30 Creative Website Headers
Published September 22nd, 2008 in GalleriesOne 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.
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117 Responses to “30 Creative Website Headers”
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?
aiks, mine is not listed
Anyway, good list
You posted two of my sites! Thanks a bunch.
Looks like I’m in good company on this list.
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.
Wicked stuff. Bookmarked
Josh,
Most of them are found through design galleries.
Hi there!
very inspiring…good to concentrate on the headers sometimes and to get new ideas about this topic..thanks!
Thanks for including my site
I really enjoyed checking these out. Thanks for the great round-up!
That’s a great collection! I bookmarked this list, might get useful someday.
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.
I must say I am a fan of the arty type of headers compared to the obvious professional types. Great site…
I have write them in my blog post, If you don’t like which i did, You can email me!
Awesome roundup – header in the website is great recognition sign. Thanks, man, great job again..
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?
Thanks for featuring my site! All of these headers are great, I like them much more than my own…
very inspiring…good to concentrate on the headers sometimes and to get new ideas about this topic..thanks!
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…
How do you get the fresh ideas for these headers week in and week out. They are brilliant, truly.
@plumbing queens – that site is currently down giving a 403 error.
I don’t have header on my own blog, because i use simple design to save my server resource.
but very inspired graphics
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!
those are nice headers.i try to change my header.i wonder if others find it nice:)
A great collection, I love these eye-catchers! My favorite is Notre-Dame.
very inspirational
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.
that is so crazy works.I am delighted to see these pictures
For your inspiration,it’s my header…
on http://www.iquid.fr
Very unique headers, just right as to not be distracting from the content.
30 beautifull header, really nice pics. Thanks for share!!!
Great list of inspiration there. Well sourced
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!
Thanks for the plug. Mine is Rory Story.
You’re welcome Rory.
Thanks for the plug. Mine is Merchand de Trucs
Thanks for the inspiration! I’ve got a blog place holding my domain now & am working on the new site. I love simplicity & color.
Thanks for compiling this list. My header is a vintage inspired, feminine twist on the coffee cup on a desk.
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.
I especially like headers that use a lot of white as they blend in with most web sites. Great art.
Some damn creative work!
Amazing collection of creative work here. Just love it. Thanks
Thanks.
In this list, we can add this one :http://www.mysacamain.com
Awesome list! Great inspiration for our next project.
Awesome selection
Great soruces to get inspired 
very good creations. waiting for more creative headers
It looks to me you could use some inspiration yourself… this post was posted on smashingmagazine.com a few weeks ago.
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.
These designs are great. Thanks for sharing. Definitely a great collection of talent and distinct design styles
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.
great resource thanks for sharing
Great collection. I love this 3D design in Acko.
Thank u for shocasing such a fantastic works,
Really lovely collection.
Can I use design like this when I create website with a services like this http://www.site2you.com/
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.
A good collection . Very nice header collection.thanks for those collection.
nice set of banners!
your collection of banners not only nice but also very enthusiastic.
Nice collection. Not only 30 creatives, you can find lot.
No boundaries for creatives.
fantastic header design collection. merchand the best one.
really cool and inspirational designs… thanks for sharing !!
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.
Cool! Cool! Cool! It made my day (or better night), I needed some inspiration. Thank you
Cool collection. Thanks!!!
these are truly unique headers. Are they done with photoshop.
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?
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.
Lovely headers. I Would like to integrate one of these in my website.
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…
I think this is a very interesting resource for any website design .Nice header collection.
Awesome examples! Really great collection…
By the way, keep posting!
Ovi Dogar
AbsoluteCovers.com
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?
Most of them are discovered through web design gallery sites.
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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