Every time we read an article on design patterns, it presumably starts off with software related terms and goes on to explain DP in terms of OOPS.

For a change here is a nice article that explains the design patterns in real life situations.

So what do you get out of this?. Well, it explains DPs are existing everywhere and helps to recognize patterns instead of just learning them by heart.

LinK: Non-Software Examples of Software Design Patterns

PS:here is the first url that lead to the above one.

Some nice bloke on the net has posted videos on basics of design patterns. The series of videos contain the introduction, commonly used patterns like observer, singleton. Happy learning!

Click here to learn

The Model-View-Controller, or MVC for short, is a pattern for use specifically in user interfaces such as GUIs.
This article deals in specific to Java.
- Model-View-Controller Pattern: