Whenever a user lands onto your 404 page it’s always a frustrating process. As the designer you want to provide solutions to their problem, either traveling back in their web history or maybe hitting your home page instead. Along with these actions you should try wrapping up the page in a pretty pixel display.
This gallery of eye-catching 404 page designs should give you all the inspiration you need! I have cataloged some very interesting layouts from all around the web which not only focus on aesthetics, but also proper user experience. If you have thoughts on the post or wish to share links of your own let us know in the discussion area.
Github
Carol Rivello
Shaw Video on Demand
Deliciously Creative
Pop Screen
Vasa Museet
Jumping Jackrabbit
A Feed Apart
Gowalla
Foursquare
Chunk Games
Snakes in Space
Chris Jennings
Jack Fig
Bright Kite
MailChimp
XHTML Kitchen
Icon Finder
Rubbik
Dream Kumo
Daily Mile
Inflicted
Giraffe
Abduzeedo
Audiko
Frontend 2011
Destiny Islands
Duoh
Spongebob Squarepants
Mozilla Firefox
Oroza
Amazium
Author: Jake Rocheleau
Jake is a creative designer, illustrator, and web developer. He frequently writes articles involving new-age design concepts and freelance management skills. You can find him in Google or follow his tweets @jakerocheleau