Looking to add great visual appeal to your design? Try using large sized images as backgrounds here are some examples.
This web design trend has been around for a number of years and with the launch of sites such as Onesheet the use of big backgrounds will gain more momentum in 2012. Having a large image, whether it be illustrations or photography, can help set an overall look and feel to your design. However, using large images as a background is risky business due to the fact that the image itself can take away from the content or the main objective of the page. The last thing we want as designers is to have our content compete for attention with our background image.
What we have done is collect a list of example sites that use the background image to compliment their design and enhance their message.
SF DOK - Langstrasse Zürich
Asiance
Paul Budnitz Bicycles
Design Lab CPH
Diesel
Guy and Max
Inzeit
Matthew Hilton
Mavic
Rhode Island School of Design
Scozzese
Shoppub
Square