Here is the shortlist for the month of June!

1. 31Three

2. Mom and Popcorn

3. Mutt Ink

4. Pikaboo

5. UGSMAG

Keep them coming in July and we’ll be back next month to post some of our favorites!

Here are our favorite sites from the month of May!

1. Nadine Feghaly

2. Immersive Garden

3. McMillers Sweets Emporium

4. The Digital Invaders

5. Pieoneers

Thanks for making May a great month and keep on submitting in June!

It really was a hard decision this month, but here are the five best of April…

1. Plavacek

2. Cloudraker

3. Notomato

4. Dsdesign

5. Los Colores Olvidados

Thanks for making April a great month! Keep on submitting them!

Here are our five favorite submissions for the month of March!

1. Soccer Stadia

2. Monster CSS

3. Marshall Haber

4. Elite Webmaster

5. Bridgestone Music Festival

Many thanks to all who submitted this month! Keep them coming!

There were a lot of great submissions in February, here are our five favorite!

1. Tom Bradshaw Design

2. Raskulls

3. Duro de Roer

4. Marvin

5. Igif

Thanks to everyone who submitted in February! Keep sending them and we’ll keep posting them!

Here are our choices for the best sites of January 2010!

1. Atom Bicycles

2. Al Ingham Online

3. Rekkiabilly

4. PhiNik Portfolio

5. Raffaele Catania

Thanks to everyone who submitted last month! As usual, keep those submissions coming and we will keep on posting!

December brought us some really wonderful submissions! Picking a top five for the month was difficult. Here are the top five for December 2009:

1. Royal Robbins

2. IndoFolio.Com

3. Dan Conaway

4. Yarn Vomit

5. Villager Kent Restaurant

It was a tough call this month, there were some really great submissions. Keep those submissions coming and we will keep on posting!

We had some really great submissions in November. Here are our top five for the month:

1. eXpresa • Diseño Web Freelance

2. Go Media

3. Rachelle Kostelyk

4. HTO Surf and Swim

5. WRVS Give Us A Lift

As usual we received a lot of great submissions. Keep those submissions coming!

Here are our choices for the 5 best websites of October 2009:

1. CSS Dharma

2. Book Schoolies

3. Le Web Defi

4. Retro Football Shirts

5. Staak A Creative Digital Agency

There were so many great sites to choose from in October. Thanks to everyone who submitted. Keep those submissions coming in November!

Here are our choices for the 5 best websites of September 2009:

1. VReplay Studio

2. Sanction Skate & Snow

3. Diseno Zaragoza

4. De Blauwe Bus

5.Niksone Graphic Design

Keep those submissions coming!

Here are our choices for the 5 best websites of August 2009:

1. Dripping In Fat – This t-shirt company’s website really stands out. The horizontal scroll is an exciting way to view their products.

2. Yodaa – Fun and playful layout for a design company’s site.

3. Levi Szekeres – Great color and presentation of art work.

4. Ctrl + N – Sometimes more is well, more. This website has a great layout and is very interactive.

5. Doña Masita – Wonderful layout, great color, easy to navigate. This website has it all.

Once again we had lots of great submission in the month of August. It was really a challenge to pick the top five. Keep those submission coming and we’ll keep posting!

Here are our choices for the best 6 websites of July 2009:

1. Igogo Online Creative Agency – This web design agency’s website is fun and animated. The graphics pack a great punch and the quick portfolio on the main page certainly is memorable.

2. Graphic Design Essex – Another great website from a design agency. The horizontal scroll is, like the rest of the design, playful yet professional.

3. Periscopix – The animation on this management service’s website is the first thing you’ll notice. However, it is the exceptional design and layout that make this website user friendly while still maintaining a light and fun atmosphere.

4. Piz’za-za – Sometimes, less is more. A sleek, clean, and hip look makes this Italian restaurant’s website really pop.

5. Vash Pravoved – At first glance, it looks like a cd-rom game. The rich colors and tones convey a message of seriousness, while the navigation keeps the site playful and interesting.

6. BEI – Sometimes a blog is just a blog. Not this time. This blog has an eye-catching graphic header and the simple navigation make it easy to move through- even when it is in another language!

Once again, there were a lot of great submissions this month and even more great ones in August so far. It feels like a privilege to be able to showcase such great work here at CSS Perk, so keep the great sites coming and we’ll keep posting them.

Here are our choices for the best 5 websites of June 2009:

1. An Najma – This site for the “An Najma” belly dancing team is has a great color scheme. It also successfully captures the feel that the team is going for: a very mysterious and exotic ambiance.

2. Duirwaigh Studios – Duirwaigh means “the door on the human heart which, when opened, cause one to remember one’s magical origins”. This site definitely looks magical with it’s intricate and flowing headers and footers.

