Design+Examples

In preparation for a design change, I'm gathering ites that look cool to me ...

• http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/150/150.css&page=0
• http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/149/149.css&page=0
• http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/147/147.css&page=0 - lifted page
• http://www.mikezilla.com/exp0029.html
• http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/
• http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/115/115.css&page=4 - fixed back ground
• http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/118/118.css&page=4 - paper edges
• http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/106/106.css&page=5 - transparent background images
• http://www.cameronmoll.com/archives/000045.html - neat patterns and heading decoration
• http://osx.portraitofakite.com/index2.htm?username=Dave - Just wow...
• http://plasq.com/ - tasty and plastic
• http://pchere.blogspot.com/2005/02/decoding-domain-name-delicious.html - Neat use of gradients
• http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/css/css-cheat-sheet/ - simple use of gradients to create a coherent lighted effect
• http://www.marcapaginas.net/postearte/galeria.php - blog thumbnail gallery
• http://livsey.org/experiments/fat/ - extreme fading
• http://www.divester.com/2005/05/12/3-d-tanks-featuring-sharks/ - good use of horizon as headline image
• http://www.rabidhardware.net/index.php?id=9 - brushed, colored metal
• http://www.marathontracker.com/ - subtle gradient in the background of the top half
• {link:} - strikes me as extreme, in a good way. i like the color being injected only on user interaction
• http://www.ajaxian.com/archives/2005/05/exampleajaxad.html - faded edges keep eyes on content
• CSS Vault - better than my collection :-P
• http://www.qbicles.com/index.cfm - tricky, the sidebar is under the page
• http://coldtreepress.com/ - very, just, awesome
• http://www.certovka.info/cz/ - neat
• http://alazanto.org/ - rich
• http://brightcreative.com/ - bright
• http://joshuaink.com/blog/400/free-os-x-apps- involved header
• http://microsoftgadgets.com/ - neat curved lighthing on the side bar
• http://www.microsoft.com/max/ - reflections and gradients mean clean and sharp
• http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=179/179.css - muy classy
• http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=180/180.css - non conforming
• http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=165/165.css - rustic
• http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=169/169.css - classical stylings
• http://www.meetup.com/ - the charcoal looks good
• http://philrenaud.com/?blog_id=57 - light bleed through on to black areas
• http://www.jessecrouch.com/
• http://www.dustindiaz.com/ - awesome header, some quasi transparency stuff
• http://www.papersplease.org/davis/index.html - i really like the background
• objects: rio, hipster, books, headphones, camera, wallet, wall hangings, photos, background panoramic
• fade right to left from toronto skyline, to roopeshbhai's wedding entrance drapes to the wall hangings from my room ...