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Crème de la crème of CSS: List of CSS Galleries

By Smashing Editorial, December 21st, 2006 in Design Showcase | 95 Comments | Forum

One can discuss whether numerous CSS-galleries challenge our creativity, however they can serve as a quite nice source for inspiration. The galleries of CSS-based designs showcase exemplary design practices, solutions, ideas and templates. Once you have no idea what you should do next with your web-site, it’s worth taking a look at some beautiful works - crème de la crème of CSS-designs - out there.

Below you’ll find a brief overview of css-galleries you can explore inspiration from.

Links checked: May/27 2008.

CSS-Galleries: An Overview

CSS Beauty
CSS Beauty focuses on providing its audience with a database of well designed CSS based sites, as well as news and happenings on the CSS Design Community. It showcases designers work and serves as inspiration for those looking to build CSS based websites.
CSS Blast
Russian CSS Showcase
CSSBloom
CSS Gallery with Blog’s and Online Portfolio’s
CSS Clip
Web Design Inspiration and Gallery
CSS Collection
CSS collection web sites without tables
CSS-Demo
CSS Showcase
CSS Design Yorkshire
A gallery of CSS web design in Yorkshire UK
CSS Drive- Categorized CSS gallery and examples
CSS gallery, code samples, tutorials, and moreCSS Collection
CeeSeS
CSS Gallery - We are the BalkaniCSS!
CESKO
CSS Showcase - Slovenia
Creative-Pakistan
Creative-Pakistan.com is a platform to showcase web and CSS designs of creative Pakistani web desginers
CSSFill
CSSFILL provides free CSS based layouts and templates
CSS Galaxy
CSS Gallery with voting and comments.

CSS Hazard
CSS Inspiration and Gallery
CSS Heaven
CSS Gallery - submit your own css design and view a gallery full of creative design inspiration. The submitted designs can be rated
CSS ImportCSS
The no-frills CSS Gallery
CSS-Mania
CSSmania, the most updated css showcase all over the globe
CSS Princess
CSS princess is showcase gallery of beautiful css sites. You can find web sites primarily done completly with css , without tables.
CSS Reboot
CSS Gallery - The CSS Reboot is a community event for web professionals and enthusiasts. This November 1st at 18:00 GMT Rebooters from all over the world will launch their web standards-based redesigns
CSS Remix
A Fresh Blend of the Best CSS Web Design
CSS smooth operator // Tite site collection
Tite site collection, conforms to Web Standards and designed with CSS
csstux - The best dressed sites on the web
A gallery of inspiring web site design and resources, focused primarily on sites using cascading style sheets.
CSS Vault - The Web’s CSS Site
A repository of sites using cascading style sheets and a list of resources
CSS Website
Gallery of Css Design Website. Submit your site.
CSS Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design
A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design. Classic!
Design Shack - Inspirational CSS and Blog Design
Design Shack offers regular examples of great CSS, standards based design to help inspire and create. We feature any website which shows off some flair, and doesn’t fit into the standard pattern we come to expect from CSS design.
Liquid Designs
Liquid Designs is a gallery of websites designed with liquid layouts using XHTML and CSS
Piepmatzel
collecting best practice web standards design examples
Style Crunch
StyleCrunch is a css and standards websites gallery
Stylegala - Web Design Publication
Stylegala is an online resource and inspiration guide for web agencies, designers and developers who take interest in websites that combine the powers of design, web standards and CSS.
Submit CSS
Submit your own css design and view a gallery full of creative design inspiration
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.
W3 Compliant Sites: Sites designed to comply with W3C Web Site Standards
A collection of web standards compliant web sites and their designers
Webdigity
CSS gallery
Web Standards Awards
Awarding web sites that successfully combine form and function
Well Designed CSS Sites
Andy Budds List of well styled sites.

Published in Design Showcase, December 21st, 2006
Tags: CSS, galleries, inspiration, layouts, webdesign

1.

Mark (December 21st, 2006, 9:32 pm)

And again there is no Gigastyle.be, its the Benelux version of CSSzengarden, butt how knows it ??
2.

Carlos Eduardo (December 22nd, 2006, 12:02 am)

Thank you for this links!

Certainly it will help me to create a new layout for my blog :))
3.

Uzbek (December 27th, 2006, 1:06 pm)

Great list,

Used to store my list in my mailbox :) Now I’m digg’ing this…

Thanks…
4.

k0ma (January 5th, 2007, 2:33 am)

As a fan of dark sites, I find Link [www.lightondark.com] to be a nice collection.
5.

css gallery (January 6th, 2007, 7:45 am)

you forgot us! Link [www.csselite.com]
6.

ProWebART (February 17th, 2007, 10:04 am)

ProWebArt is web design gallery where we collect the most inspirational and quality web designs.
7.

CssImpress (March 2nd, 2007, 7:29 pm)

Hi,

There is a new css gallery that is worth to take a look at:

Link [www.cssimpress.com]

I guess this list is endless.
8.

igor (March 4th, 2007, 10:43 pm)

what is Screenshot plese says to me it. Bye Bye
9.

