30 Examples of Parallax Scrolling Effects in Web Design

Posted by Chris Thurman on Nov 28th

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Parallax scrolling effects have become an increasingly popular trend in web design. The basic idea of parallax is having different elements scroll along different site lines. This often gives viewers an increased sense of depth in the design. Many web designs are incorporating such parallax elements to add visual interest and intrigue as users scroll down (or across a page). Some sites use it more obviously while others simply use it as a subtle compliment to the overall design. Either way, it’s quite an impressive effect and one that should continue to gain popularity as the web experiences become more vibrant and rich.

Showcase of the Parallax Scrolling Effect

Here are 30 amazing websites that utilize the parallax scrolling effect. At the bottom of the post, I’ve also linked to a few tutorials on how to achieve this effect in your own designs. Enjoy!

Mo’s and Bows

Eric Johansson

TedxPortland

Smokey Bones

Billy’s Downtown Diner

David Beckham

Cultural Solutions

Campaign Monitor

Appmiral

egopop

Beer Camp at SXSW

Kisko Labs

Kontakt & Impressum

Row the Pole

Atlantis World’s Fair

IWC Shaffhausen

Nike Better World

Improving Speed

The Beatles Rock Band

Head 2 Heart

XHTML Slicing

Johan Reinhold

Loopclick

Dezignus

Farmhouse Fare

Rastape

Jan Ploch

Cantilever Fish & Chips

Netlash bSeen

Sullivan NYC

Parallax Tutorials

The following resources will be helpful for those of you looking to achieve the parallax effect in your own designs. Feel free to add additional resources and questions in the comments section below.

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Written by Chris Thurman

Chris is a designer, videographer, motion graphics artist, and Apple connoisseur. He's also the founder of Visual Swirl. Follow him on Twitter for design-related updates and tasty snacks.

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NikeBetterWorld has really amazing scrolling effect & beautiful unique web design
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Anonymous

Hey, I have found another great example of parallax effect in HTML5: https://bitly.com/ . Do you like this one?
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Regis

Nice …, another example for happy new year card, a scrolling effects : http://bit.ly/AaIDit for digital agency : http://www.mba-multimedia.com
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Last year i made this one: http://www.planetclean-france.com
nice roundup, thanks for sharing
http://twitter.com/BCultureMedia B Culture Media

Parallax scrolling is an amazing web design feature borrowed from game design that B Culture Media has recently written about at http://bculturemedia.blogspot.com/
http://www.sherwinhermogenes.com/ Web Designer Philippines

this website is really cool. thanks for listing it.
Wallforme

Can you please provide links for tutorials as well.
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Excellent designs. Its really interesting to apply it on my website. Thanks
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Impressive scrolling effects examples. Great to inspire with it . Thanks
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Useful share. good to see some nicely designed inspiration. Thanks for sharing.
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This one is amazing.. http://www.superbotentertainment.com
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Check out this excellent example:
http://sixtyseven.com/clients/nebu It features animations in the parallax as well.
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it’s very nice is actually a good post………
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Excellent collection.The parallax scrolling is in trend now a days.Parallax scrolling plays an important
role in web designing.Some of the
examples are so impressive.Thanks for sharing such a nice post.
http://www.cyberdesignz.com/ Website Design

Awesome showcase of web design. I really like and enjoy these design. Thanks for sharing..
http://www.goldtree.co.za/ Durban Design

Do you think http://www.goldtree.co.za would look awesome with parallax?
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Nice post………….
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Had a great time developing this one! Lots of cool JS and quite an interesting nav system – what d’ya think?? http://www.heatpumpdryers.com
Darren Corbett

Simple but quite effective example built as part of promotion for forensic science products

http://www.fosterfreeman.com/CLI.html
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Guest

Nice collection, but I would rather say that some of those sites are not really parallax.
http://webdesy.com/ Kenneth von Rauch

Wow, I didn’t realize that so many sites actually use this effect. It’s a pretty neat one. The only concern that I have is whether it deteriorates one’s site’s performance. Does it slow it down?
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this one is using a parallax effect with an animation indexed on the Y position :
http://www.chamane-energydrink.com/
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EB

Here’s a great timeline for ADT that uses parallax scrolling. http://blog.usabilla.com/15-reasons-why-parallax-scrolling-in-web-design-is-awesome/#comment-32295 Check it out!
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It’s interesting to see that parallaxing is catching on so much that even chains like Smokey Bones are utilizing it… Love the Mo’s and Bow’s event page – adorable and kitschy in the best way.
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It’s interesting to see that parallaxing is catching on so much that even chains like Smokey Bones are utilizing it… Love the Mo’s and Bow’s event page – adorable and kitschy in the best way.

30 Examples of Parallax Scrolling Effects in Web Design

Showcase of the Parallax Scrolling Effect

Mo’s and Bows

Eric Johansson

TedxPortland

Smokey Bones

Billy’s Downtown Diner

David Beckham

Cultural Solutions

Campaign Monitor

Appmiral

egopop

Beer Camp at SXSW

Kisko Labs

Kontakt & Impressum

Row the Pole

Atlantis World’s Fair

IWC Shaffhausen

Nike Better World

Improving Speed

The Beatles Rock Band

Head 2 Heart

XHTML Slicing

Johan Reinhold

Loopclick

Dezignus

Farmhouse Fare

Rastape

Jan Ploch

Cantilever Fish & Chips

Netlash bSeen

Sullivan NYC

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