Print design elements in websites

July 19 2011
by Awwwards Team
Category: Webdesign

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Print media is slowly fading out these days, leaving place for the new technologies to take the big slice of the cake. Don’t get us wrong, we don’t say books are going to disappear, but let’s face it, the future is made of pixels, not cellulose. However, techniques and elements of print design are still pretty alive.

Instead of going for a more stylized and clean approach, many designers choose to keep the handmade, imperfect and sometimes unfinished look that only tangible media can bring.From imitating registration problems on printing press to the use of highly structured layouts, from letterpress-like titles to grids, rulers or guides are common in today’s web design.

In this post we have selected a bunch of beautiful websites that integrate typical printer’s elements in their designs.

• Grid-Based Web Design, Simplified | Design Informer
  
  http://designinformer.com/2010/grid-based-web-design-simplified/
• MailChimp 5.2
  
  http://mailchimp.com/v5-2/
• DesignWise
  
  http://wedesignwise.com/
• Syropia
  
  http://syropia.net/
• Theme Trust
  
  http://themetrust.com/
• InCub
  
  http://www.incub.ro/
• Solo
  
  http://www.thrivesolo.com/
• Simple as milk
  
  http://simpleasmilk.co.uk/
• Smorge
  
  http://smorge.com/
• KAUS
  
  http://www.kaus.com.br/site/
• SimpleGeo
  
  https://simplegeo.com/
• Neutron Creations
  
  http://neutroncreations.com/
• AdPacks
  
  http://adpacks.com/
• Fakta
  
  http://www.fakta.se/
• Chris Davis
  
  http://cdcreative.co.uk/
• Toronto Standard
  
  http://www.torontostandard.com/
• Forefathers Group
  
  http://forefathersgroup.com/
• Sete Três
  
  http://setetres.st/#!/about

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