27 Stunning Examples of Header Design Inspiration

Headers are the usually the first thing you see so the examples shown have gone for big, bold and beautiful headers that give the design character while also making them very memorable.

Alexandra Tong

alexandraTong

Duirwaigh Studios

duirwaighStudios

Designslurp

designslurp

Matt Mullenweg

matt

Cosmive

cosmiv

PSD Layout Design

psdlayout

Webstaze

webstaze

Ectomachine

ectomachine

CSS Leak

cssleak

CTL

ctl

Dragon Interactive

dragoninteractive

Gummisig

gummisig

Feed Stitch

feedStitch

Jesús Rodríguez Velasco

jrvelasco

Vidget Inspire

vidgetInspire

Corvus Design Studio

corvusart

Pixel Resort

pixelResort

Frisk Design

frisk

RCI UK

rciuk

Mirasim

mirasim

Squarespace

squarespace

Firefox 3.5

firefox

Delicious Monster

deliciousLibrary2

Cult Foo

cultFoo

Versions

versions

Dizzain

dizzain

Toucouleur

toucouleur

Author Tom Kenny

I'm the creater of Inspect Element and currently work as a web designer for TUI Travel. You can view my portfolio and follow me on Twitter.

Discussion

  1. Desizn Tech says:

    Very inspirational post. good job

  2. Edgar Leijs says:

    Nice, nice, nice!!! I like headers especially since Wordpress became so populair and we all embraced template design. In ‘blog’ style templates it’s all about the header!

    Thanks for this inspirational selection!

  3. BenDesign says:

    i like the Dizzain Header. beautyfull design!

  4. Design55 says:

    Nice collection for inspiration. Thanks!

  5. Chris Green says:

    Amazing set of headers. I especially like the underwater one.

  6. Manoj says:

    Great for inspiration!

  7. Abounding says:

    I’m noticing a trend with headers: they’re getting bigger. Some of these take up the majority of the space ‘above the fold’. I guess it needs to be stunning if you’re going to give it that much real-estate. Nice work one way or the other.

  8. MiscCollect says:

    My web developers are so passe` there is no excitement when a potential buyer clicks on my webstore. I know, I’m talking banners, not headers but think about it. What peaks your curiousity enough to actually look. A picture of course. Worth a thousand words. If first glimpse shows only part of the picture, its a sure bet it will get opened just to view the rest of the pic. From there in, its your job to hold their attention

  9. really good examples to create headers.

  10. Derek Tan says:

    great selection of headers, but I’m sure there are more wonderful ones out there :P

  11. Tom Kenny says:

    I’m sure there are Derek. If you find any, feel free to post them in the comments here.

  12. Thanks for mentioning my site, it´s a real honor to be amongst these gentle giants.

  13. Michael says:

    Fantastic! Big fan of the Jesús Rodríguez Velasco!

  14. Kevin Marx says:

    Hey,

    Nice inspirational list.
    This could fit in the list too. http://www.webonautics.com

    Cheers
    Kevin

  15. haptonomie says:

    What a great header selection ! Have seen some on other webdesign blog but there is new original with lot of inspiration ! Thank you

  16. flynn says:

    don’t u think that huge headers like these, that serve absolutely no purpose other than to say “hey look weiners, I know photoshop”, will be next years flash intros?

  17. EthanFlo says:

    Design Slurp and Cosmive are very nice… They’re all very nice!

  18. web develop says:

    I’m loving the RCI UK header. You don’t see too much fur on website these days. Clever logo as well.

  19. Very good selection of headers. Thanx!

  20. sinetics says:

    Great collection! I love this impressive headers !

  21. thanks
    my best is Matt Mullenweg

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