March 29th, 2009 1:38 am

A great collection of sites! Very useful, thanks.

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34. website ideas

April 2nd, 2009 3:36 am

Nice post, Will bookmark your site for future reference. Good Gallery’s for inspiration are hard to come by.

website ideas’s latest post: PR update April 2, 2009 – it’s go time

35. Mike

April 14th, 2009 11:32 am

Your site is great and very informative. Definitely appreciate your help in provide resources within the community.

-chicago web design

36. The CSS Gallery List

April 16th, 2009 4:11 am

Don’t forget The CSS Gallery List :)

37. Imp

April 27th, 2009 7:55 pm

Awesome list! Very helpful as I’m just starting to learn more about web design.

38. Fast food statistics

June 8th, 2009 8:56 am

We all have individual talents and we should know what we want to do. It seems you don’t know anything in Web design, otherwise you wouldn’t be asking what the skill set is and what you should learn.

39. Web Design Quote

June 9th, 2009 4:32 am

Nice site and the you have good list of web design galleries. Some of them you missed but hopefully you will add some more in your list.Keep up the good work.

40. Suplementos

June 9th, 2009 2:02 pm

Thank you very much, has a webdevloper I’m alwasy lookign for inspiration, what do you think of my website ? it’s in Portuguese and its about sports supplements (nutrição desportiva e suplementos alimentares)

Regards
João Mustra
Suplementos PT

41. IlCreativo

June 14th, 2009 8:29 am

Great Collection, thanks a lot!

42. ben from Website Optimisation Techniques

June 15th, 2009 7:47 am

Nice list of directories to get some good inspirations for my projects.

43. online casino craps game

June 16th, 2009 3:41 am

i don’t really like any design inspiration sites since they are so ‘Web 2.0′ oriented, with so many gradient fills that will be out-dated within the year.…which is why I created my own site, just as a way of organising my own inspiration bookmarks. You might like it as an alternative:

44. Nicole Foster from Affordable Web Design Services

June 18th, 2009 1:04 pm

Great list of Web Design galleries! I will have to share this list and start submitting to those galleries. Thank you!

45. dennis from zackmo helpdesk

June 19th, 2009 8:36 pm

top list! I like collecting resources for future references.
thanks a lot.

46. connecticut web designers

June 25th, 2009 6:04 am

Thanks for the list of web design galleries. I have been looking for some sites to submit some of our designs to and this will come in handy.

47. Amy from Free Xbox 360

June 26th, 2009 8:48 am

This is honestly the only the second blog article I have ever bookmarked. I find it so difficult to find pretty CSS designs that actually work. So many CSS designs are plain awful. Thanks for the list, although a couple of them don’t seem to be working at the moment.

48. Pete from Web Design London

June 30th, 2009 2:22 am

There’s some great galleries here. Like you, I always like looking at other people’s work for inspiration.

49. Vancouver Web Design

June 30th, 2009 1:08 pm

Great list! Thanks for sharing these, I’ve bookmarked them all and will work my way through them.

50. ngan hang

July 1st, 2009 12:49 am

Great list, thanks for sharing.
ngan hang´s last blog ..Joomla! License Guidelines My ComLuv Profile

51. reusable grocery bag

July 3rd, 2009 3:21 pm

I was looking for some galleries devoted to the auto niche and found this huge collection of them. I got really inspired and ready to create.

52. Rob from Rakeback Poker

July 11th, 2009 10:36 am

I have browsed through some of the links you put up and have already seen some really good looking templates. Just wanted to stop by the old comment box and say a quick thank you for the extensive list!
Rob@Rakeback Poker´s last blog ..Poker Staking My ComLuv Profile

53. Simon from Chocolate Lime

July 22nd, 2009 5:31 am

Excellent List guys.

Some real good inspiration and ideas coming over.

Thanks for putting the list together.
Simon@Chocolate Lime´s last blog ..Simple SEO Content Tips My ComLuv Profile

54. jeromee from JTag Helpdesk

July 22nd, 2009 6:28 am

I like your links!
Good reference for beginner like me :)

Thanks!

55. Alexis

August 3rd, 2009 5:17 am

Thanks for posting these links. It’s always good to have a few galleries on hand, especially when explaining ideas to clients. CSS Remix and CSS Mania are two of my personal favourites.

