Web & Patterns: patterns for a better web.

Nice and funny logo from a German web agency specialized in coding, that is brilliantly converted into a witty favicon (check the website).

The system’s error screen, known also as the Blue Screen of Death, is a touch of class in this simple 404 error page taken from Behance, the online community for creative professionals.

André Gonçalves‘ portfolio is visually built around a set of astounding geometric illustrations that define and characterize his website’s identity.

A nice example on how to create an original and captivating home page, using charts and infographics.

Shyama Golden is a very gifted illustrator and designer, as you can see from the snippet we’ve taken from her portfolio. We love so much her website’s logo and its funny “hover” effect.

A straw poll, generally speaking, is a vote with non mandatory results. In this case, it’s the name of an online app that lets you create tiny daily polls in 140 characters or less, using your own Twitter account.
The nice thing about this app it’s that you can vote but also add your motivation: we’re [...]

Trent Walton’s website displays a hilarious 404 error page, inspired by Ghost Busters characters.

Separated strips of papers, rolled up and entwined, create this fantastic logo for the 2010 edition of dConstruct.

A sketchy illustration style and a soft color choice make this website’s background memorable.

A brilliant logo concept consisting in a single continuous line drawing a light bulb.

Contact forms set on a paper, usually a grungy or stained one, are not so unusual on the web: but while text inputs are commonly aligned vertically inside the form area, in this case they’re scattered among paragraphs in a way that makes you think you’re writing a real letter. Text alignment, slightly tilted, enhances [...]

Verdeo is a Colombian gourmet frozen foods line. Here, you can see their online catalog, accurately designed, from which we’ve snipped a dashing example of pagination.

A watery imaginary brightens up Becmedia’s website footer: very often in modern webdesign background illustrations unfold organically from the top page to the footer, unveiling increasingly as users go further down the page.

The web equivalent of luxury fashion stores with only few, beautiful dresses exposed, are minimalist carts with reduced command options and spare graphic elements displayed.
A good example of this trend in web design is Via Snella, a Swedish male fashion online store unburdened from any superfluous graphical element.

A nice monkey mascot illustrates the steps needed to get started with Stickybit, a nice app for Iphone and Android that lets you link digital contents to every existing barcode: when someone scans it, they’ll see what you have attached (e.g. a video, your curriculum, a song) and you’ll get notified.