Jooh Ly Wen (March 24th, 2007, 11:08 pm)

What about the portfolio gallery site Link [www.portfoliobase.com] ?? Very cool
10.

david blanchet (March 31st, 2007, 2:07 am)

Link [standardsreboot.com]
its that time of year again May 07
11.

ecom (March 31st, 2007, 6:27 pm)

Quite interesting with nice feature ‘My favourites’
Link [www.welldonesites.com]
12.

curtis (June 1st, 2007, 9:50 pm)

You should add Link [www.cssexchange.com] to your list
13.

Chad Jaggers (June 8th, 2007, 4:07 am)

Thank you for this list. It is very helpful to see what other designers are doing. Keep up the good lists Smashing. You should add Link [www.cssburst.com] to your list.
14.

Martin Gaik (July 18th, 2007, 7:03 pm)

Here it is - Link [www.hostpattern.com] - css gallery with excellent websites listed. You can rate, comment and submit. The main thing - the ads are not abusive (almost none).
15.

FortyPoundHead (July 21st, 2007, 11:47 pm)

Does anyone know how to get ahold of the webmaster at CSS Remix? It appears that his site has been cracked by a Turkish retard.
16.

Mac (August 1st, 2007, 9:52 pm)

You could add Link [www.cssleak.com]
17.

Razvan (August 20th, 2007, 5:27 pm)

Don’t forget about the Link [www.designcreme.com].
18.

CSSArtillery.com (January 10th, 2008, 9:24 am)

Don’t forget Link [www.cssartillery.com]
19.

Adrian (January 14th, 2008, 2:27 am)

This list is not complete without Link [csscreme.com]
20.

Abulafia (January 17th, 2008, 1:30 am)

Here is another on css gallery Link [www.cssband.com]
21.

Vince (February 1st, 2008, 6:13 am)

Another css galerie with free templates (wordpress, phpbb, joomla ..) : Link [www.themes-css.com]
22.

Funner (February 2nd, 2008, 5:42 pm)

I think we should mention a new one here : Link [www.fantasticss.com]
23.

Ryan (February 15th, 2008, 5:39 pm)

The best one I’ve seen so far is Link [www.inspirationfolder.com]Link [www.inspirationfolder.com]
24.

Quincy Pabotoy (February 18th, 2008, 6:44 am)

My designs are inspired by simplicity, straight lines, music, life, and the world
around us. Each design is original and produces the effects the client wants.
25.

Tom Ross (March 3rd, 2008, 11:16 am)

Nice list!

For those interested in submitted to CSS Galleries you should check out my website: Link [www.cssgallerylist.com] - it’s a similar idea to this post but is monitored so that links don’t become inactive. Just a heads up :)
26.

Aznoc (March 27th, 2008, 9:26 pm)

You missed one! Link [cssfuel.com]
27.

Woo (April 8th, 2008, 5:45 am)

Here is another one.

Link [designgrabs.com]

This one is a cross between delicious and a css gallery. It allows you to create an account and then bookmark any great designs you come across.

The best designs make it to the main gallery. They also have a handy bookmarklet to make it easy to bookmark sites.
28.

MonkeyPong.com (April 20th, 2008, 5:25 pm)

Hey, just to let you know that CSSGreen and CSS Design Yorkshire are not valid anymore.
29.

Jess (April 27th, 2008, 5:59 am)

Thanks for the list! Here’s another: Link [www.cssdivine.com]
30.

Nicholas Dambsfeld (June 4th, 2008, 12:55 am)

Another cool css gallery site: csswrap.com
31.

CSS Loaf | Ultimate Design Gallery (June 9th, 2008, 5:50 am)

I would love to have CSSloaf added to the list as it brings together designs from 35 other showcases so that you don’t have to go all over the place to see the latest designs.
32.

Goutam Das (June 14th, 2008, 4:56 am)

Nice Work…
33.

Richard (June 30th, 2008, 4:02 pm)

Another cool gallery is cssblaze.com. I just created it. Hope you like it!
34.

Shobhit (July 24th, 2008, 3:42 am)

I would like to mention one here:

Link [www.graphixangels.com]

Please have a look…
35.

Shobhit (July 24th, 2008, 3:43 am)

I would like to add one more to the list

Link [www.graphixangels.com]
36.

Max | Design Shard (July 25th, 2008, 5:55 pm)

very extensive collection, and very useful
37.

Oliver Lumby (August 3rd, 2008, 7:21 pm)

Theres a new one on the block! Link [cssfx.net]
38.

sezer (August 7th, 2008, 12:07 pm)

CSS “Cascading Style Sheets” Lessons
css list style Properties and examples — Link [css-lessons.ucoz.com]
39.

Josh at Cubicle Ninjas (August 11th, 2008, 8:05 pm)

Excellent article. Thanks so much! :D
40.

web design beach (August 31st, 2008, 9:22 am)

we just posted new complete Link [www.webdesignbeach.com]
41.

junghoon park (September 2nd, 2008, 5:31 pm)

Link [www.minimalsites.com] is a css gallery only for minimally designed websites.
42.

Elegance in Design (September 30th, 2008, 6:14 pm)

Zen Garden is of course the crem de la crem but Link [bestwebgallery.com] is my new favorite.

