Senin, 06 September 2010

40 Creative Navigation Menus


One of the first things to do when planning out a new website is to work out all of the content that will be in the site. You then divide that up into sections and then into various levels of navigation.
The result is a boring list of links.
That list of links is one of the most important part of your website though, it goes without saying that every visitor to the site will be using them to get around.
In this post we’ve pulled together some of the best designed navigation bars (both horizontal and vertical) to help give you ideas to enhance your own.

Horizontal Menus

1. Fabric London
A beautiful minimalist menu with fast colors and a compact design.
FabricLondon
2. Nopoko Graphics
Sleek looking tabs with drop shadow and a beautiful background pattern.
NopokoGraphics
3. Culture Code
iPhone style menu for an Iphone app.
CultureCode
4. Box Wish
Simple, compact and sleek.
Boxwish
5. Mac Rabbit
Light colors and creative symbols make this menu stand out from the crowd.
MacRabbit
6. Kyan Media
Solid colors and simple MouseOver effects make this menu pretty.
KyanMedia
7. Loodo
A nice multi-colored menu. The tiny green car indicates the current page.
Loodo
8. Firestone Live
A beautiful black and white themed menu with block fonts.
FirestoneLive
9. Matt Maxwell Design
A simple menu with beautiful contrasting colors.
MattMaxwellDesign
10. Cognigen
Another simple, light-colored design with unique tabs.
Cognigen
11. Black Book Mag:
A black-and-white menu with a transparent effect.
BlackBookMag
12. Agachi
A simple multi-line menu with soft blue colors.
Agachi
13. App Storm
A classy example of a minimalist multi-line menu.
AppStorm
14. Built By Buffalo
Wide tabs and simple fonts give this menu a pretty sophisticated look.
BuiltByBuffalo
15. Clear Left
Another multi-line menu with a great color scheme.
ClearLeft
16. Fashion Photography
A truly dynamic menu. A thumbnail pops up every time you hover on a menu item.
FasionPhotography
17. Mia and Maggie
A cool multi-line menu with the traditional underline effect.
MiaAndMaggie
18. Michael Austin
Wide tabs and simple colors.
MichaelAustinProductions
19. Mint
Another wide-tabbed menu with a transparent effect.
Mint
20. Rockatee
Refreshing use of numbers with each menu item.
Rockatee
21.Ronny Pries
Chalk-on-blackboard effect makes the menu casual yet creative.
RonnyPries
22. Royal Caribbean
Another great menu with elegant fonts and nice contrasting colors.
RoyalCarribean
23. Small Stone
A really creative and unique menu for a DJ.
SmallStone
24. Sohtanaka
Pretty colors, elegant fonts and light effects.
Sohtanaka
25. The Resume Girl
Another creative menu with a nice casual look.
TheResumeGirl
26. Sky Larkin
Each item in the menu is of a different color when you mouse over it. Really creative and fun.
WeareSkylarkin
27. Web Designer Wall
Another casual sticky-note style menu.
WebDesignerWll

Vertical Designs:

28. Surfstation
One of the most elegant menus. Nice use of bullets in a minimalist design.
SurfStation
29. Alex Cohaniuc
An expandable vertical menu with lots of colors.
AlexCohaniuc
30. Carbonica
A casual arrow and a circle indicates the current page. The casual font also adds to the beauty of this menu.
-Carbonia
31. District Solutions
Every item in this vertical menu turns a different color when you mouse over it.
DistrictSolutions
32. IipVapi
A black-and-white vertical menu in the shape of a post card.
IipVapi
33. Intereactive
An elegant, multi-line vertical menu.
Interactive
34. Power To The Poster
Sophisticated fonts and a transparent effect make this menu stand out.
-PowerToThePoster
35. Jeff Sarmiento
A colorful menu with extra large fonts and symbols.
-JeffSarmiento
36. McAllan Ridge
Another multi-line menu with a nice textured background.
McAllanRidge
37. Nando Designer
A casual menu with a notebook effect.
NandoDesigner
38. Pixel Media
Simple and elegant.
-PixelMedia
39. Nick Ad
A highly dynamic menu with great effects and contrasting colors.
NickAd
40. Nocturnal Miami
Another vertical menu with a transparent effect.
NocturnalMiami

Your Favorite Menus

Every site on the internet has its own menu, which means it’s simply impossible for us to even come close to finding all of the amazing menu designs out there.
What sites have you visited with a menu so nicely done, that you actually paused to look at it?

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