Is there a name for the type of design that's a bunch of 3D triangles of similar shade?

Question

Usually see it in SVGs, either 2D or 3D. I really like the design, but not sure what it's called.

Something like this: https://www.polymer-project.org/1.0/images/polymer1.0-01.svg

Or even the banner background here: http://snapsvg.io/ http://snapsvg.io/assets/images/background.svg

Would like to create some of these myself in Illustrator!

Answer 1

This effect is referred to as "low-poly." The name comes from 3D models with a low number of polygons. Search for low poly and you will find a lot of examples, tutorials, etc. as this style has been somewhat in vogue lately.