You can’t browse a decent CSS gallery without spotting a few websites with this sexy round detail, usually on the left, usually with a logo or a name in it, and usually extended as a favicon. We begin our journey with one of our favorite CSS galleries, the clean & creative oriented siteInspire and get to the biggest circle fetishist out there, which seems to be Richad Perez of Skinny Ships. Any comments and suggestions are highly appreciated!
siteInspire
Purple, Rock, Scissors
5pieces
Cooper Lumen
Tink
Uzik
Campbell Hay
Proud Creative
Public School
Beyond the Pixels
Garriock & Associates
Monk
Zara Picken
Future Buro
Rick Banks
Remote Location
Estetically Loyal
Skinny Ships
So, as Banksy said:
thx jorge martins!
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davidperel July 28, 2009
Damn you beat me to it. I have also been collecting sites which follow the circle trend. Nice round up though, you got some which I missed. Personally I am enjoying this trend, I like the softness that they give a site.
inspiredmag July 28, 2009
Ha! Glad I was faster :P
Congrats for your new start guys, thx for the comment, cheers!
Faramarz Hashemi July 28, 2009
Fantastic list! I like this this site. you got yourself a new fan
Chris Robinson July 28, 2009
Nice roundup
jorgemartins July 28, 2009
As Banksy said:
“Most Things Look Better When You Put Them In a Circle”
http://bit.ly/uGNfA
Captain_Howdy July 28, 2009
Great article! I love reading about these design trends. One day I'll update my blog(s). One day. Haha.
Graham July 29, 2009
Nice collection, very interesting how so many are using the circle is very mych the same way.
Ram July 29, 2009
Circle design: http://sjelensspeil.no
Clark July 29, 2009
Everything looks better when you put it in a circle
Aen Tan July 29, 2009
How about http://ateconsulting.net/? It only has circles, text and scrollbars.
Aen Tan July 29, 2009
How about http://ateconsulting.net/? It only has circles, text and scrollbars.
inspiredmag July 29, 2009
Wow, Ate is on the top of the wave :D Nice find Aen!
inspiredmag July 29, 2009
:)) Didn't know about this one, I'll add it to the post right now, thx!!
inspiredmag July 29, 2009
Thx Faramarz, pls stay tuned mate!
sahus July 29, 2009
very nice list! surely the circle designs encompass the companies branding and logo design so in their cases it's not really a trend but something that will stick with them for a long time!? However this has given me some inspiration for a new logo design so thankyou!
benjamindauer July 30, 2009
Nice examples. Here's another (also and incredibly inspiring source of design related work):
Grafik Cache: http://www.grafikcache.com/
Cheers
Jens Muster October 21, 2009
Saw loads of that shape on here! http://noncollective.com
Jenson Media November 7, 2009
Some great sites there, well done!
Here is another resource for inspiration and some quality free fonts…
http://ripetype.com.au
alone January 20, 2010
Great post!! Thank you!!
Phil D. January 20, 2010
Nice roundup! I too love the circle
Tim Canny January 20, 2010
I was thinking the same thing about circles when I designed these logos :] –
http://www.cafepress.com/gigocorp.284937986
http://www.opensourcecatholic.com/about-osc
ester January 21, 2010
The circle recall the ancient use of seals. The use of this shape is deep connected with the communication. Many old Italian Universities have their logo round.
Nice theory anyway, I’ll try it me too. ^__^
Douglas Bonneville January 21, 2010
This is a well-rounded list. I’ve circled it for further consideration. Had a ball reading it. Didn’t know circles had such a large sphere of influence in design trends.
I guess if you are looking to be trendy, there is no point reinventing the wheel. Just copy what others are doing, regardless of the circular-logic you might use to justify your rip-off.
Rob Russo January 22, 2010
@Douglas Bonneville
You had me rolling in the floor … almost laughing.
gabriella May 27, 2010
Love it! Thanks for posting this. I am in the process of rebranding my company’s website and logo, and my boss just approved a new logo with….circles!
Matt November 6, 2010
How about that slick edition number circle over at A List Apart http://www.alistapart.com/
Azhar Kamar April 30, 2011
I love circular logos, I just made one for my blog a few weeks ago (the one in my gravatar). My logo was inspired by Ars Technica’s.
jamus September 2, 2011
Nice post. Here is one I’ve been recently been involved with. Lovely free Ebook too. http://www.youarethemapmaker.com/