25 Websites with Creative and Unique Layouts

Published June 30th, 2009 in Galleries

If you’re looking for a way to break out of the box with a design, creating a unique layout is one way to accomplish this. In this post we’ll look at 25 sites that make use of a creative and unique layout.

Missscha’s Photogallery

Jan Sochor Photography

DJ Yura

X Producciones Graficas

Get London Reading

McCormick Creative

Tangled Decals

The Amazing Idea Machine

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48 Responses to “25 Websites with Creative and Unique Layouts”

thom June 30th, 2009

Hey nice collection very inspiring

Mahallo Media June 30th, 2009

Many custom website designs, i like it all..

Abu Farhan June 30th, 2009

beautiful collections, thanks for sharing

Raymond Selda June 30th, 2009

A lot of creative work here. This collection will be an inspiration. Thanks for sharing

Lyndsay Babl June 30th, 2009

Wow, Web 2.0 really is dead. These are fabulous. Definitely a new generation of web design to aspire to.

Javo June 30th, 2009

Excellent, there’s really a lot of creativity … thank you very much for choosing my portfolio

Excelente, realmente hay mucha creatividad… muchas gracias por elegir mi portafolio

Nag June 30th, 2009

Thanks a lot featuring Colourpixel:)

Raj June 30th, 2009

Hey Vandelay excellent post!

I just want to say I have been following your blog for ages now and want to thank you for showing us these artworks and also information about web design. I find this blog really informative and cant wait for the new posts!

Keep up the excellent work!

aledesign.it June 30th, 2009

love love love fantastic post!!!

Pierre June 30th, 2009

Hey great work! dig Lucas Hirata’s work!
check my site out. www(dot)pixelplayground(dot)co(dot)za
thx Vandelay for all the great inspiration and tutorials! hope to be on your blog sometime.

Blogshoe July 1st, 2009

wow,amazing collection,thanks for sharing !

swimming pool July 1st, 2009

Wow …. seriously terrific design. Thanks a million for posting this.

Ashley Adams : Postcard Printing July 1st, 2009

Thorough, pertinent and inspiring, like always. This is really an incredible list. I tried viewing most of the sites on the list and found some of them really good. A few, however, even though they looked nice at first, left a lot to be desired in ease-of-use and navigability.

website design July 1st, 2009

thanks for the info. really interesting stuffs to learn here.

Web Design Cape Town July 1st, 2009

that is also always my concern for creative design and layout, is navigation and seo. Although it looks smart, how effective is conversions?

John July 1st, 2009

Is anybody else experiencing layout issues with DJ Yura’s site?

I’m using Firefox at 1024×768. I guess it’s optimized for larger screen resolutions.

Adam Brewer July 1st, 2009

Nice list, I like some of the layouts but not so much others – it’s good to be innovative but you must never make your site difficult to navigate. Good read nevertheless!

Cody July 1st, 2009

Wow these sites are definitely thinking out of the box.

RoLL July 2nd, 2009

Nice Themes . Thank You =)

web design california usa July 3rd, 2009

professional designs but just graphic designs. websites in css are clean.

Dainis Graveris July 3rd, 2009

very good picks, nice inspiration

Web Templates July 4th, 2009

I find that non-traditional navigation can often confuse visitors and increase bounce rate. The key is to be innovative without scaring away visitors with non-traditional navigation.

David Stillwagon July 5th, 2009

A very creative and cleve list of designs

Microsoft Points July 6th, 2009

Very nice websites, they definitely are inspiring.
I wonder, if most of these sites are flash sites, or just have flash elements.

Web Design Company July 9th, 2009

These are really good

Alex Abramov July 11th, 2009

Thanks for featuring me! Nice list, guys!

komik video July 28th, 2009

very nice tanks

PJ July 29th, 2009

Thanks for featuring me, I’m honored.

While I definitely agree that usability is important in a site’s design, I think its also equally important to evaluate how you intend to promote your site before you begin designing it. That decision could potentially free you up for some real experimentation–and fun.

Since I decided early on I was only going to use my site to show potential clients I’d already met in person, as opposed to relying on web-traffic to bring me leads, I knew I could be a little more experimental. I wanted to come up with a website that was more “interactive-design” than “usability-design,” if that makes sense. I’ve watched lots of people see my site for the first time, and I always enjoy watching how they go about it–they’re initially disoriented, then they start playing around and they discover how to operate the site as if its a game, or an actual interactive experience, instead of just a portfolio page. And they always enjoy themselves, in spite of not knowing what to do immediately.

To me, that’s worth the bounce rate–especially since I’m not relying on the site to bring me business.

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Those are very unique designs!

Free Xbox Live August 15th, 2009

Very beautiful and unique designs. I probably visited half of the websites and I must say that it is a pleasure to be browsing such nice sites. It must have taken a lot of time and creativity to construct them.

Mats Svensson August 28th, 2009

So basicly anyone who can draw a “website” in crayons and knows nothing about usability or navigation is a shoe in for the “inspirational” galleries on this site?

Ill get cracking on my rorschach stained mystery meat squinty slanted 3D-text shoeshop site then.

Long live cdrom 2.0!