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There are many creative ways of showing what a website is about: the use of images, videos, descriptions and more. Symbolic graphics and metaphorical pictures are a very interesting approach to convey a message of a website. They can help engage with the user and make him understand the meaning and purpose of a product or service almost instantly.
Here is a small and inspiring collection of symbol and metaphor use in web design. Enjoy!
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JoinUnquoted
Melonfree
You Are What You Eat
HarryFord
FleetCreature
1minus1
Column Five
Slavery Footprint
AED
GiveBeyond.Me
Web Expert
Mark Jenner
Sunday Best Websites
CSS Piffle
World Of Social
CSS Piffle’s logo looks like The Verge’s. http://www.theverge.com
@Brandon, it’s the Penrose triangle. I guess it’s used quite often 🙂 Cheers, ML
Very nice and inspiring collection. Its a great way to express creativity. Definitely more creative than using the penrose in a logo nevertheless those triangles still rock. The swiss insurance Helvetia uses some sort of penrose as well (http://www.helvetia.ch)
Inspiring. Nice post Mary. Thanks.
A designer should have the liberty to be creative and expressive for fulfilling the part of innovative web designing. It will be the best if the design represents the entire essence and message of the website which is to be conveyed to the user. Nice collection of web designs having symbolic representations!
Agree with maneet comment, Designer should have the skills to fulfill the requirement of Web designing and their trends. Well the List that you compiled for us is really great. Thanks !
Great collection of websites! Plus, I learned about the Penrose Triangle sculpture in Perth… Got to go and see it next time I visit 🙂