Jan 29, 2013

Websites with Unusual Navigation Patterns

Websites with Unusual Navigation Patterns

Today’s objective is to compile a series of interesting "Unusual Navigation patterns", many of them quite risky. There’s no reason web narrative should be linear, but it should be intuitive and user-centered, which cannot always be achieved if we experiment too much. But it is necessary to experiment to find new navigation and UI design patterns to improve the user experience.

Luckily, in web design we can draw on a large number of well-implemented interaction and navigation tools such as horizontal and vertical scrolling, drag and drop, single-page scrolling, storytelling navigation, sliding sections or touch and gesture-based navigation in mobile devices.

At Awwwards, we like to see new experiments, so here we are to cheer you on! We’re also impatient to see the results that the influence of the proliferation of touch-enabled devices will have in navigation and interaction design.

Responsive

inTacto 2012 Greeting Card

Storytelling

El Monstruo que no dejaba ir a los niños al colegio

Zervice

Drag & Drop

Michelberger Monkey

Carbon Studio

Secret Study

The Production Kitchen

Nelly Rodi

Visit Bruges

Digital Guidebook

Les Dunes de Flandre

Beat Box Academy

Clouds over Cuba

Scroll down

Like There is No Tomorrow

Ama-ma Studio

500 Chrome Experiments

Celtic Chicago