Best Online Magazine Website Designs
Digital magazine and editorial websites that reimagine publishing for the web. These designs balance rich content density with visual breathing room, creating layouts that invite exploration. From fashion editorials to culture publications, each site demonstrates how magazines use dynamic grids, featured story hierarchies, and multimedia integration to create reading experiences that rival and often surpass their print counterparts.
NPR
News-magazine layout: red logo, dense top nav, a lead story with photo, and a four-card story grid below.
Kinfolk
Whitespace-heavy editorial: serif ‘KINFOLK’ wordmark, a centered issue title and a single cover shot.
The Century Foundation
White editorial grid of articles with illustrations and red category tags; striped red logo and a red newsletter bar.
The Daily Dot
Centered serif masthead over a full-width feature photo and a bold serif headline; clean news layout.
Refinery29
Four-across image-card grid under a centered logo and broad category nav; magazine kickers and headlines.
Some Ecards
Entertainment feed with a video lead, a ranked “Popular Now” list and sketch-style ecard illustrations.
Vanity Fair
Tall serif masthead, a trending-story thumbnail strip and a three-column editorial feed with a red tag.
Vox
Yellow-accented news front with a slab wordmark, an italic “Latest News” list and a full-height photo lead.
Harvard Law Review
Pale green diamond-pattern hero, a black crest masthead, a big serif feature headline, and article listings.
The Great Discontent
Condensed bold wordmark, a moody portrait, and a black serif pull-quote box with a bylined avatar.
Bustle
Clean white magazine grid: two big photo lead cards with dark caption bars and a Must Reads sidebar.
Politico Magazine
Dark masthead over a bold lead story—Bible-and-flag photo, red category label, serif headline, teasers.