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5 Design Pattern Collections (3)

Posted in Galleries, ResourcesNov 20, 08 | 12:17 pm

Most Inspired and other galleries are great way to start off the design process to get a general direction for your new project, but sometimes all you need is a little inspiration. Perhaps you’re wondering how to style the comments for you new project, or your’re wondering what you should do with the footer. Recently we’ve seen a new type of design gallery pop up, ones that focus on design patterns.

In software engineering, a design pattern is a general reusable solution, and people have found this reusable approach applies well to web design too. Most websites share common elements, from headers and footer, to comments and calendars, these elements can be very similar.

Below you’ll find a list of pattern collection websites to provide just that little bit of inspiration you need.

PatternTap

PatternTap

PatternTap is a fairly new site, from Matthew Smith at Squared Eye. PatternTap allows you to create and a share sets of the best in web interface design.

patterntap.com

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