Design Trend Showcase: 30 Horizontal Websites
Published in GalleriesHorizontal websites have been increasing in popularity over the past year or two. Although the approach isn’t a good fit for every project, a horizontal layout can provide designers with an opportunity to showcase some creativity and to break out of the box. As you may notice from the sites showcased here, portfolio sites of designers and photographers are probably the most likely type of site to use a horizontal layout right now. Here is a look at 30 sites for your own inspiration.
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how amazing is this article!!! love it:) thank you so much!!
It seems that most horizontal websites are used mainly in portfolio sites. Are there any other sites that utilize the horizontal navigation? I would think that more news and magazine blogs would be interested in horizontal websites. Another question.. would horizontal navigation be used differently in cultures that read from right to left?
Some of these are amazing. Very inspiring. Gave me some thoughts.
inspiring article for new design ideas. thanks
hmm…Seem to be following this trend without knowing.
But nice collection!
I totally love it. Am inspired. According to me this is the Trend…
Some examples are really nice. Nice collection..add to my twitter! Is so incredible list! Thank you so much!
Wow, great designs!!
Swearrr I enjoy all your example. … that’s all
nice list of design. thanks for idea
I’m not a big fan of the navigation on most of these, but they all have top notch designs. Im a huge fan of any site that uses this style of template design.
Thanks for the list. I can’t wait to design my first horizontal webdesign.
Great roundup!
l like this and so different post. well done
I wonder how this is accepted in a user experience setting. In most cases people feel that scrolling is a bad thing. Especially horizontal scrolling. Vertical scrolling is made easier by mouse wheels. While an interesting design, I always worry about breaking the mold by changing expected user experience elements.
That’s why it’s more common on portfolio sites, because they generally can take more liberties. For a corporate website it would be much more of a usability issue, in my opinion.
New horizontal sites! Always nice to see them. Thanks for sharing.
one of my favourite things on the internet never gets any recognition!
also a beautifully designed horizontal page http://nirvanathebandtheshow.com
Some really strong showings here, we did a cool one for one of our partners too: http://changeartist.in/