Navigation Bar by Jan Kaděra

index.haml

- @icons = ['icon-reorder','icon-th-large','icon-bar-chart','icon-tasks','icon-bell','icon-archive','icon-comment','icon-sitemap','icon-thumbs-up','icon-tumblr']
%ul
  - @icons.each do |icon|
    %li
      %a.list-item{:href=>""}
        %i{:class=>"#{icon}"}

navigation-bar-by-jan-kadera.markdown

Navigation Bar by Jan Kaděra

Give it a hover! Inspired by: Navigation Bar by Jan Kaděra http://dribbble.com/shots/1267103-Navigation-Bar

A Pen by Katy DeCorah on CodePen.

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scripts

<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>

style.scss

body {
  background: #f2f2f2;
}

ul {
  position: relative;
  transform: rotate(-35deg) skew(20deg,5deg);
}

.list-item {
  background: #000;
  color: #575757;
  text-align: center;
  height: 2.5em;
  width: 4em;
  vertical-align: middle;
  line-height: 2.5em;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #060606;
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  text-decoration: none;
  box-shadow: -2em 1.5em 0 #e1e1e1;
  transition: all .25s linear;
  
  &:hover {
    background: #ff6e42;
    color: #fffcfb;
    transform: translate(.9em, -.9em);
    transition: all .25s linear;
    box-shadow: -2em 2em 0 #e1e1e1;
    
    &:before, 
    &:after { 
      transition: all .25s linear; 
    }
    
    &:before {
      background: #b65234;
      width: 1em;
      top: .5em;
      left: -1em;
    }
    
    &:after {
      background: #b65234;
      width: 1em;
      bottom: -2.5em;
      left: 1em;
      height: 4em;
    }
  }
  
  &:before, 
  &:after {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    transition: all .25s linear;
    width: .5em;
  }

  &:after {
    height: 4em;
    background: #181818;
    bottom: -2.25em;
    left: 1.5em;
    transform: rotate(90deg) skew(0,45deg);
  }
  
  &:before {
    height: 2.5em;
    background: #121212;
    top: .25em;
    left: -.5em;
    transform: skewY(-45deg);
  }
}

styles

<link href="https://codepen.io/katydecorah/pen/5e3594c5f394b457f8b8ffbb4c5b6518" rel="stylesheet" />