Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Chicago Web Design Company | Stunning & Creative Navigation Menus

Why design a boring navigation?

Chicago Web Design Company
Website Design and Development

Usability is an essential goal of any website, and usable navigation is something every single website needs. It determines where visitors are led and how they interact with the website. Without a navigation bar, the interior pages of your website become useless. Menus need to be simple enough for the user to understand, but also contain the elements necessary to guide the user through the website — with some creativity and good design ingenuity.


Here the web designer wrapped the navigation around the side of the content area, and when the user hovers or clicks over the tab, the tab extends. The texture really adds to the design as well making it wonderful to interact with.


This example is one of my favorites as it includes hand drawn elements. This really accentuates the talent of the illustrators and web designers. These icons are not only user friendly, but unique at the same time.


I may be biased, but hand drawn icons are something that is really attractive and interesting to look at since there are so many different illustration techniques that can be incorporated into a design. These are a little 'hipster' but after all - has this ever been seen before?

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When I’m looking at excellent web design for design inspiration, one of my favorite aspects of design to notice is the navigation menu and the footer. While I enjoy seeing excellent designs of all type and various aspects of the site, a well-designed and well-executed navigation menu can have more impact on my appreciation of a site than any other single piece of the design.

In this post I’d like to take a look at more than 50 stellar examples of navigation menus that positively impact the design of a website. The list includes a great deal of variety. Regardless of what you personally prefer, there should be some inspirational examples in here for you.

Integraphix, a Chicago Web Design Company


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