Making the best of design pattern libraries
Why start from scratch? With the millions of Websites available, chances are that someone already found a solution to the problem you’re working on. Why not take advantage of this?
A good designer tries to understand what works and what doesn’t. Design pattern libraries get exactly at that by providing examples and rationales for solutions to common design problems.
You don’t have to repeat a pattern. If you understand what’s good about it, you can make it evolve.
The following design pattern libraries will help you find inspiration:
General
- Designing Interfaces based on the seminal book of the same name
- Konigi
- Yahoo! Design Pattern Library
- Welie pattern library
- UI Patterns
- Pattern Tap
- Visible Area’s pattern repository
- Quince
Smaller pattern libraries:
- Web Design Practices
- User interface pattern library from Finland
- Open Source Design Pattern Library
- Look Good Works Well blog
Ecommerce
Games
Mobile
Social
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If you’re interested in design patterns, bookmark this post. We will be adding ressources as we find them. If you have any to suggest, contact us.
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Thanks for sharing, i’ve found some very useful sites.
Here is one from me for background design patterns with interactive preview:
http://patterns.ava7.com/
Excellent, I’ll add it to a static design ressource page I’m working on.