One of the staple ingredients of web design through the mid nineties was patterned background wallpaper. Any shape, any size, any colour. You could have neon flashing pink stars on black backgrounds, to wallpaper that would match something you would find in your grandparents’ house.

While the Web 2.0 era kicked off in all its white and clean glory, patterned backgrounds for blogs, MySpace profiles and other websites alike have made a serious comeback in recent times.

This morning I was pointed to a tiled backgrounds designer at bgpatterns.com.

Choose your foreground and background colours, set your pattern design, the type of canvas, scale of your image, opacity, hit “apply background” and you’re all set. The output is a readily downloadable background tile to use on your design project.

There are some nice patterns in the mix, plus you can register for a free account and save any patterns you generate on file.

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