Vandelay Design

30 Creative Website Headers

Published September 22nd, 2008 in Galleries

One of the first things new visitors will notice upon arriving at your website is your header. Some sites are able to make an excellent first impression by featuring an artistic or creative header. This mini gallery post is a collection of some of the more inspiring headers out there.

For more design inspiration, see:

enRoute Student Film Festival

enRoute

Billy Hughes at War

Billy Hughes

L’effer Crea

L'effer Crea

Corvus Design Studio

Corvus

Merchand de Trucs

Merchand de Trucs

Pienternet

Pienternet

Luova

Luova

Hyper Island

Hyper Island

Springtime in Tennessee

Springtime in TN

Helmy Bern

Helmy Bern

Raggz

Raggz

Made in England

Made in England

I Am Todd

Todd Miller

Daniel J. Quinn

Daniel Quinn

AdaptD

AdaptD

WP Glamour

WP Glamour

Mike Poss

Mike Poss

Rory Story

Rory Story

ChedOnline.com

ChedOnline

Home Design Find

Home Design Find

Jesse Stephens

Jesse Stephens

Simple Art

Simple Art

Ciclismo Urbano

Ciclismo Urbano

GNV & Partners

GNV & Partners

Mark Forrester

Mark Forrester

NotreDame-Faches.fr

Notre Dame

Reflections

Reflections

PixelResort

Pixel Resort

eAnka

eAnka

Rox

Rox

For more web design inspiration, see:

117 Responses to “30 Creative Website Headers”

Josh 906 September 22nd, 2008

Helmy Bern and Daniel Quinn headers are very nice. How do you find these? What’s the process behind searching for these sites and headers for your blog posts?

kailoon September 23rd, 2008

aiks, mine is not listed :(

Anyway, good list :)

Ched September 23rd, 2008

You posted two of my sites! Thanks a bunch.

Looks like I’m in good company on this list.

Time Tracker September 23rd, 2008

Nice roundup! I try to create a nice ’showcase’ work for my header about every three weeks. I get some good feedback on some…nothing on others. It’s all a lucky guess, but also a nice inspiration and motivation to keep plugging away at winning crowd approval. Thanks for these…I’m already bookmarking some favorites, and will try to incorporate these designs into my next work.

Nathan Beck September 23rd, 2008

Wicked stuff. Bookmarked :)

Vandelay Design September 23rd, 2008

Josh,
Most of them are found through design galleries.

ff-webdesigner September 23rd, 2008

Hi there!
very inspiring…good to concentrate on the headers sometimes and to get new ideas about this topic..thanks!

Ole Martin Kristiansen September 23rd, 2008

Thanks for including my site :-)

Andrew Houle September 23rd, 2008

I really enjoyed checking these out. Thanks for the great round-up!

ParasiteBase September 23rd, 2008

That’s a great collection! I bookmarked this list, might get useful someday.

Brian September 23rd, 2008

It i always a hassle deciding which header I should use for my sites. I like to find places I can get ideas so thanks for your work on this site. I appreciate it.

Link September 23rd, 2008

I must say I am a fan of the arty type of headers compared to the obvious professional types. Great site…

webaboutmoney September 24th, 2008

I have write them in my blog post, If you don’t like which i did, You can email me!

Dainis Graveris September 24th, 2008

Awesome roundup – header in the website is great recognition sign. Thanks, man, great job again..

David S. September 24th, 2008

Header’s really define branding and grab visitors’ attention, much like the masthead and headline of a newspaper. These are some slick designs. I’m a fan of Luova. Most of your picks are web 2.0 and grundge look. Design is changing, however. There’s a notion that’s been flying around for the last few years that web 2.0 is dying. What is the design technique of the future?

eAnka September 24th, 2008

Thanks for featuring my site! All of these headers are great, I like them much more than my own…

plumbing queens September 25th, 2008

very inspiring…good to concentrate on the headers sometimes and to get new ideas about this topic..thanks!

Apex Article September 25th, 2008

Headers have certainly come along way from taking a picture and just stretching it to fit. Oops am I the only one that did that. Great site will bookmark…

Spyware Gone September 25th, 2008

How do you get the fresh ideas for these headers week in and week out. They are brilliant, truly.

wpK September 25th, 2008

@plumbing queens – that site is currently down giving a 403 error.

minanube September 25th, 2008

I don’t have header on my own blog, because i use simple design to save my server resource.

but very inspired graphics

Sophie September 25th, 2008

Thanks for including my website, I’m sure you’ll enjoy the website of my webmaster : http://www.soulvisual.com.
Nice selections of website, really interesting : good job!

NaldzGraphics September 26th, 2008

those are nice headers.i try to change my header.i wonder if others find it nice:)

Daniel September 27th, 2008

A great collection, I love these eye-catchers! My favorite is Notre-Dame.

weberica September 27th, 2008

very inspirational :)

offshore hosting September 28th, 2008

It i always a hassle deciding which header I should use for my sites. I like to find places I can get ideas so thanks for your work on this site. I appreciate it.

ömer terakki September 29th, 2008

that is so crazy works.I am delighted to see these pictures

Biagi October 1st, 2008

For your inspiration,it’s my header…
on http://www.iquid.fr

Bill Biwer October 1st, 2008

Very unique headers, just right as to not be distracting from the content.

