21 Examples of Subtle Textures and Patterns in Web Design

Posted by Gisele Muller on Jan 2, 2012 | 12 Comments

First of all, we would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! To kick things off for 2012, we’ve gathered some amazing examples of subtle textures and patterns in web design. The web sites in this collection demonstrate that you don’t always have to over do it to make a big impression. Sometimes it’s better to use subtle design elements so that the focus is on the content. In many of these examples you’ll notice that the textures and patterns used are barely noticeable at first glance, but just enough to add an extra layer of interest and depth.

I know you’ll get plenty of inspiration from these web designs, and hopefully they’ll help you come up with new ways to use subtle textures and patterns in your own projects.

create

Percival

Cast Iron Design

Beckin

The Neighborhood Studio

STRBK

dwd co

St Kilda High Hopes

Freitag

decode

Tabspresso

radoor & co

workdiary.de

Berg Cloud

Brad Evans

Viljami Salminen

What Happens Next?

John A Jacob

bloom

Preeti Cakes

bluebell giving

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The Best Designs
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About the Author

Gisele Muller is someone that recently discovered a new career online. A person that really likes technology, design, photography and creativity. An eternal geek wannabe, tech fan and a communication lover! Current location: San Bruno, CA – USA. Twitter: @gismullr

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12 comments

Dzinepress
January 2, 2012
beautiful and useful for me as designer.
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aledesign.it
January 2, 2012
Very nice this post. So useful and I see more interesting Ideas. Thanks for sharing. subtle textures in the webdesign sometimes when you don’t have so much info or products are important!
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Piero Salardi
January 2, 2012
Excellent post great sites!
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Web Design Wolverhampton
January 2, 2012
A subtle texture can be very useful in a design that might otherwise be a little too sparse.

Thanks for finding and sharing.
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Jean Paul Massonnier
January 2, 2012
Excuse me I recommend massonn.com Thanks
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Moazaf
January 2, 2012
When it comes to web designs, I think bringing uniqueness and attractiveness at the same time is really important and that is what each design posted above is all about. To create a catchy design uniqueness is the key.
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Web Design Malaysia
January 2, 2012
thanks for the awesome collections!
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Justin
January 2, 2012
These are some very inspiring designs and backgrounds. I always have to keep reminding myself to add a unique and attractive design to my client’s sites.
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Mikel
January 3, 2012
very nice design and very good collections…..Thanks for finding and sharing.
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Raffy
January 4, 2012
thanks for the nice collection!
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Smashious
January 4, 2012
Great inspiration source! Thanks for the Share!
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Nicolai Busekist Ohlsen
May 14, 2012
Wow, I love the John A Jacob-website! Great inspiration source too!
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