Monday, May 30, 2016

Smart Responsive Design Patterns, Or When Off-Canvas Isn't Good Enough


  

Design patterns often have a bad reputation. They are often considered to be quick, lazy, off-the-shelf solutions that are applied blindly without consideration of the context of a problem. Solutions such as the almighty off-canvas navigation, the floating label pattern or carousels for featured products are some of the prominent ones.



Smart Responsive Design Patterns, Or When Off-Canvas Isn't Good Enough


This article isn't about these patterns, though. This article features some of the slightly more obscure design patterns, such as responsive car-builder interfaces, mega dropdown navigation, content grids, maps and charts, as well as responsive art direction. Please note that this article isn't technical; it explores interesting UX patterns out in the wild, rather than code samples. Beware: You will not be able to unsee what you are about to see, and that's probably a good thing.

The post Smart Responsive Design Patterns, Or When Off-Canvas Isn't Good Enough appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

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