Design
14 Fantastic Footer Designs
A classic, and often under used element of web design is the footer. Whilst some would argue that people rarely see these, it doesn’t mean that time and consideration can’t be taken to reward those that do. Also, in recent years as screen resolutions rise and screens get larger, design (even responsive) still seems to reach a maximum of 990 or 960, leaving our ‘south of the fold’ friends popping up onto the screen far more often.
Feel free to share any further designs worth mentioning in the comments below.
Cast Iron Designs
Jenier Teas
Infinvision
PRWeb
The Daily Beast
Adaptd
ZDNet
FourtySeven Media
A List Apart
Tunnel7
Bohemia Design
Magasin
Colorcubic
Freehand Futurist
NequanAugust 10, 2012 at 8:43 am
I never really spent much time looking at the footer of a website unless I’m looking for a contact or affiliate link, but I must admit, some of these footers look really cool. I especially like the Jenier Teas and the Magasin. Those footer had some obvious thought put into them.
I suppose the main use of a footer is to link to parts of the site that the average viewer wouldn’t need but it is a pleasant surprise to see some life down there. Maybe one day I’ll redo the footer on my site.
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BloomaticAugust 11, 2012 at 1:15 am
I liked many of the designs on this article. My favorite is “Infinvision” because it uses an interesting color scheme. The footer is the last thing we see when we come to a page. I am convinced that if a visitor comes to the bottom of our website, find an image deserves to be nice and that in turn provide a specific message about the content of the page.
KennyKAugust 12, 2012 at 12:35 am
Nice selection Aidan. Being a website designer myself, I find it very important to have a good footer that matches with the design and feeling of the site + is also useful on it’s own.
I like how some designers get creative, play around with subtle color use and give something extra in their footer.
karlajjAugust 13, 2012 at 10:40 am
I never even thought about designing the footer with the reader in mind. I like the ones that add the drop us a line or join the mailing list. I am definitely going to start keeping my footer in mind.
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MoniqueSeibelAugust 13, 2012 at 11:14 am
I really love the first two (Cast Iron & Jenier Teas) footer designs. Definitely inspiring me to greatly improve the lack of footer design on my own page.
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TashWordAugust 13, 2012 at 3:06 pm
Every part of your webapge builds your brand and style so a footer needs to be done just as carefully as the header, I think.
it also needs to be useful and easy to navigate for those who does use it. I know I go to a footer for some information or if I’ve scrolled down reading the page I may use the footer rather than scroll back to a menu.
The Infinvsision one above – is that really the footer? It is so big! I also find it hard to read on that red background so it’s not a footer I could choose.
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ohiotom76August 14, 2012 at 3:22 am
They’ve certainly come a long way since the days of cramming a bunch of tiny links at the bottom along with a privacy policy and copyright notice. I like how they have become more legible, adopting more of a newspaper style format.
KennyKAugust 14, 2012 at 9:47 pm
That’s definitely a huge improvement. You can still see that around the web, sites with copyright, all rights reserved, and some links about privacy, TOS etc and maybe “design by ..”, but I’m glad that with new evolutions (especially social media, mobile internet, etc), footers and other parts of websites are getting more interactive and modern.
cmartenSeptember 7, 2012 at 12:38 am
Footers are rather like the P.S. in a letter. They should include some information that is important enough to add on to the bottom of the site. Contact links, copyright and all that are important, but there has to be a reason for the site viewer to scroll down there. Your whole website can’t be above the fold.
Because I like whimsical graphics, I’m quite fond of Magasin above, as well as Jenier Teas’s little boat.
MatieSeptember 11, 2012 at 9:41 am
Colorcubic looks the most elegant of all, and Infinivision shows the trend of converting your footer into an icon by adding small cute elements that add to the overall design of the page.
PaladinSeptember 24, 2012 at 1:08 am
These are all very great footer designs indeed! I really like the Jenier Tea one. I think footer designs are important and that they are actually seen a lot more than people think. Most of the time I will scroll through the whole page of a site so I don’t miss anything interesting.
McColloughNovember 9, 2012 at 9:17 am
We’ve come a long way from the days when a footer was simply the place where we buried all of our required info (privacy policy, copyright, etc.) and gave no concern to. These footers are beautiful and encourage the visitor to read even further. I’m going to have to rethink how I use the footers on my own sites.
vida_llevaresNovember 9, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Yes. We are now in tough economic times but also in the era of smart financial decisions. We need to make sure that everything we are spending our money for should pay off.
cheaNovember 15, 2012 at 11:46 am
great footers. I like Jenier Teas the most. I’m looking for ideas on how to improve the footer in one of my sites. I wish you would include to css for them.