Design Inspiration Sites I

Everyone runs out of ideas at some point in time. And imitation is the sincerest form of flattery right. Well, here are four sites you can browse when you need some design inspiration.

csswebsite: "Css Website is an innovative gallery of simple websites. Its purpose is to showcase designer’s work and to expand the CSS design community. We propose a classification by color and contents for a better usability." (from their About page)
They have a nice assortment of web sites to gain inspiration from. You can browse by Color, by Content, by Date, or just type in a search term. They also allow you to rate each site 1 to 5 stars.

BestWebGallery: "Best Web Gallery is an inspirational gallery site where we collect a wide range of quality design websites (Flash & CSS). What is quality design means to us? Quality Design = Visual + Technical + Creativity" (from their About page)
A little nicer design than the previous site. When you hover over the image of the site a bigger preview pops up. Good selection – they have both flash and CSS sites. You can change the layout of the gallery and sort through the different sites using category tags. I did not see a rating system.

CSSdrive: This site is really more than just a gallery site. They do have a CSS web site gallery along with a CSS menu gallery. Both are nice and have a wide selection of pieces to view. You can view the sites by Two columns, Three columns, Mixed cols and rows, Clean & Clear, Dark or Black, High Contrast/ Impact, Corporate/ Professional, Unconventional Designs, Liquid layouts, Web Design Firms, Our Favorites, What's popular, and finally Last 20 submissions. A lot to choose from. The menu categories are Horizontal Menus, Vertical Menus, and Multiple/ Nested Levels. There is a rating system in place – little red squares from 1 to 10. Like I said, there is more to this site then just the gallery. They also have design news, examples of CSS (including the code), and forums.

CSSRemix: "CSS Remix celebrates the dynamic innovation and creativity of designers who are on the forefront of CSS-based web design. This community honors those designers who aren't afraid to think outside-the-box, and who are reinventing our ideas of what great web design can—and should—be.

CSS Remix was created to present the latest techniques in visual presentation, user experience, and site coding to the web design community in a simple and effective manner. The focus is on what you actually want: the sites. No frills. No frou frou—maybe an ad or two—but thats it." (from their About page).
Not much to say after that – Very nice selection of sites to look at. They also have an area at the bottom where it will display a random site every time you hit the Randomize button. They have a rating system as well – 1 to 5.

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