Reference catalog
Where the good stuff lives.
The sites we study when designing new templates — the techniques, not the brands. Every motionvault prompt is an original brief inspired by patterns like these.
| Site | Category | What's notable | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zentry ↗ | AI / SaaS | Giant condensed type framing an iridescent wireframe mesh; mono body copy | WebGL |
| Active Theory ↗ | 3D / WebGL | Awwwards SOTD 2024. Gold particle field, glass ring logo with cyan rim, AI chat | WebGL (own engine) |
| Igloo Inc ↗ | 3D / WebGL | Awwwards SOTD 2024. Icy WebGL intro, scroll-driven 3D, infinite scroll | 3D, WebGL |
| Lusion ↗ | 3D / WebGL | Physics-driven 3D objects in a rounded frame; heavy loader | WebGL |
| Oryzo AI ↗ | 3D / WebGL | Awwwards SOTD 2026. Photoreal 3D product story, 3D–2D–3D transitions, particle footer | WebGL, GSAP, Three.js |
| Apple Vision Pro ↗ | Storytelling | Pinned full-bleed video chapters with floating windows | Apple in-house |
| Apple AirPods Pro ↗ | Storytelling | Autoplay hero with iridescent sound rings, huge headline, sticky buy pill | Apple in-house |
| Awwwards ↗ | Galleries | Sites of the Day and Month with tech tags and jury scores | — |
| 1X (NEO) ↗ | AI / SaaS | Soft light photography of humanoids with glowing face rings; calm human + machine mood | — |
| Sesame ↗ | AI / SaaS | Full-bleed lifestyle photo, serif headline; voice AI positioned as personal | — |
| ElevenLabs ↗ | AI / SaaS | Iridescent gradient voice orbs in a carousel | — |
| Linear ↗ | AI / SaaS | Precise dark typography; real product UI as the hero | — |
| Raycast ↗ | AI / SaaS | Blurred light streaks, frosted-glass nav, Windows download CTA | — |
| Kriss.ai ↗ | AI / SaaS | Awwwards SOTD. Pastel isometric 3D building with scroll hotspots | 3D, WebGL |
| basement.studio ↗ | 3D / WebGL | Explorable 3D studio room, neon wordmark, HUMAN / MACHINE toggle | WebGL |
| Stripe Sessions ↗ | Storytelling | Light editorial layout with a large iridescent 3D ribbon | — |
| Teenage Engineering ↗ | Editorial | Bold condensed headlines, icon nav, hand-drawn illustration | — |
| Envato Elements ↗ | Marketplaces | Generic web templates; strong for stock video, motion graphics, 3D and fonts | Assets |
| handstouch ↗ | Marketplaces | Creation-of-Adam hero: stacked-alpha hand video on a three.js plane (no license) | Vite, React, three.js |
| Rabbit ↗ | AI / SaaS | Black and signal orange, wide grotesk, per-OS download cards | — |
| Runway ↗ | AI / SaaS | Rounded full-width video hero card, restrained type | — |
| Vercel ↗ | AI / SaaS | White minimal, single 3D triangle, logo wall | — |
| Spline ↗ | AI / SaaS | Floating soft 3D over a grid floor; AI prompt box as hero | Spline runtime |
| Apple OS pages ↗ | Storytelling | OS overview device collage; weak as a glass reference | Apple in-house |
| MotionSites ↗ | Marketplaces | AI website prompts, section prompts, animated background videos, MCP | Prompts + CDN video |
| 21st.dev ↗ | Marketplaces | Component registry with Copy prompt, free daily quota, membership, MCP + CLI | shadcn registry |
| recent.design ↗ | Galleries | Curated design inspiration feed; sponsors + jobs monetization (Godly redirects here) | — |
| Terminal Industries ↗ | Editorial | Awwwards SOTD 2025 scroll storytelling | Vue.js, Vercel |