20 Attractive Websites That Make Background Patterns Work
When you mention patterned/tiled backgrounds, people immediately think of horrid MySpace pages and web designs circa-1990’s. It is therefore a worthy achievement when an artist is able to use this technique to make a website look stunning and attractive. An effective background design pattern can leave a memorable and positive feeling on the people who view these works of art.
by Ben Ostrowsky
Here I’ve compiled 20 beautiful and artistic websites that use tiled patterns to set their webpage apart from the ordinary.
1) Enlighten Designs
2) DNA
3) Sideshow
4) We Do The Web
5) Impressive Work
6) Hotel Belwether
7) David Loop
8) Olly Hite
9) OnTrack
10) Elitist Snob
11) Imagined Creative
12) THE SIDES
13) Tanya Merone
14) kesone.de
15) Jen Gordon
16) Viget Labs
17) variable.nz
18) Robert Beerworth Blog Australia
19) MAKAO
20) Saint Augustine Bed and Breakfast
These are all designs I feel have truly achieved a unique look by using a background pattern instead of going the safe route with a solid color.
Do you have any other websites to add to the list? Did I miss a website that belongs here? Be sure to leave the links on your comments.
7 Comments
An Jay
February 13th, 2008
Great article.
Josiah
March 10th, 2008
One of my favorites will always be 24-7 Media.
http://www.24-7media.de/classic/
Such hotness.
Carla
March 19th, 2008
Some excellent examples here. I may even lose my fear of patterned backgrounds now!
Alexander Hahn
April 3rd, 2008
nice! but it`s keasone, not kesone (-;
Jacob Gube
April 3rd, 2008
Alexander,
I sincerely apologize for the spelling mistake and I’ll correct it ASAP. You know how it goes when you work late at night :).
Alexander Hahn
April 23rd, 2008
oh yes! it’s 3.18 am now(-;
Sunlust Designs
August 14th, 2008
That’s a nice list, hope that it’ll inspire me to redesign my website finally.
I came across enlighten designs before, one of designers there made a tutorial that I used for my first website ;-)
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