And here is where I regurgitate the tops of this year’s CSS galleries, filtering for “complexity” rather than “simplicity.” Maybe next year, enough memorable, mainstream/high-info designs will come out, and I will include them on this list. Another note: As far as I know, these are all designs implemented in 2007, but I could be totally wrong.
Dara’s Garden
A simple trick and some clean typography make this one. Dara’s Garden uses the standard flourishy background here, but at a super-size combined with great botanical illustrations. Pair this with great detail through (look at the fun line on the hover state of the Photo Gallery!), and you’ve got a great little site.
Fuze Creative
Fuze’s site has a number of little touches I wish I could pull off. The paper-layout stuff I do quite often, and am almost tired of, but I love the decision to puts strips of color swatches in the header and footer.
Visit Cascadia
On here for the sheer effort involved. Cascadia uses a great illustration for the header, fantastic retro layouts throughout, and unique applications for each section. Note: Even though I thought this was a tourism site when I first saved it, I realize now that it’s about selling trucks. Hmm.
Uniquely Knoxville
Sure, it’s busy! BUSY AND FANCY. This Knoxville site (I’m not sure if the many TN Vacation sites are related or not) crams a lot of stuff into a little space, and uses all kinds of ridiculously fun embellishments. It’s also got a great footer, which is rare even among the best web designs. Note: This was designed by the same guys who did Dara’s Garden, although the sites seem oddly absent from their portfolio.
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