Great List

Mike Farley
Link [www.eleganceindesign.com]
43.

Natetronn (October 12th, 2008, 11:30 am)

Please throw Link [www.cssiris.com] into the mix. Its a gallery with a cool twist.
44.

Andy (October 27th, 2008, 8:46 pm)

Another CSS gallery : Link [www.cssdance.com]
45.

znetworks group (October 29th, 2008, 12:38 pm)

Programming services, graphic design, database driven web development, custom software development and web marketing.
46.

Ian lee (October 30th, 2008, 5:05 pm)

Nice Collection of Galleries i need to know if someone want to built a Gallery website like above where peoples can upload there website how to do that? using WORDPRESS is there any Plugin to let the users Submit there websites?
Thank you for you time to read and reply
Ian lee
47.

JON (November 2nd, 2008, 9:54 am)

I would like to mention one here:

Link [Link [www.csshook.com]]

Please have a look…
48.

adrian clark (November 16th, 2008, 5:57 am)

Link [www.cssconversion.com] is another site to add to the list, showing the best CSS websites is an inspiration for Designers.
49.

Gart (November 17th, 2008, 8:42 am)

I found a great portfolio gallery there Link [www.foliostars.net], great gallery!!
50.

Klaye Morrison (November 29th, 2008, 11:03 pm)

I have just made a site allowing users to submit to dozens of galleries all from one form. Check it out at Link [www.thecssgallerylist.com].
51.

TJ Mapes (December 9th, 2008, 12:22 pm)

cssscoop.com is a brand new showcase! please check it out and vote on your favorites.
52.

kevin (December 17th, 2008, 11:02 am)

hey there, i recently built Link [www.regrouped.net] listing some web galleries i f anyone wanna have a look. Cheers
53.

Sayyed Noman (December 18th, 2008, 7:46 am)

thanks for your informtion
54.

rezolutions (December 23rd, 2008, 1:10 am)

Another one! Link [www.css-design.fr]
Thanks…
55.

Mrinal Mahanti (December 26th, 2008, 5:01 am)

I am happy by get this listing, thanks for all css showcase link…
56.

shae (January 2nd, 2009, 7:12 pm)

and then there was Link [cssfury.com]

another good site with a massive list is thecssgallerylist.com
57.

Platus (January 17th, 2009, 11:34 am)

woha this is a good tip!!!
exactly what I was looking for thank u verry much and my best greetings from germany ^^
58.

Creamy CSS (January 20th, 2009, 1:37 am)

Please, add Creamy CSS gallery to the list. Thanks.
59.

Shawn Cross (January 23rd, 2009, 4:35 am)

Cool list! Here’s one more CSS inspiration gallery Link [designawardsgallery.com]
60.

Dusan Kitic (January 30th, 2009, 6:01 am)

Great list! You can add this one too Link []
61.

Shayne (February 3rd, 2009, 4:05 pm)

Another one to add Link [cssstyletime.com]
62.

Creamy CSS showcase (February 12th, 2009, 1:59 am)

Those galleries aren’t working for some reasons:

CSS-Mania - Link [www.nv30.com]
CSSFill - Link [www.cssfill.com]
Web Standards Awards - Link [www.webstandardsawards.com]

Update the list, please. And why don’t to add some new and fresh galleries?
63.

Carlo (March 2nd, 2009, 2:00 am)

for German webdesigner there is another on called Link [www.css-hamster.de]
probly another one to add for you.

Great list!
64.

Dalius (March 10th, 2009, 1:09 am)

One more daily gallery dailycss.net
65.

TruSighT (March 15th, 2009, 10:59 pm)

I can’t believe no one has mentioned the most obvious css gallery Link [cssgallery.com] and I’m the first. Well here you go enjoy!!
66.

Chad Jaggers (April 9th, 2009, 8:20 am)

Here is another one to add to the list Link [www.cssburst.com].
67.

Marc (April 15th, 2009, 9:54 am)

www [.] csswebsites [.] nl
68.

QNT (Sven) (April 21st, 2009, 9:12 am)

Wow, so many galleries!

Here is my: Link [www.quandtnet.de]
On this site I publish digital art magazines and inspirational websites.

Kind regards,
Sven

(see you on Twitter ;))
69.

dorikus (April 22nd, 2009, 6:20 am)

MESSAGE
70.

serif (May 16th, 2009, 4:17 pm)

Hello,

Thanks for the list. Here is another one:
Link [www.csscutie.com]

Cheers,
71.

Chris (May 18th, 2009, 1:33 am)

Great list! Another one to check out is Link [uibin.com]
72.

lookynator (May 24th, 2009, 12:01 pm)

This the next great css gallery, from well czech designers Link [www.cssproject.cz]
73.

kelly (June 8th, 2009, 7:40 am)

Check out Link [www.dailylove.org] for a great gallery site.
74.

Andreas (June 12th, 2009, 1:24 am)

onother one Link [www.cssarena.de]
75.

Bob (June 25th, 2009, 6:09 am)

css gallery for ecommerce related sites - Cartcraze.com