26 Horizontal Websites

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Horizontal websites are a great new way to create unique web experiences. Instead of the usual vertical scrolling with the majority of websites, designers have been looking at new ways for the user to view content. Mostly horizontal websites have been apparent in designer portfolios. With wide screen monitors becoming more and more popular, this experience could be a great new way of interacting on the web.

Inspiration is Contagious

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Detruk is a French web designer who works for an international telecom group. He lives in Marseille (south of France) with his wife. Detruk runs his blog at http://detruk.blogspot.com where he speaks about everything he likes and discovers from Web design and Graphic design.

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Lucinda – eightyone design

February 17, 2009 at 11:52 am

There are some awesome sites here! Really like the style of the Sonido web portfolio.

joyoge designers’ bookmark

February 17, 2009 at 6:19 pm

nice list thanks

AthenaEmily

February 17, 2009 at 8:27 pm

great list! I like to see these horizontal websites. They are great! Thanks for the list!

Madalina

February 18, 2009 at 5:25 pm

Gotta love a nice horizontal layout
Very inspirational collection, thanks!

Peter

February 19, 2009 at 2:27 am

Horizontal web sites are not a new phenomenum. I have designed and built them since the early 2000s. As much as I admire them unfortunately my clients are less inclined to have one because they believe they are counter-intuitive which I happen to agree with. Still, some pretty sites in this show case. Well done.

hasrimy

February 20, 2009 at 2:12 pm

Thanks!

Antonio

February 21, 2009 at 6:25 am

Hi,
Found another horizontal one that look pretty good.
http://www.publicidadeviva.com

Ryan Briscall

February 21, 2009 at 8:51 am

Cool sites. Here is another collection of horizontal websites. if you scroll to the right up to about 70%, you’ll see an index of sites: http://www.thehorizontalway.com/

George

February 23, 2009 at 7:52 pm

A horizontal layout is as intuitive as the designer makes it. If the gestalt of the design does not make the navigation options clear, of course it will be counter-intuitive — the same can be said for vertical layouts. In many of the examples, the content is primarily able to fit on one page. In this case, the only difference between this and a standard one-page layout is the sliding animation involved, which is much more visually dynamic than simply clicking a link and loading a new page.

Sebastian

March 2, 2009 at 11:46 am

I like horizontal websites. I’m not a designer but that format can give a lot for experimenting I think. Why not to mix vertical and horizontal doing a website in L, T or just a big square out of fit from your screen where your screen can scroll even in diagonal with your mouse?

teo

March 11, 2009 at 8:02 am

most of these design are so cute with very creative graphics!! but I think that horizontal design for websites isn’t so usable as we can think… so.. greatings for these design but not for horizontal layout .. bye

jon

March 12, 2009 at 2:35 am

Another great example with a clever double menu twist is austrailian agency: http://www.swearwords.com.au

LeadDev

March 28, 2009 at 10:56 am

i like this site on a wide monitor
http://tmgdenver.com

gh3

May 12, 2009 at 4:18 am

Here you are another one: http://blog.cnc-costumenational.com

Terry

May 12, 2009 at 8:52 am

Thanks for the great list, here is another one I recently came across http://www.clholloway.co.za

Tanaka13 – Créations du Net

May 12, 2009 at 9:26 am

a great list so far! very inspirative!

brent

May 12, 2009 at 10:26 am

another one: http://www.inmotionactive.com/

works well with the whole fitness thing.

Hans Kuijpers

May 12, 2009 at 10:36 am

Found another one… Dutch, created with Joomla!
http://www.elfletterig.nl
The title of each post contains eleven characters.

Matt

May 12, 2009 at 11:32 am

Another to add to the collection:
http://sursly.com/

Hakki

May 12, 2009 at 8:44 pm

Horizontal Layout is making a comeback… Its always better to scroll sideways, almost like flipping a page in real life, the interaction is simply natural. Very inspirational collection, thank you.

Detruk

May 13, 2009 at 12:45 am

Thanks for all your comments !

Charlie Gentle

May 13, 2009 at 7:14 pm

Thanks for featuring my site. I’ve actually just redesigned it (while keeping the horizontal scroll) so if you could please redo your image, that’d be great!

I really like this kind of design for small sites with only a few pages of content. For anything bigger, it just isn’t very practical.