✦ Est. 2007 · the original design gallery

Win a feature. Wear the credit.

This isn't a new directory chasing a trend. CSS Crème has showcased the best of web design since 2007 — one of the original galleries from the era that defined design inspiration online. A feature here isn't a vanity badge: a link from CSS Crème carries authority a newer gallery simply can't, plus the prestige of an OG name and an audience that doesn't just scroll — it decodes.

74Domain Rating

2,000+Referring domains

100Health score

2007Curating since

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Authority that compounds

An aged, DR-74 domain with 2,000+ referring domains. A feature passes real SEO equity — the kind a brand-new directory can't offer, because authority like this takes nearly two decades to build.

The original showcase

Back when the "CSS gallery" defined how designers found inspiration, this was one of the names that mattered. That heritage still carries weight across the design community.

An audience that decodes

CSS Crème readers don't just scroll. Every featured site opens into our decode workbench, where they pull its palette, measure its spacing and study the build. Real attention, not a thumbnail.

How the awards work

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Submit a site
Anyone can submit a beautiful site — your own or one you admire. We index standouts ourselves, too.
2
Nominees go up
Each cycle's nominees land on the showcase, fully decode-able, so the work speaks for itself.
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The community votes
Readers vote for the designs that deserve recognition. (Voting opens with member accounts — coming soon.)
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A winner is crowned
Each month we name a winner and runners-up — and email the winner their embeddable badge.

The winner's badge

Winners get an embeddable badge for their own site. It links straight back to CSS Crème — a clean, real backlink from a high-authority design domain, and a mark of recognition visitors trust. Drop in two lines of HTML and you're done.

Won a cycle and didn't get the email? Let us know and we'll send your badge and embed code.

✦ CSS Crème · Design Award Winner Live preview — embeds on the winner's site

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