Inspiration for web designers

A small selection of websites that contain many excellent examples of web site design. A great resource for any web developer looking for inspiration with their web designs.

As with all forms of design, the world of website design is always evolving. As a web designer it is important that you keep up with both the latest technology and also the latest trends and ideas.

Websites such as the ones listed below are a great resource that I recommend you visit for a quick browse around every so often. These types of websites also provide useful forums and help should you need advice on any aspect of web design and coding.

Design Meltdown

A really comprehensive collection of web design styles and techniques that are clearly categorised. Each category has an introduction discussing the style, technique and colour combinations used and the site uses various different methods to view the websites (The view in a separate frame option makes it very easy to browse through a category quickly).

Stylegala

Another very good collection of graphically appealing websites which combine visually appealing designs with CSS and W3C standards.

This website also reviews the featured sites and allows visitors to rate and comment on the site designs.

piepmatzel.de

Another collection of CSS driven websites which use the latest web standards combined with great designs.

The layout of this site is simply a list of thumbnails linking to the websites - which you can rearrange using the buttons at the bottom of the page. While there is no discussion or rating of the designs this is still a useful collection of sites that should give every web developer inspiration.

CoolHomepages

Advertised as "the only known cure for designer's block" this website has a more commercial feel to it as it pushes its template and logo design services.

Like the others it contains a large collection of websites that incorporate interesting and unique design elements but it seems to put too much emphasis on Flash. It also includes a rating system and additional features if you register with the site.