Have you ever had any of sites featured in these galleries? We have only been successful once and that was for a site with a very web 2.0 feel to it.

Cheers.

56. Paul

August 3rd, 2009 10:36 am

@Alexis: I managed to get Xatal into WeLoveWP, but that was about it. I still need to step up my design skills some more :)

57. Clesie from JTag Helpdesk

August 4th, 2009 7:57 pm

great resources here!

this deserves my bookmarked!
thanks for sharing it. It surely help other new designers and even professionals.

:)

58. Ruri from Free article directory

August 12th, 2009 1:11 am

Great list, I try to open beautifully web design, but this site seem open so slow. I like CSSelite.com. The best of the best gallery from this site is really good. This is really bring some inspiration to design. Thanks for sharing.

59. Gibbs from Daniel Gibbs

August 14th, 2009 6:10 pm

I’m still not 100% sure they provide inspiration. I find the sites I’m having to design can’t always be “artistic” and are flooded with content. Still it can be useful especially looking at different techniques, colour themes and styles.

60. jon-jon from songs

August 19th, 2009 2:31 am

These galleries are really nice.

great info given here as well. I mean details given regarding conditions.

how they submit/accept…

yet I think people should also do some customization.

61. siriusmail.com

August 23rd, 2009 10:29 pm

great lists….thanks for sharing

62. David Galan

August 31st, 2009 1:09 pm

There should be a Best Reviewed Web Gallery so that everyone can see which has the highest reviews of them all.

63. Mike

September 6th, 2009 4:16 pm

Great list! Thanks for the informative post.

64. sarki indir

September 7th, 2009 10:08 am

Nice site and the you have good list of web design galleries. Some of them you missed but hopefully you will add some more in your list.Keep up the good work.

65. DevGringo

September 8th, 2009 11:08 am

A huge list, very usefull if you want to submit to 200+ galleries:
http://www.stonesouptech.com/blog/2009/09/a-more-complete-up-to-date-list-of-css-galleries/

66. Jen from Adult Vampire Costumes

September 8th, 2009 10:31 pm

Thanks for the list. I, too, go looking around and keep a list of website design that I like for inspiration. I make my own headers, but I have a long way to go and love seeing what other people do…

67. Del

September 14th, 2009 3:26 am

Great list thanks for sharing !

68. Sydney from SEO Tips

September 16th, 2009 3:45 am

Great list there. I personally like ‘Inspiration King’ among them. Have been frequenting that site for quite some time now and their content surely makes me happy :)

69. Article Directory

September 19th, 2009 5:15 am

A great collection of sites! Very useful, thanks.

70. Jason from web_design_west_lothian

September 19th, 2009 6:34 am

Nice one many thanks

71. Askerlik

September 24th, 2009 6:39 am

Thank you for the great list.
I’ve been using some of these. But just learned most.

72. Driver Detective Review

September 30th, 2009 5:01 pm

Wow what an amazing list. Thanks for adding that css galleries one toward the end, it is heaven-sent for what I was looking for (and the commenter who brought it to his attention so it could be added)!

73. Richard Sharpe

October 2nd, 2009 6:36 am

thansk for the list.

As well as being an inspiration for designers it gives a non designer like me a list of places i can get templates designers aprove of .

74. bathroom wall panels

October 15th, 2009 9:53 pm

Great list to go through! I’ve looked at some of them and they are impressive. Another one you may want to consider is adding is StyleProne.com, though.

75. Khai from Berita Harian

October 16th, 2009 1:20 pm

thanks for this extensive list.
bookmarked it and will come again later for sure :)

76. Girish from Car Rental Auckland

October 22nd, 2009 3:49 am

Dude, thanks for this incredible list. You made my day. I was wondering for new web design theme ideas and your list has quenched my thirst. Thanks for writing this blog post and helping people like me. You are a rock star :D

77. monika from Healthy signs

October 22nd, 2009 6:30 am

i am doing web designing and this gallery is treasure for me.keep posting.

78. Alicia from Candle Wall Sconces

October 22nd, 2009 10:25 pm

I checked out some of these galleries and they have some nice designs. It’ nice to have this list handy whenever I need some ideas.

