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

Volll

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.

 

 

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