Fran y Romi October 1st, 2008

30 beautifull header, really nice pics. Thanks for share!!!

Lee October 2nd, 2008

Great list of inspiration there. Well sourced

Tutorialvine.com October 22nd, 2008

Wow, brilliant list. Makes me feel bad about my crappy standard-wordpress theme header :-(

Oh well, good inspiration for me to start customizing my theme! :)

Rory October 29th, 2008

Thanks for the plug. Mine is Rory Story.

Vandelay Design October 29th, 2008

You’re welcome Rory.

Dennis January 6th, 2009

Thanks for the plug. Mine is Merchand de Trucs

brooke February 2nd, 2009

Thanks for the inspiration! I’ve got a blog place holding my domain now & am working on the new site. I love simplicity & color.

Miss Blossom February 17th, 2009

Thanks for compiling this list. My header is a vintage inspired, feminine twist on the coffee cup on a desk.

IT Buzz March 15th, 2009

Really creative design, it had given me a great idea to what type of header to make for my blogs thanks a lot for sharing such valuable information. Soon to see more from your side.

Golfer March 29th, 2009

I especially like headers that use a lot of white as they blend in with most web sites. Great art.

Liam McCabe April 1st, 2009

Some damn creative work!

Hieu.Pham April 2nd, 2009

Amazing collection of creative work here. Just love it. Thanks

Charly April 3rd, 2009

Thanks.
In this list, we can add this one :http://www.mysacamain.com

Sacramento Web Design April 4th, 2009

Awesome list! Great inspiration for our next project.

Gis April 10th, 2009

Awesome selection :D Great soruces to get inspired :D

Web Designer blog April 18th, 2009

very good creations. waiting for more creative headers

Basta! April 20th, 2009

It looks to me you could use some inspiration yourself… this post was posted on smashingmagazine.com a few weeks ago.

Vandelay Design April 20th, 2009

Basta,
This post was published 8 months ago, so if something was posted at Smashing Magazine a few weeks ago it’s pretty irrelevant. Next time check the date before you make a stupid comment.

Graphic Design Melbourne May 1st, 2009

These designs are great. Thanks for sharing. Definitely a great collection of talent and distinct design styles

IT Buzz May 6th, 2009

Its a great resource. i ‘ll surely use one of them, thanks for sharing.

These headers are great and has just inspired me to change my layout.

pixeldope May 18th, 2009

great resource thanks for sharing

aloy June 6th, 2009

Great collection. I love this 3D design in Acko.

arthrishi June 19th, 2009

Thank u for shocasing such a fantastic works,

Leon Dudovich July 9th, 2009

Really lovely collection.
Can I use design like this when I create website with a services like this http://www.site2you.com/

Mandy | Print n Ink July 16th, 2009

Those headers are really great, and what it does to a web site. I have see some really awful web sites out there where these people come up with there designs some of them are really horrible.

probir das August 4th, 2009

A good collection . Very nice header collection.thanks for those collection.

Website Design Services August 7th, 2009

nice set of banners! :)

Domain Appraisal August 21st, 2009

your collection of banners not only nice but also very enthusiastic.

Elyot August 22nd, 2009

Nice collection. Not only 30 creatives, you can find lot.
No boundaries for creatives.

flash components August 26th, 2009

fantastic header design collection. merchand the best one.

magic power coffee August 29th, 2009

really cool and inspirational designs… thanks for sharing !!

louisville web design September 7th, 2009

All headers are cool!. The designers are creative and they have lot’s of idea that comes in there mind. It’s obvious in their design that they have a wide range of creativity. They are real artist.

Web Design Greece September 22nd, 2009

Cool! Cool! Cool! It made my day (or better night), I needed some inspiration. Thank you

Mac October 1st, 2009

Cool collection. Thanks!!!

Courtland October 16th, 2009

these are truly unique headers. Are they done with photoshop.

Chris October 21st, 2009

Can you edit your own page graphics on wordpress even if you’re only using free account? And how basically is it done, if that’s the case?

Vandelay Website Design October 21st, 2009

Chris,
If you’re asking about header graphics, it depends on the theme. With most free themes you will not be able to change the header without editing code.

plumber melbourne November 4th, 2009

Lovely headers. I Would like to integrate one of these in my website.

fatih November 5th, 2009

Headers have certainly come along way from taking a picture and just stretching it to fit. Oops am I the only one that did that. Great site will bookmark…

robseo November 5th, 2009

I think this is a very interesting resource for any website design .Nice header collection.

Ovi Dogar November 10th, 2009

Awesome examples! Really great collection…

By the way, keep posting!

Ovi Dogar
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Best Price Moving November 12th, 2009

NotreDame-Faches.fr and eAnka headers are exceptionally pleasant. How do you discover these? What’s the progression following searching for these sites plus headers used for your blog posts?

Vandelay Website Design November 12th, 2009

Most of them are discovered through web design gallery sites.

Blog Ideas November 18th, 2009

Wow, these are amazing, I wish I had the skills to come up with headers like these, I wonder if there is such thing as header templates where you just put in the name of your site, there probably is somewhere out there but they’re probably cheesy and nowhere near as unique as these.

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