11 Inspiring Website Header Examples

Appearing at the top of most websites, headers play an important part in introducing a webpage and giving people the controls to experience it.

Headers facilitate movement, with navigational options, buttons, and other UI elements that point visitors in the directions and toward the actions you want them to take. As well as helping with usability, website headers can have a higher branding purpose, containing logos, marketing messaging, and other elements that tie into an organization’s identity. Why not get creative with your website header?

We’re going to take you through a wide range of website header examples, showing how they help visitors and improve user experiences.

ChainGPT Labs

ChainGPT Labs is a company that helps simplify the creation of blockchain apps. Featuring animated robots, grid lines, and computer terminal-inspired typography, its website captures the excitement of this emerging technology.

At the top, a website header features ChainGPT Labs’ logo, navigation options, and a call-to-action button in a warm orange that contrasts well with the neutral grey background. Adding to the high-tech feel, a glitchy hover animation scrambles the text when the mouse moves over it. Everything comes together giving it a futuristic look and feel that evokes the innovation of Web3.

Glass Frog

From social media to television spots, Glass Frog offers a wide range of marketing services. Their agency website invites people in with an otherworldly ambiance of cool blues, rich greens, shimmering frogs, and hypnotic parallax scrolling.

At the top right of the website header a vertical menu offers a short list of navigational options. As one moves through, a green arrow points to each active section. It’s a simple setup that works so well in guiding visitors through.

Along with its straightforward navigation, there’s a sound on/off toggle switch. Activating the audio fills the experience with the gentle calls of frogs. It’s a unique touch that adds an extra dimension to the experience of its amphibian-themed design.

Leftside (Made with Vev)

Thomas Olofsson and his design studio Leftside demonstrate his illustration talents in a dynamic portfolio filled with scrolling effects and animations. This one-page design, built with Vev, feels expansive with horizontal sections revealing examples of his work and parallax scrolling effects that add layers and depth.

The website header takes a minimalist approach with a concise nav menu, a light/dark toggle button created using Vev's Variables feature, and a scroll progress bar. With so much going on visually in the rest of the website, this simple header is useful without getting in the way.

Ayocin

While the product design of air purifiers often doesn’t go beyond that of practicality, Atmoslamp offers a hybrid purifier/lamp that looks more like a modern piece of furniture than it does a plastic appliance.

With a gorgeous hero section bathed in the colors of natural light, elegant typography, and featuring a photo of the Atmoslamp at the center, the design evokes luxury. The website header features Ayocin’s minimalist logo, glassmorphic blur, UI elements, and a call-to-action button to “Pre-Order Now” that fits in seamlessly with the rest of the design.

Sonder

Sonder helps businesses make better-informed marketing decisions through data and research. With a website filled with big typography and rich blocks of color, it has a modern aesthetic that focuses on clarity, making it easy to understand what their company specializes in.

When first landing, there’s a big white space to the left of the black and white hamburger menu. As one scrolls a pink square with the text “Sonder in 60 seconds” moves into a fixed position. Hitting the play icon opens up a video, making it possible to view it right in the website header. It’s a unique feature that lets people learn more about Sonder without having to go to a separate section or page.

QuatreCentQuatre

Based in Montreal, Quebec, QuatreCentQuatre (4C4) is an agency that blends artistry, marketing, and usability to create impactful designs for its clients. On their website they combine quirky illustrations, scroll-triggered animations, stylish typography, and a friendly color palette that captures the essence of who they are and the work they do.

In its website header, QuatreCentQuatre includes several interactive elements. Hovering over any of the links reveals colored buttons, and scrolling down turns the top navigation into an abbreviated form. These subtle interactions compliment well the other small touches of animations that appear throughout the space.

PTC SaaS (Made with Vev)

PTC SaaS works in the realm of business software, with a suite of cloud-based applications that help companies automate tasks, manage data, and streamline their workflows. This Vev built website, features a wide range of imaginative animations and visuals that fit in well with data and technology.

This is a one-page website, but one never feels lost in its content. A website header, with well-spaced navigation options and a green progress bar, shows exactly where someone is as they scroll. While there is a lot of content to take in, this header makes the experience feel more manageable, providing a strong visual hook that reflects the theme of efficiency.

RTR FM

Based in Perth, Australia, the community radio station 92.1 RTR FM offers an eclectic mix of music, supported by the contributions of its listeners. While it's hard to escape algorithms in the age of streaming,  terrestrial radio stations like RTR FM are so important in discovering artists you might not otherwise come across.

Its website header serves multiple purposes. There are drop-down menus that offer visitors links to content about their programming and community. There are also separate nav options to pages about their events and how to donate. Any radio station should inspire people to listen, and RTR FM makes it easy with a prominent audio button in the top right that let’s you tune into what they’re currently playing.

Nod

Nod runs 10-week boot camps teaching the fundamentals of Python and its practical applications. The first thing visitors see when they land is a colorful display of shapes spelling out the word “coding.” Hovering over any of these letters causes them to spring back and forth. At the top of the website header, we see another bouncy animation with a line that underscores the options in the top nav. These are playful interactions that set an upbeat tone right from the start.

Topaz Labs

Topaz Labs offers an impressive ai-powered tool for enhancing video footage. The website header encapsulates all of the essential information like system requirements, a “Buy $299” call-to-action button, and the message to, “Unleash your cinematic superpowers”.

Right below the top, there’s a full-screen visual that lets you compare unprocessed footage to that which has been enhanced.  We love how they get straight to the point in showing how Topaz Labs’ software works, rather than putting too much text or technical specs at the beginning.

Shopify

Coming out twice a year, Shopify Editions updates its users about Shopify’s new features and improvements. It’s full of helpful text and video content aimed at keeping their users informed.

Along with a mesmerizing opening of floating spheres representing different facets of Shopify, a website header offers simple navigation. A drop-down reveals links to the most recent issues of Spotify Editions, and a handy search bar helps visitors find specific information they may be after.

Build Websites With Creative Headers With Vev

Our goal at Vev is to help designers, no matter your technical ability, in taking your ideas and turning them into fully functioning websites. Along with layout elements and animation pre-sets, Vev also offers components like hamburger menus and scroll bars, which are often found in website headers. Best of all, there’s no need to code, with everything you need to create easily accessible in Vev’s visual editor.