Gallery of 3D Elements in Web Design
Published June 8th, 2009 in GalleriesIf you pay attention to web trends you have probably noticed that a growing number of sites are using designs that give the appearance of three dimensions. 3D design elements can help to make the design look more unique, as well as to highlight something in particular by drawing the visitor’s attention. In this post you’ll see 25 websites that use some type of 3D element in the design.
Canadian Friends of the Israel Museum
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46 Responses to “Gallery of 3D Elements in Web Design”
Great round up Steven, I’ve noticed this trend has been getting popular in the past few months
i just finished this site with the same theme.
lailasstudio.com
This could be a little better. All I see is foldings, 3D elements can be versatile.
Great list. I also like http://evbc.org
Nice inspirational list! Thanks for post
also take a look at icanwatchmovies.com
In the same style, 3D
funny how things come in and out of fashion – so 3D’s back again
I’ve always been a sucker for good 3D designs. It is needless to say how excited I was to see your list. What I really liked are the ones that use a subtle 3D effect, such as in the examples of Sarah Longnecker, Woman to Woman and a few others. The trick is not to overdo it.
For the most part, the “3d” is limited to a perspective effect on some text support. Nice, but I expect a little more imagination on the designers’ part
“3D design elements can help to make the design look more unique”
doesn’t look too unique to me when everybody does it, as shown in your list here.
I like these new 3D styles. Some of them are really inspirative.
Great list. Good ideas too. Some I’ve never come across.
Awesome…there is some great techniques on this list. I do see this becoming more common on some really nice web designs.
Brilliant 3D Elements, now just to apply it….
also take a look at icanwatchmovies.com
In the same style, 3D..
so now the question is: how do you do you implement some of these techniques?
Awsome 3d designs
Hey, In all the sites I just see some ribbons… I expected some more 3d elements like 3d icons and more. Do I miss the point in the post or does it miss one!!!
thanks good designs
So it’s like how they all use 3D stripes. Good post. Thanks
they all look the same to me. as mentioned above, all of these examples are using the exact same ribbon effect. I’m not one to bash, but I just don’t see the inspiration here.
Rebecca,
You’re right, a lot of them are very similar in approach. That was part of the point, to show the trend. I realize there’s not a ton of diversity.
Design were awesome still needs more variety.
Thanks for sharing with us.
I really like the 3D ribbon effect websites have. I’ve been trying to integrate it into my designs and it usually works out (:
anyone seen 3d.linnean.org.uk made by lateral visions? dont think you can get more 3D than that!
great collection. i like carl cartee more than other..
Great collection, if only you could give some implementation hints…
It’s a good thing that I could find some people like you who have so much talent and could share what they know.
Very nice 3D elements, especially Snook!
Cool list, but are they any Photoshop tuts that show how to do this?
Good use of 3d effects. Great Collection
nice list. thanks for posting.
Some of these are very nice, can’t believe some poeple have such talents!
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