{"id":34757,"date":"2022-02-11T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/?p=34757"},"modified":"2023-10-10T15:19:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T13:19:40","slug":"websites-with-inspiring-menu-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/websites-with-inspiring-menu-design\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Websites with Inspiring Menu Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A few things are so essential to user experience as the menu is. Serving as a roadmap for the site, and also, to an extent, as a \u201cmeans of transportation\u201d for the users to get to a specific location, the menu is the number one navigational element and, as such, needs to be carried out perfectly.
\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]There\u2019s a lot to be said about what constitutes a good website menu, UX-wise. Clean, clear, intuitive and logical<\/strong> – these are just some of the attributes of a well-executed menu. And you don\u2019t even have to be a design wiz to understand that. Even as laymen, we are already intuitively aware of what a menu should look like and how it should work.<\/strong> We are used to finding it in certain places – quite commonly it\u2019s going to be a header menu, located at the top of the page, or a side menu, located to the left or to the right of the main content. More and more frequently, designers opt for hidden fullscreen menus, accessed through hamburger icons or variously shaped openers. Either way, we rarely actually have to look for the menu. That is, if the navigation has been designed right.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]The same goes for interactions. Menus (and their items) don\u2019t have<\/em> to be animated, but it\u2019s often best if they are. Microinteractions serve as indications that a certain action has been carried out or that it will take place if we click, scroll or hover. Take hover animations, for instance – they indicate that if we click on an item, it will take us to a place.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]And so on, and so forth. So far, we\u2019re basically just stating the obvious. A good menu means good navigation, good navigation means good UX and good UX means success. But today we actually want to talk about something else. We want to examine the menus that stand out, design-wise.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]The thing about web design is that when it\u2019s good, it\u2019s good in every single aspect – functional and<\/em> aesthetic. You can have a perfectly honest, functional and practical menu that does nothing for you because it is bland, dull, forgettable. You can also have a dashing menu with elaborate interactions, gorgeous typography and loads of embellishments, but if your visitors find it hard to use, if they even have to think<\/em> about how to use it, it\u2019s good for literally nothing.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]A website menu can be both. It can be innovative and<\/em> practical, gorgeous and<\/em> utilitarian.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]So, let\u2019s try to figure out exactly what makes a menu stand out. To do that, we\u2019re going to check out some of our favorite websites that feature innovative, dazzling, stylish, elegant, irreverent menus. In short, we\u2019re going to try to figure out what makes an inspiring menu design. Stay tuned as we go through:[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”22px”]