These days, it has become quite normal to come across magazine websites while browsing on the internet. Online magazines are very popular just like their close relatives made ​​of paper. Magazine websites are different from blogs and other types of websites and I find it interesting to find creative and innovative examples.

Magazine websites usually come face to face with the challenge of displaying plenty of content while maintaining good appearance. However, creating a well designed website can be a very hard undertaking. You have to ensure that it will look good while featuring plenty of content and allowing good usability. Thus, designers often take inspiration from the offline magazine layouts and designs. A lot of principles employed in designing a paper magazine can be transferred to web design easily. Some are quite obvious while others can be easily overlooked.

Magazine websites need to provide a user experience and style that meets advertiser and reader expectations, regardless of the presence or quality of print magazines. They often use appealing headlines and lots of engaging images on the front page supported by cool slider features, review systems and breaking news header bars.

Magazine web design defines modern publication style and also presents the publication digitally to a potentially wider audience than print magazines.

In this post, I have featured more than 30 creative magazine websites for your inspiration. I have tried to find magazine style website that are interesting and innovative. I hope that by browsing on my short list, you will come to know more than just the the principles employed in creating successful magazine websites. Further, it is my wish that you will realize how to take design conventions and ideas from one media and apply them to another.

Once you are done browsing, please take a second to post your thoughts and suggestions on the comment section below. If this post was able to educate you, do not hesitate to share it with your friends.

Interview – MORE INFO

interview

Colors Magazine – MORE INFO

colorsmagazine

The New Minimum – MORE INFO

the newminimum

Esquire – MORE INFO

esquire

BKLYNR – MORE INFO

bklynr

Familiar – MORE INFO

famiiar

Newsweek– MORE INFO

newsweek

Nautilus – MORE INFO

nautilus

Works That Work –  MORE INFO

workthatworks

Design Made in Germany – 13-1 –  MORE INFO

dmig13

Inventory Magazine – MORE INFO

inventory

Reformat– MORE INFO

reformat

Method 10×10– MORE INFO

methood10x10

Polygon – MORE INFO

polygon

A MAGAZINE – MORE INFO

amagazine

Argon Magazine– MORE INFO

argon

Quartz – MORE INFO

QUARTZ

Monocle – MORE INFO

MONOCLE

Not Coming to a Theater Near You – MORE INFO

NOTCOMMING

Editer Journal *– MORE INFO

editerjournal

 

Revolver– MORE INFO

revolver

Billionaire – MORE INFO

billionaire

Never Underdressed – MORE INFO

neverundressed

Lumière– MORE INFO

lumei

Frieze – MORE INFO

frieze

The Great Discontent– MORE INFO

thegreatdiscontent

Fray– MORE INFO

fraymagazinee

Process Journal – MORE INFO

process

Studio Magazine – MORE INFO

studiopress

Lula Magazine – MORE INFO

lulamagazine

The Calvert Journal– MORE INFO

calvert

8faces – MORE INFO

8PIECES