Banksy once said “Most things look better when you put them in a circle”, but he probably wasn’t thinking about website navigation when he did. Its rare to see a menu based on a circle and for good reason, they tend not to be very user friendly (especially on a website that needs to be accessible) and often take up too much room on a page. Making content fit around them (and look good) can be a pain. That said it doesn’t mean there aren’t any good examples of circular navigation.

Below are 5 examples that I’ve come across, they’re all built in Flash, but I wouldn’t mind betting there are some good examples of circle based menus built in HTML5 that I’ve not spotted. If you know of any sites worthy of this list let me know in the comments.

Roger & Gallet

Self Titled

The Toke

Instantanés de Provence

Zeebee