A Showcase of Various Websites with Texture Web Design

Inspiration   August 25, 2010  by

The skillful use of texture can add visual interest to the interface of any web design. Whether you make your use of texture apparent to your visitors or not, it may well help you keep your audience interacting with your website, simply because the feel your textures lent your design just made them want to experience more.

Here’s an inspiring showcase of textured websites that you can take cues from. You’ll see metallic, grainy, grungy, and woody examples, to name only a few. Feast your eyes on this showcase, and if you know any other textured websites that are worthy of mention, share them with the rest of us in the comments!

A Simple Measure

a simple measure
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Camera+

campl
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Vegas Uncork’d

vegasuncorked
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Corking Design

corking design
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Kritzel Music

kritzel music
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David Hellmann

david hellmann
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Allen Solly

allen solly
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Pain Is Good

pain is good
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Gummisig

gummisig
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The Walk To Washington

walk to washington
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Rocket Club

rocket club
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Cooper Graphic Design

cooper graphic design
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Jumbalaya

play jumbalaya
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The Seen

the seen
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Blue Collar Agency

blue collar agency
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Vector Stories

vector stories
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Bahur78

bahur78
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Bright Creative

bright creative
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Justin Cosgrove

justincosgrove
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Lanikai Properties

lanikai properties
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Karijobe

karijobe
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Canal Plus

canalplus
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Enlivenlabs

enlivenlabs
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Salt of the Earth

saltpgh
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Edgepoint Church

edge point church
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Cheese & Burger Society

cheese-and-burger
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Hugs for Monsters

hugs for monsters
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Bern Unlimited

helmy
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Living Design

living design
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Ali Felski

alifelski
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Francesco Molezzi

Francesco molezzi
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Glucone-R

glucone
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Jay Hafling

jayhafling
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All For Design

all for design
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Olio Board

olio board
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Ronald is the founder of NaldzGraphics.net. He’s a graphic designer and loves everything related to design. His site started as a portfolio, and has turned into an amazing design blog to share his experiences with and help provide useful resources.

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11 Responses
  1. Andy Hunt   -   August 25, 2010 at 10:16 am

    Some of these are really nice (especially Ali Felski’s site and “Hugs For Monsters”). Thanks for the inspiration.

  2. Lou Leonardis   -   August 25, 2010 at 6:38 pm

    Nice selection! It’s always a challenge to develope a nice, seamless, tileable background pattern. These are well done!

  3. Sammy   -   August 25, 2010 at 10:59 pm

    awesome
    Bern Unlimited looks great :)
    thanks man :D

  4. Amelia Johnson   -   August 26, 2010 at 1:11 am

    Some brilliant websites. Hugs for monsters, Olio Board (This is a really interesting site), and Gummisig are some of my favourites to name a few. Thanks for sharing these with us.

  5. Web design portfolio   -   August 26, 2010 at 8:53 am

    these are great. very inspiring.

  6. Non-Profit Websites by Cozality   -   August 26, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    BEAUTIFUL!

  7. e11world   -   August 28, 2010 at 4:02 pm

    very lovely and many are super amazing..
    these stood out the most to me
    Allen Solly
    http://carlos.canalplus.fr/
    http://www.playjumbalaya.com/

  8. Anonymous   -   August 29, 2010 at 7:49 am

    I love cooper graphic design. Nice collection! Looking forward for another beautiful collection!

  9. SiewShuen   -   August 29, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    Beautiful websites you’ve posted. Very inspiring :) Thanks for sharing.

  10. Victoria Blount   -   August 31, 2010 at 3:09 am

    Stunning websites, these are great examples of how to use texture to improve and enhance your website design.

  11. Jane rose Nyambura   -   September 7, 2010 at 3:36 am

    I LYK ALL THE WEBSITES .THEY ARE COOL