✦ 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.
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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
- 1Submit a site
Anyone can submit a beautiful site — your own or one you admire. We index standouts ourselves, too.
- 2Nominees go up
Each cycle's nominees land on the showcase, fully decode-able, so the work speaks for itself.
- 3The community votes
Readers vote for the designs that deserve recognition. (Voting opens with member accounts — coming soon.)
- 4A 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.
Inaugural nominees
View all in the showcase →The first cycle is seeded with sites we believe set the standard. Voting opens soon.
Think a site belongs here?
Submit it — yours or one you admire. The best work on the web deserves to be seen, studied and credited.
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