MetaFilter posts tagged with CSS and design

Pixel Inspiration

netbros — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:27:38 -0800

RGB Garden is a purely design based web design gallery and web designers community featuring beautiful CSS and Flash based websites. They also feature design related articles and downloads. Check out the developer's personal garden while you're at it.

Templates for Rapid Interactive Prototyping

netbros — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:49:01 -0800

This used to be really hard with CSS. Fluid 960 Grid System: Up to 16-column grid design that is flexible and fluid. Created by Stephen Bau, based on the 960 Grid System by Nathan Smith. [previously]

Not Just Rectangles Anymore

netbros — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:28:01 -0800

The CSS Text Wrapper allows you to easily make HTML text wrap in shapes other than just a rectangle. You can make text wrap around curves, zig-zags, or whatever you want. All you have to do is draw the left and right edges, then copy the generated code to your web site. From the folks at The Idea Shower who brought us Read It Later.

Best of Web... or so it claims

psmealey — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:20:58 -0800

Best Web Gallery is an inspirational gallery site where we collect a wide range of quality design websites (Flash & CSS). What is quality design means to us? Quality Design = Visual + Technical + Creativity. Also, Best of CSS design for 2007.

Type Righter

Robot Johnny — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:14:10 -0800

The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web. Robert Bringhurt's undisputed bible of typography until now has been limited to print design. This site, a work in progress, presents his principles one at a time, and explains how to follow them as a web designer using HTML and CSS.

The Cascadian Order of the Strict Conformance

brownpau — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:07:38 -0800

CSS Trappist Monastery. Like the Zen Garden, but without any images (other than the "chosen twelve").

Typetester

btwillig — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:18:39 -0800

Typetester, for web designers. via

Are you a designer?

djdrue — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:44:13 -0800

Are you a designer? Maybe your just making a CD label, or creating an invitation. Forgot the standard ad banner size? Don't worry, all this and more is right at your fingertips at the Designer's Tool Box.

Layout and design as random as a monkey with a typewriter

Katemonkey — Fri, 30 May 2003 03:12:35 -0800

Looking for a design for your next website? Strange Banana is a generator that randomly produces XHTML transitional, CSS-layout-driven webpages. Hit "refresh" repeatedly, and find that one layout that matches your inner web designer's dream. (Found on Zeldman's Daily Report.)

CSS Zen Garden

riffola — Sat, 10 May 2003 09:53:06 -0800

CSS Zen and the art of ~~motorcycle~~ website maintainance; a stunning demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSS–based design.

CSS on demand

Su — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:17:53 -0800

CSS on Demand allows users to set several preferences for how they want to see your site, rather than just using one of your themes via a switcher. Kind of like Matt lets you do here.
Perl. Free. Try it out.

aladfar — Mon, 12 Mar 2001 09:24:52 -0800

The Layout Reservoir: For those reluctant to embrace standards compliant design, the good people at Blue Robot have provided an excellent starting point. The reservoir features three CSS based designs for you to borrow, edit, and learn from. It's a good thing.