Are Design Patterns Destroying Web Design?
Design patterns are common solutions to common problems. When you add a slider to a homepage you're employing a design pattern. When someone asks: "Why reinvent the wheel?" they're advocating the adoption of a design pattern. On the Web, the term "design patterns" most often refers to programming techniques, however design patterns also exist within visual design. And whilst solving a recurrent coding problem with the same solution is an efficient approach, reusing a visual design is not as desirable. WHY DO WE USE DESIGN PATTERNS? Design patterns are far less common in print design than on the Web, despite the fact that print design has had much longer in which to devise them. The reason for this is that web design is heavily influenced by disciplines such as information architecture, coding, and usability; all of which embrace the use of design patterns. Programmers don't value originality, they value effective, elegant solutions....