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6 CommentsFrom the Clip 2008 Web Design Trends posted by Mike:
Grungy, painty, hand-written. Great synopsis of current trends with tons of screenshots.
The trends of web design change every year and it's really interesting to see what someone deems as being an "in trend" and what isn't.
So what defines a trend? Who defines a trend? Obviously picking out what's hot in the world of web design right now is pretty subjective, so what would you define as being hot right now? Here's my quick list:
- Old-timey looks including weathered designs, watercolor, hand-drawn stuff.
- Grid-based and ultra modern. Uber sparse.
- Illustrations on top of photographs. These never get old and always look slick.
Also interesting to look at is the list of 2008 logo trends (and 2007) to see how they match up with trends in web design.
Scrivs
Written Jun. 17, 2008 / Report /
The people who define a trend are the followers. They like something they see on a site and they go for it. Then their followers copy and the cycle continues to repeat. It's the designers that can recognize trends, apply them when needed and avoid them when necessary that will stand out from the crowd.
Some trends are meant to happen, like bigger type for example, while others (grunge) or just a fad.
fuscom
Written Jun. 18, 2008 / Report /
I agree with Paul, I think while a lot of these are really nice examples, we're probably dealing with fads.
I think the future of the web is in video. I just found this off the fwa site, and it's a totally kick ass example of interactive video, for a design studio, no less.
jasonmalone
Written Jun. 19, 2008 / Report /
I think I would partially agree with Fuscom, but I would add that the future of the web will be a personalized experience. You will interact with the web by selecting the type of content you want. Instead of being fed the entire site, you will get the piece you want, much like the change in music from albums to tracks. Where design trends come in will be a mixture of functionality and feel in the mode of viewer skins, which the lemmings will flock to the design fads, while the experienced will design there own or use well planned designs and UIs.
Back to the initial topic however, design trends are ground swell. Hardcore users will early adopt edgy design elements, and then some commercial designer will spot it an emulate its originality.. BANG the masses are told what to like and flock to it. Goddamn lemmings...
Scrivs
Written Jun. 19, 2008 / Report /
Wow that interactive video is mad slick. Video is the future if it can be combined with static/text in a smart way. People thought Flash was the future before, but it took a while till they found the right balance of it.
Others say the future is in mobile and video doesn't have that strong of a place there in my opinion.
fuscom
Written Jun. 19, 2008 / Report /
Hmm...well you seem to think that the iPhone is the next great gaming platform, and the video quality and clarity of games these days is getting more realistic all the time. Furthermore, I think it's agreed that what's been achieved with the iPhone is changing the mobile industry. If that's indeed the case, then I would think it easy to imagine doing that interactive video using the iPhone's accelerometer to direct the action.
Scrivs
Written Jun. 23, 2008 / Report /
Yeah but how many great interactive videos (doesn't seem an easy thing to develop) will come out? You are finding the niche of all niches it seems or maybe something that will serve as a great feature on the back of the box.