--- title: Bento Box: A Refreshing Layout Approach for Websites description: Discover Bento Box Design, a refreshing layout approach for websites that brings order, clarity, and fun to website design. Improve user experience, increase... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bento-box-a-refreshing-layout-approach-for-websites-ehlcvkvaa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Bento Box: A Refreshing Layout Approach for Websites | daily.dev og:description: Discover Bento Box Design, a refreshing layout approach for websites that brings order, clarity, and fun to website design. Improve user experience, increase... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bento-box-a-refreshing-layout-approach-for-websites-ehlcvkvaa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eHlcvKvAA.png og:image:alt: Bento Box: A Refreshing Layout Approach for Websites og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bento Box: A Refreshing Layout Approach for Websites **[asayer](https://daily.dev/sources/asayer)** · 8 min read · 138 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary Discover Bento Box Design, a refreshing layout approach for websites that brings order, clarity, and fun to website design. Improve user experience, increase engagement, and create an adaptable design. Learn about the origins, core principles, and examples of Bento Box Layouts. Explore case studies and a practical guide for implementing Bento Box Design on your own website. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@josephhansen** · 2 upvotes > This is a great design concept. One thing I've noticed with sites using a bento box style layout is that ordering of elements is often wrong, or confusing, on mobile. Bento box layout feels like a desktop-first paradigm, in the primarily mobile internet, I find myself wondering if it fits well with a mobile-first ideology **@kefis** · 1 upvotes > Again, this? That's a good example how everything in our life goes in circles. This is just more stylish old shool internet. Like first steps of websites, where everything was in boxes with it's own context. **@danclarke** · 0 upvotes > Very interesting design concept! I'm just about to start re-designing my portfolio...this gives me much to think about! > > Thanks for sharing **@patttyy** · 0 upvotes > I love the chance to read about UI styles and concepts from others. It gives you such a fresh new view of different ways to present content. For me simple is always better when I build websites. On the other hand, people tend to have a lot of flashy content popups with animations and such but maybe that's just me... :) > > Love this tho! Great read and awesome UI! **@nikolapopovic** · 0 upvotes > To me this is not new or refreshing, this has been used very frequently in the past and we have seen many companies move away from it. > To use with caution. I think it can easily create an overwhelming interface. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#ux](https://daily.dev/tags/ux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bento-box-a-refreshing-layout-approach-for-websites-ehlcvkvaa) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Bento Box: A Refreshing Layout Approach for Websites","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bento-box-a-refreshing-layout-approach-for-websites-ehlcvkvaa","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bento-box-a-refreshing-layout-approach-for-websites-ehlcvkvaa"},"datePublished":"2024-05-16T01:43:43.900Z","dateModified":"2024-05-16T01:43:42.041Z","description":"Discover Bento Box Design, a refreshing layout approach for websites that brings order, clarity, and fun to website design. 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