79. Mike from web design company

November 5th, 2009 9:26 pm

Great list! The best part about those css sites is that if you design a good looking site you get rewarded by a home page feature, its pretty cool.

80. Rick Armstrong from Website Template

November 7th, 2009 2:48 am

This is a great resource and thanks so much for sharing it with us all. I’m always looking for web design ideas and to see what works and doesn’t work from a users point of view. Sometimes the thing that we think is our site’s best feature is the biggest turn off for users if it takes time to load or is just plain annoying. By cruising these sites it gives a good indication about what works well and looks good as opposed to having only one of those things covered. These are also great to send others to to get some idea about what they might like in a design if you are developing a site for them.

81. Daniel from gambling

November 7th, 2009 6:45 am

Thanks for sharing the list. All the websites are very professional targeting a particular need, audience, etc. Inspiration King looks good for business style.

82. Michael from Christchurch Motels

November 8th, 2009 2:26 am

I have been using CSS Hazard for quite sometime and they are really great. Now I have a wide variety of websites to go for all of my web design needs. Thanks for compiling this list.

83. Angelo from web design company

November 8th, 2009 11:22 am

Great list. I will check some of them out. I love these submission sites. Thanks

84. Jake Ruston

November 15th, 2009 2:16 pm

These sites are just generally great. I love looking at all of these great designs that people have created :) I wouldn’t mind a nice design myself.

85. Angelo from Web Design Company

November 19th, 2009 8:31 am

great list. I love these types of site. it gives you a great resource to stay on top of what is fresh in web design. Great Job.

86. dave from home improvements

December 11th, 2009 5:46 pm

Definitely some great places on the web to boost your confidence in making some great designs when you seemed to be blocked in a corner when you at the drawing table :) Thanks

87. Web 2.0

December 12th, 2009 5:26 am

This is my first time here and I really enjoyed your site, great work!

88. Ryan from free sat nav

December 14th, 2009 11:53 am

What a great collection. Will take me a while to get through these!

89. linda from style

December 17th, 2009 12:16 am

finally, a great web design gallery. i’ve been scouring the net for ages. thanks for the list!

90. Ryan from Free sat nav

December 21st, 2009 10:42 am

Thanks for this list. It’s quite difficult to think of original designs sometimes.

91. Reza

December 21st, 2009 2:31 pm

thanks for this great post.

92. CP Coins

December 21st, 2009 11:18 pm

As long as you’re adding WordPress and Drupal sites, might as well include Textpattern too.

93. Peter from herbal

January 20th, 2010 8:42 am

They are certainly good quality galleries, both in design and color. It always amazes me the creativity of these web design professionals.

94. mod converter

January 29th, 2010 9:17 am

it gives you a great resource to stay on top of what is fresh in web design. Great Job.

95. Alex

February 14th, 2010 5:44 am

Great list! Thanks for sharing these. A lot of new bookmarks ))

96. Josh from Media Dew

February 28th, 2010 8:46 pm

Bookmarked these resources for future reference as well as this blog post. Now all I have to do is submit my designs to these galleries. You missed cssimpress.com

97. Amanta

March 28th, 2010 3:50 am

Hi! I read your post about “The Top 35 Web Design Galleries on the Internet” and found it really interesting. Thanks!

98. Css gallery

April 2nd, 2010 8:55 am

Thanks for that long list of galleries they are truly amazing. No doubt that the work is inspirational, awesome post.

99. kmjamal from ScriptBazaar

April 8th, 2010 10:03 am

i usually use http://www.css-website.com/ they have some cool designs i like the quick download they have :)

100. Junior from Kids Games

May 7th, 2010 3:10 am

Cool resources. No wonder this is one of the most popular posts. :)

101. James from The Best Online Games

May 17th, 2010 2:49 pm

Thanks for this list. It’s quite difficult to think of original designs sometimes.

102. CSS Gallery

July 5th, 2010 4:03 pm

Great collection of inspirational resources. We did notice you didn’t include http://cssgallery.com/ in your CSS Gallery list. We hope you will consider us on any future revisions of your list. Cheers!

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104. CSS Gallery

July 12th, 2010 9:04 pm

Nice detailed list! We hope you will include http://CSSGallery.com on your next update of these resources. If we can answer any questions you may have please contact us. Cheers!

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