3. Guerra Creativa – A website for a really interesting idea, Guerra Creative was an easy top pick for this month. Guerra’s “Creative War” is a contest where designers get to compete with each other while working on client projects for cash prizes. Check it out.

4. Kevin Adamson – A great standout portfolio courtesy of Kevin Adamson. Adamson is an award-winning illustrator, animator, and web/graphic designer and it really shows. We really like the blend of the sketchbook type theme and creative illustrations.

5. Marketing Informatico – A pretty crazy site. While it’s in a different language, there’s still a lot to get out of it. Just scroll up into the sky and down under the sea. See if you can find the secret mole.

Once again, there were a lot of great submissions this month and even more great ones in July so far. It feels like a privelage to be able to showcase such great work here at CSS Perk, so keep the great sites coming and we’ll keep posting them.

Gardener of RGB Garden

Rambal, also known as Gardener, is from India and has been involved in graphic and web design for the last eight years. After starting his career as a graphic designer, Gardener is now the Creative Head of an advertising agency and the owner of an array of design sites.

He launched his first CSS and Flash inspiration gallery, RBG Garden,  in July 2008. From there he went on to single-handedly launch sites like Vector Valley, a free vector art resource, and Kreative Garden, a creative design blog.

Throughout his career he has launched over fifty websites, designed hundreds of brochures, and developed his own custom website CMS. In the future he plans to continue to design and launch more sites that focus on web and graphic design and inspiration. Check out the Best of RGB Garden to get inspired.

• How long have you operated RGB Garden?
  Since July 2008.

• What gave you the idea to start a CSS Gallery?

  The evolution of Open Source. Nowadays, there are too many galleries available on the net but there is a big question mark for the quality, individuality, and identity of the showcase. It’s a bit difficult to find a good design and give it proper recognition. Recognition in terms of Webby Awards, The FWA awards and some more are available but these awards are all considering either flash or CSS only. They don’t have a mix of the two mediums. So, I had decided to start my own gallery with a different flavor.

• Your site is gaining popularity. What would you attribute your success to?

  I’m won’t claim to equate  popularity with success, but it may be the process towards success. I still have a long way to go.

• What is your favorite part about running RGB Garden?

  I get to start my day with new and fresh designs. That’s very cool.

• Do you have any special plans for RGB Garden in the future?

  I have some special plans for the first year anniversary but I’m keeping them under wraps for now.

• Are you working on any other projects?

  I am working on a lot of projects at the moment.  I’m going to be launching some more new sites in the future.

• How many hours a day do you work on RGB Garden and your other projects?

  For RGB Garden: 1 hour a day. Kreative Garden: 10 hours in a week.

• Do you have any other hobbies not related to computers/internet?

  Yes. I’m a Sunday Painter (I do painting on Sundays) and a writer (I’m currently I’m writing a novel).

• Is there anyone that you look up to and try to model yourself after?

  I have many inspirations. Too many to list.

• If you didn’t know the internet existed, what would you be doing?

  I would be a full-time Painter.

• What advice would you give a new webmaster setting up their first site?

  The best advice I can give is summed up by Pablo Picasso’s quote:  “Action is the foundational key to all success.”

Here are our choices for the best 5 websites of May 2009:

1. Piksal – Online portfolio of designer Phan Hoang out of Vietnam. Hoang is the Art Director at Firework, a web a graphic design company. When visiting “Piksal” you can choose between different headers and backrouds. Give it a try.

2. RIP IE – RIP IE is a public service announcement regarding the death of Internet Explorer 6. The creators of RIP IE beg web developers from around the world to spread the word that IE is dead, or rather “born dead”. When you’re at the site, check out the vivid images and vibrant colors.

3. Hardscore Rock – While Hardscrore rock is written in Polish, they appear to offer web services such as PSD slicing, CSS design, and CMS solutions. All we know is, the have a great design and header.

4. Designer UAE – Sanjai Nath’s Designer UAE offers web design services specifically to students who need help with design and development. The site has a somewhat unusual color scheme, but it really works. Especially cool is the main navigation and the scrolling “works” display at the bottom.

5. Lendl Allen V. Trazo – Lendl Allen V. Trazo is a graphic and web designer from the Philippines. While Trazo has earned a BS in Computer Science, she refers to herself as “self-taught”. Some especially notable elements on her online portfolio are the vivid images and animated footer.

There were some great ones this month and it made it hard to pick favorites. We’ve been getting some top quality sites lately and we feel honored to be able to showcase such great work. Thanks to everyone for all the submissions. Keep them coming!

Here are our choices for the best 5 websites of April:

1. Der Vigilant

2. Kuh Boom

3. Russell Bishop

4. Saddleback Leather

5. Patrick Bizier

This was another tough month to choose the top sites. We’ve been getting so many great sites submitted to us, its really a treat to look at them all. Thanks again everyone and great job this month.