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A Comprehensive List of Design Showcases

Jose Gonzales by homme de chevre

Before you sigh and say this is just another design showcase list, let me put a word in.
This is not just another design showcase list. It is a very comprehensive list of high-quality, active, and english only design showcases.
I have scoured the web for as many showcases I could find and this is the result – over 70 high quality showcases of all kinds.

This list is broken up into two categories – CSS/Mixed and Specialty.
The first part are the CSS and Mixed Showcases. I have included one to two sentence descriptions, the form of approval, and the site’s Google PageRank (What is Google PageRank?).
The second part are the specialty showcases. I included the same info with the second set as the first.
After the two parts (Regular and Specialty), they’re sorted by PageRank.
Enjoy!

59 CSS and/or Flash Showcases
18 Specialty Showcases
77 Showcases in All

Updated 05/08/08

CSS Drive
Not the greatest design, alright submissions.
Approval by: Vote:
PR: 8

CSS Vault
Alright design, good submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 8

CSS Collection
Alright design, good submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 7

CSS Beauty
Good design, multiple resources, nice submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 7

Style Gala
Nice minimalist design, good submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 7

muse
Minimalist design, good submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 6

FaveUp
Good design, incredible submissions. Not only web sites – logos and business cards as well
Approval by: Review and Vote
PR: 6

xhilarate
More than a showcase, a list of bookmarks.
Approval by: Review
PR: 6

CSS Mania
The ever popular CSS Mania – good all the way ’round.
Good design, good submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 6

DesignSnack (My Favorite)
A great community, great showcase.
Good design, varying submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 6

CSS Import
Not the best design, ok submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 6

Unmatched Style
Not the greatest design, multiple resources, good submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 6

CSS Remix
Not the greatest design, alright submissions, large following.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 6

The Best Designs
Soothing design, good submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 6

W3C Sites
Alright design, good submissions, large following. Sites must be valid.
Approval by: Review
PR: 6

CSS Heaven
Nice design, good submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 6

Web Creme
Poor design, good submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 6

CSS Tux
Nice design, nice submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 6

Most Inspired
A gallery that aggregates from thirty three high profile design galleries.
Approval by: Submission to External Sites
PR: 5
(Thanks Cellie)

Pro Web Art
Nice design, good submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 5

Boxed CSS
Nice design, good submissions.
Approval by: Vote and Review
PR: 5

Design Creme
Not the greatest design, not the greatest submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 5

Best Web Gallery
Good design, good submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 5

CSS Smooth Operator
Alright design, good submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 5

CSS Impress
Alright minimalist design, alright submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 5

Unique CSS
Soothing design, good submissions.
Approval by: Review and Vote (can win $25!)
PR: 5

CSS Based
Good design, good browsing, good submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 5

CSS Clip
Ok design, filled with ads, ok submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 5

Piematzel
Pixel style gallery, good submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 5

CSS 11
Alright design, good submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 5

Screenalicious
Ok design, ok submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 5

CSS Website
Minimalist design, good submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 5

Daily Slurp
Alright site (busy), good submissions though.
Approval by: Review
PR: 5

Inspiration King
Alright design, good submissions, nice sized following.
Approval by: Review
PR: 5

CSS Glance
Nice Design, good submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 5

Epreo
Not the greatest design, good submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 5

Design By Grid
Unique design, multiple resources, good submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 5

Designs Creme
Not the greatest design, nice submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 5

CSS Creme
Ok design, fairly good submissions.
Approval by: Review and Vote
PR: 5

Alvit CSS Showcase
Alright design, alright submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 5

CSS Artillery
Nice layout, great submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 5

CSS Design Yorkshire
Good design, good submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 5

Selected Webdesign
Good submissions, good filter.
Approval by: Review
PR: 4

Website Design Awards
Alright design, good submissions.
Approval by: Review and Vote
PR: 4

Design Shack
Good minimalism design, pretty good submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 4

One Pixel Army
Alright design, good submissions, good vision.
Approval by: Review
PR: 4

Style Crunch
Nice design, alright submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 4

CSS Elite
Not the greatest design, good submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 4

ShareBrain Showcase
Slightly confusing site… alright submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 4

Perfection Gallery
Alright design, multiple resources, alright submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 4

CSS Leak
Nice design, multiple languages, good submissions.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 4

Cult-f
Nice submissions and a blot as well.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 4

Style the Web
Not the best site, nice submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 3

One Star Gallery
Alright site, and pretty good submissions.
Approval by: Review and Vote
PR: 3

Delicious CSS
Alright design, good submissions.
Approval by: Review and Vote
PR: 1

CSS Blue
Ok minimalist design, good submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 0

Nice Stylesheet
Good design, CSS only submissions.
Approval by: Review
PR: 0 (new site)

stylevault (thanks Bjorgvin)
Alright design, pretty good submissions.
Approval by: Review and Vote
PR: 0

Comand Shift 3
Unique way of rating web sites. It has the same idea of ‘hot or not’ – but this is for web sites.
Approval by: Vote
PR: 0

DesignFlavr
It has a blog too. :-)
Approval by: Review and Vote
PR: 0

Another Gallery
I like this one. Good design, good submissions, and unique tagline.
Approval by: Review
PR: 0

Specialty Galleries:

The FWA
The design looks good, but confusing. All flash based sites. Great submissions
Approval by: Review
PR: 8

Movable Love
Websites powered by Movable Type.
Approval by: Review
PR: 6

Light on Dark
Websites with light text on a dark background.
Approval by: Submission
PR: 5

CSS MESS
They accept good and bad sites and display them in real time. (thanks Dan)
Approval by: Submission
PR: 5

The Horizontal Way
A showcase of horizontal sites.
Approval by: Submission
PR: 5

CSS Princess
A collection of sites with that ‘feminine touch.’
Approval by: Submission and Vote
PR: 5

We Love WP
Wordpress powered sites.
Approval by: Submission and Vote
PR: 5

We Love TXP
Blogs powered by TextPattern.
Approval by: Submission and Vote
PR: 5

Happy Codr
Sites designed with Ruby on Rails.
Approval by: Submission
PR: 5

CSS Nature
Nature based only submissions.
Approval by: vote
PR: 4

Full Single
A showcase of web sites just one page in size
Approval by: Submission
PR: 4

EDU Style
A collection of campus focused sites.
Approval by: Submission
PR: 4

CSS Liquid
Fluid CSS Sites only.
Approval by: Submission
PR: 4

Only Wii
Websites for the Wii only. (They do that?!?)
Approval by: Submission
PR: 4

My Virb
Designs for Virb.com Sites
Approval by: Submission and Vote
PR: 4

Church Beauty
Church web sites only. Good submissions.
Approval by: Submission and Vote
PR: 4

Portfolio Base
A portfolio showcase.
Approval by: Submission
PR: 4

typesites
Showcasing sites displaying good typography.
Approval by: Review
PR: 4