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Where the design must not make the reading harder.

9 winners · best 8.28

The Pick

CANALSCANALS is a personal passion project, celebrating the history and creation of the iconic Amsterdam canals through an editorial style, visual design piece. The look: Dutch avant-garde poster, huge red geometric display lettering and a flat red circle laid over a classical Dutch painting, with rotated sidebar micro-type.

Good is the New CoolIn a world filled with negative news, GITNC's website focuses on the good being done globally. This blog highlights innovative initiatives that are transforming our society. The look: Swiss modernist editorial, tight grotesque headline set flush left on off-white, hard grid columns and a single orange accent. Its headline: “We make stories & experiences that fill the Hope Gap.”

SeasonedDedicated to bridging the gap between design education and professional practice, Seasoned is a digital hub for brand learning with a rich collection of e-books and expert insights. The look: retro TV nostalgia, grainy analog film still framed as a CRT screen with channel/date overlay, condensed slab and swash script headline in cream and pink. Its headline: “The brand creation kitchen.”

The BlimpA dynamic music catalog featuring latest releases, interviews, videos, and more. The look: brutalist web, oversized condensed grotesk masthead, monochrome grey card grid with crop marks and tiny mono labels.

Into The AmazonInto the Amazon follows a drop of water from summit to sea, revealing its vital role in the ecosystem through the perspectives of locals, scientists, and explorers. The look: photo-led editorial longform, a full-bleed landscape photograph with a large letter-spaced serif title floating over it, minimal chrome at the edges.

Travel Next LevelTravel Next Level offers unforgettable journeys and hidden gems, with curated travel content and affiliate recommendations through our partner, CHECK24. The look: surrealist photomontage, a floating white door opening onto sky over a mirror-calm sea — a dreamlike impossible scene staged like a surrealist canvas.

FUNCTIONFUNCTION is a celebration of Ballroom—a platform for culture, stories, and events that centers BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ voices, spotlighting brilliance in local and global Ballroom scenes. The look: fashion editorial minimalism, mirrored full-bleed dark video still with tight condensed grotesque headline overlaid and tiny centred caption type. Its headline: “Function 10 is a platform for Ballroom culture, stories, and events.”

Vogue Business | ArchrivalGen Z Broke the Marketing Funnel Part II: What Now? Report by Archrival for Vogue Business. The look: digital collage maximalism, pixelated blue blobs, grass-photo backdrop, cut-out floating heads and clashing type all layered like a scrapbook pasted over a screen grab.

Every site here won a Site of the Day or a Site of the Month. 9 carry this category; the 8 shown are the ones we hold full marks and a palette for, best score first. Scores, categories and each team's own description are published by Awwwards. Studios' own portfolios are excluded throughout.

How magazine & blog websites are designed

Magazine & Blog Website Design in 2026

What sets them apart

Typography: headlines set enormous, so the words are the picture. 56% of magazine & blog winners, 18% of all winners.
Microinteractions: small reactions — a button answers when you touch it. 44% of magazine & blog winners, 20% of all winners.
Clean: a lot of empty space left alone. 44% of magazine & blog winners, 22% of all winners.

What they are built with

GSAP on 22% · WebGL on 11% · Vercel on 11% · Three.js on 11% · Next.js on 11% of magazine & blog winners.

Magazine & Blog website color palettes

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