Web & Patterns: patterns for a better web.

Look Who’s Available

samoo — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:08:34 +0000

Another funny 404 error page where copywriting and visual work particularly well together.

Nice illustrative footer

samoo — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:44:14 +0000

A nice way to polish your website design is to add to your footer a small but memorable illustration.

Jointmedia sliding pics

samoo — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:39:21 +0000

A nice sliding effect in Joint Media portfolio shows the captions hidden underneath each pic.

Bright and shiny footer design

samoo — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:13:39 +0000

A fresh, shiny example of footer design with vibrant, intensely hued baloons and bubbles to add emphasis to texts and titles.

Design Influences You to Go Minimal

samoo — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:23:54 +0000

A minimal grid meets a horizontal scrolling in this interesting, minimal, website about design and typography.

The Plus Sign

samoo — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:22:03 +0000

I immediately noticed and loved the plus sign used in the submit button of this huge, “organic” form.

Textual Accordion Menu

samoo — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:11:31 +0000

I couldn’t shake this feeling that I was missing something in my collection of navigation, so today I picked for you this fine example of textual accordion menu.

Introduce Yourself

samoo — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:55:12 +0000

The first thing you’ll need to do, when meeting an unknown audience, is obviously to introduce yourself.
You’ll have to do it also in your website. In this case, illustrator and webdesigner Jacob Souva is introducing himself using an old photo of himself as a kid, framed by concentric circles, conveying a warm and friendly feeling.

Negative Space vs Typeface

samoo — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:46:11 +0000

In this example, the white space (also know as negative space) all around the logotype erodes the basic form of the typefaces (e.g. the F’s stem or the T’s crossbar) creating a concise and extremely minimal design.
Notice also the word “fabric”, stripped of the vowels, and enclosed by the O’s counter.

How to Carve Your Own Logo

samoo — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:10:14 +0000

The New Minimum logo is so minimun that, in fact, it doesn’t even exists. It’s just a pixel hole carved on the menu (fixed on the page top). If you scroll the page, you can see the content passing under it.
So zen, so minimal.

Most Joyful Logo Ever

samoo — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:33:11 +0000

Look at me! I’m a simple logo stripped of any vowel and nevertheless I’m still laughing!

Who’s normal?

samoo — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:21:46 +0000

High contrast colors and big typography emphasize the ironically boastful nature of this website introduction.