Experimental WordPress Themes

Gridlocked: Minimalistic Portfolio WordPress Theme

August 8, 2011 | Experimental, Portfolio

Gridlocked is a grid-based, post-format supporting, layout-shuffling, minimalistic Portfolio WordPress theme for creatives. It is both a classic portfolio for showcasing your work and a modern tumblr-style blogging system.
A truly versatile theme, Gridlocked can be configured to focus on your work, your blogging, or both. Support for post formats means you can jazz up your blog with your own self-hosted video, audio, images, galleries, asides, links, quotes and of course good old standard posts.

Price: 35
Designer/Developer: OrmanClark
Marketplace: ThemeForest
Date released: May 26th, 2011

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Rating 3.00 out of 5

Rivo! – Creative WordPress Theme

May 9, 2011 | Creative, Experimental

Rivo! – Creative WordPress Theme is a unique theme with many possibilities. Bold menus and functional galleries make this site appropriate for many types of users!

Rating 3.00 out of 5

Sideways Portfolio WordPress Theme

January 11, 2011 | Art, Creative, Experimental, Photography, Portfolio

Sideways is a portfolio theme that offers both horizontal and grid layouts. It incorporates eye catching full screen background images that scale to fit all resolutions and window sizes as well as strong and elegant typography and design.

Theme Features

Unique Horizontal scrolling layouts
Fullscreen background images unique to each page
Working AJAX / PHP contact form with basic spam protection
7 Flexible page templates
20+ shortcodes including YouTube and Vimeo video thumbnail links
Custom widgets
Translation ready
Unlimited sidebars
Improved tabbed Theme Options Page with colour picker

Price: $30
Designer/Developer: EugeneO
Marketplace: ThemeForest
Date released: January 11th, 2011

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Rating 3.00 out of 5

Space

November 17, 2010 | Blog / Magazine, Creative, Experimental, Personal

Space is a high quality premium theme with a unique layout. It has the flexibility to become a portfolio site, blog and even a showcase website. This theme is unlike any other, it can?t get more flexible than this!

Main features:

3 in 1 Slider + 2 extra slider options (nivo & coin)
9 colour options
20+ shortcodes for tabs, sliders, twitter, flickr and collapsible content
Ajax contact form
Custom Post Types
Custom fields for ease accessibility
Import/Export theme settings for ease backup

Price: $35
Designer/Developer: wizylabs
Marketplace: ThemeForest
Date released: November 14th, 2010

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Rating 3.00 out of 5

Duotive 2WO

November 3, 2010 | Art, Creative, Experimental, Personal, Portfolio

Features

Product tour.
Pricing table with table generator.
Tabs and accordions.
Multiple image frames.
7 Slideshow options.
Contact page with working php mailer.
Full width collumns.
Multiple list styles.
Headings with icons.
Gravatar support.

Price: $35
Designer/Developer: duotive
Marketplace: ThemeForest
Date released: November 3rd, 2010

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Rating 3.00 out of 5

Hash One by Obox Design

July 23, 2009 | Art, Creative, Experimental, Photography, Video

A creative mix of colors and clear, strong typography give Hash One a fresh, contemporary feel, while small design details add subtle interest to the theme. All in all, Hash One has a combination of features that will make your personal blog stand out from the rest.

Price: $50
Marketplace: Obox Design
Date released: July 23rd, 2009

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Rating 3.00 out of 5

Papercut

August 12, 2008 | Art, Experimental, Personal

Papercut is a grungy news theme with beautiful alternating stylesheets, built-in widgets, and layout control via a hand crafted theme options page. It?s the perfect out-of-the-box solution to give your website a stylish new look. Irrespective of your preferred style; Papercut will have one you like.

Price: $70
Marketplace: WooThemes
Date released: August 12th, 2008

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Rating 3.00 out of 5