Top 100 CSS Designs of the Year

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February 8, 2009 By Schwabe 36 comments

Everyday and every night, throughout all far reaches of the planet, there exist artists, designers, and CSS gurus who are developing the coolest looking new websites. For your viewing pleasure. And a simple bookmark can capture their design for an eternity (or until a server issue, but that never happens).

Over the past year, I have cultivated a thorough supply of these bookmarks; entailing several hundred in fact.

Of this massive collection, I have carefully selected only the best one hundred - and have placed them in this specific order, based on a complex algorithm of nerd website standards.

Although the algorithm is closely guarded, I can reveal indeed the nerd standard comprises of impressive artistic style, clean coded CSS, well organized typography, tasteful colors, and creativity.

Herein lies the top 100 Best CSS Designs of 2008. Congrats to the skilled persons behind each of these impressive designs. You have now reached nerd status.

p.s. - wait a minute, it's February already ? Okay we are certainly we are well into 2009 for another "08" list - but better late than never. Last year you also received the Nerd Business Top 100 CSS Design award list so certainly I am true to my annual obligations, even if they are a bit late. Enjoy !

 

#99
#92
#87
#86
#84
#82
#80
#69
#68
#67
#65
#64
#63
#61
#59
#58
#50
#46
#40
#38
#35
#34
#33
#27
#26
#19
#17
#15
#14
#9

 

So there you have it. Some incredible designs. This award list is literally, in my professional nerd opinion, the top 100 best looking websites created last year.

GoMediaZine's number one award winning design was certainly in good company. Yet their attention to detail really makes this design stand out among the rest. And is truly is deserving of the best design of 2008. And heck, you may even notice an element right here on Nerd Business inspired from this very design (hint: on the right hand sidebar).

 

 

 

Comments

Really cool collection you have here, thanks for putting this together. I enjoyed them all, #12 and 4 and 58 are very appealing.

This is a great compilation, and thank you so much for the honor of being listed!

Stef says...

Thanks Very much :) i'm very proud and honored to be here at the height position ! Nice selection, very beautiful blogs

GoodBytes.be says...

Great list you made here! We are honored to be featured as well!

Tim Adler says...

Really a very nice collection. Thx for featuring me!

Cozmika says...

Tnx for including me in this list #15. Btw. it's Cozmika not Cosmika ;)

manya says...

thanks so much for the feature!

Nice article and tks for featuring our website (Visualbox #61) plus the one 1|1 Studio did (Lucino-Gene #96).

Jack says...

Thanks for the feature.

Bruno says...

Hi, there OIT8DOI2 at 82# its an amazing coincidence = ) thanks

Dale says...

Thanks for including FreshBrain in the list. There are some great sites here. All, please check out our new release coming out later TODAY. I think it is good enough to move us up and maybe even to the top!

Schwabe says...

Am certainly looking forward to next year's top 100! It looks like Freshbrain is already going to be in there. Good work Dale and to the IMAGEX team on a wonderful looking Drupal site. Those menus are intense.

Tim says...

nice list Schwabe, keep it up

Eric Nagel says...

Thanx for listing us place 35 !

mecaniqueorange says...

there is a problem with #27... in french, "accueil" means homepage... the site title is jazzclub ^^

jei says...

some great works from romania: alexbuga.com, novensys.com, kissfm.ro

Olya says...

i like Kavoon - where is watermelon - looking very taste ))))

Folliculitis says...

Wow. Amazing stuff. I don't know which I like the best, but #15 and #36 were very nice. I stand is awe, as I have no such artistic ability.

Seo says...

Nice list, I will see all of'em

closets says...

Great list! thanks for the summary.

Ritesh Jain says...

cool collection. but here should be this site also http://www.rjvisuals.com/html/main.htm

Free DSi says...

Wow, pretty much all of them are incredible. Ive got alot of work to do to get up to them standards!

betclic says...

GReat share, i don't know which on i prefer !?

frasi says...

Very nice article, Great job, Thanks frasi celebri

bwin says...

Nuber 28 and 18 are the best ones. thanks for sharing !

Michael says...

Thank you so much for posting this. This gives me some ideas on how to create my own CSS-website.

clubpenguin says...

I'm very proud and honored to be here at the height position ! Nice selection, very beautiful blogs.

these are some nice looking designs. I will have to share this with my subscribers as well!

e20-001 says...

great designs! i can't help digging it!

My favorite: #49, #91 great sharing

Paul says...

Some of these are really sweet! Thanks for sharing.

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My favorite CSS designs were: #92, #86, #82, #4 and #6 due to their beautiful style, clutter free CSS code, well organized typography, excellent mix of light colors, and innovation. Thanks to the author of this post for giving a glimpse of this creative art. criminal attorneys in bridgeport

Great list you made here! We are honored to be featured as well!

Really a nice article. I love cars. It is my passion to drive the car like plane. 100 CSS design are really too beautiful .I like all design. im crazy about your designs.

Svensk Webb says...

Your all designs are really outstanding. I m crazy about your car designs. I have a passion of cars and your site is really best for people like me.

Carolyn says...

This is the best collection of the CSS and i really liked them and is really impressive tooCarolyn
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