This week’s design inspiration: UI glitch and distortion effects! These effects remind me of futuristic graphics & technology errors caused by humans. Isn’t it fun with some broken digital stuff?
Note! These are not my designs. Credits are given to each creator below every image.
There aren’t actually that many UI designs with implemented glitch effects, compared to other types of design styles. Probably because it’s challenging to implement it properly with code, and because there aren’t that many brands featuring such styles. Nevertheless, I personally love the look of it, so here comes a collection of UI glitch inspirations!
Earlier articles in the series
Weekly Design Inspiration #3 – Dark UIs & 3D
Weekly Design Inspiration #2 – Cyberpunk Images
Weekly Design Inspiration #1 – Light Installations & Audiovisuals
UI Glitch & Distortion Effect
It’s an immersive experience that will make you dive into Toma Pegaz‘s cyberpunk universe, a tattoo artist from Paris.
- Daniel Kurilenko – I really like the effect on the button for this one, very cyberpunk-inspired. And also the effect on the title to the right. I feel like this type of glitch and distortion effect is the type that would realistically be implemented on a real website without too much hassle.
- I love this project by Clément Casanas. There’s something about contemporary digital design graphics displayed on old devices that just woooork! Follow the link to see more screenshots of this project.
- Sebastian Jungbluth – This one has a great color palette and nice attention to detail.
- Love, love, love this series of the glitchy posters by Devin Jacoviello! Wish I could have it live on my wall.
- Efi Kabak
- Igor Pavlinski
- Ester Digital
- Olga Lysenkova
- Anna Tikhomirova – Cool photo edits