20 Trending Web Design Concepts In 2013
In the history of internet, web design work is undergoing a natural phase of evolution. The culture or a system generally influences design work and web designers must therefore have their eyes and ears open for new fashions or trends that make up web dev culture.
Important trendy designs or techniques which cannot be ignored:
Responsive Designs: The idea behind responsive designs is still emerging and therefore is here to stay for a long time to come. The bars for responsive designing is being raised gradually when it comes to new devices which are being introduced in the market daily (examples: iPad, mini etc.).
Typography: More than 95% of web designing is typography, which means that different font sizes and font types can be used to decorate the web sites.
New technologies: New technologies like CSS3/HTML5 can be used instead of Flash (which is rapidly becoming obsolete).
Real world references: Skeuomorphism or Real world reference is the most in thing in the world of web designing.
Large photographs for larger impact: Large photographs are being used in the web home pages to create a greater impact on the designing of the web content.
White space to websites: White spaces give the usual boring web pages a professional and knowledgeable look.
Retina support: Along with responsive designs in the layout, there is a rise in the use of retina devices. iPads and MacBook by Apple are the best examples of retina support devices.
Social Media Integration: The websites designed can be integrated well with social media sites for deeper benefits.
Animations using Technologies: Designers can use animation in their website using CSS3 properties. This technology shows a lot of promise in the days to come.
Definitive Framework using Bootstrap: These days Bootstraps is used more for web-creation framework than as a source of mere User Interface.
Transparency: Control to generate transparencyin web-browser using CSS3 properties can be achieved. This means people don’t need to depend on software like Photoshop for all their designing needs.
Minimalism: Focus on the product or event and keep the rest simple.
Fixed Header Bars: By using the fixed properties of CSS3, the visitors can navigate the website with maximum ease.
Quick Response Codes: More and more usage of smart phones has led to the use of Quick Response codes. Old Bar codes are being replaced with QR codes.
Parallax Scrolling: This is one of the features of web design. A designer can move multiple back grounds and create a great depth using this feature.
Sliding Webpage Panels: Dynamic effects have replaced Dynamic websites which was very popular with applications like Flash and ActionScript.
Deep Box Shadows: This technique is widely used in modern day web designing. The effects and aesthetics are great. One can be very creative using this technique.
Vertical Navigation: This technique, if done properly, can be extremely elegant with its approach towards content and design.
Circular Design: A proper circular design would look clean, neat and award a simplistic look to the website.
Navigation Toggle: The user is given an abilityto navigate through different links without flooding the page, making it more readable.
Ignore these hottest trends at your own cost. Explore and Expand.
This post is written and contributed by Josh Anderson. He likes to write about various web design trends along with sharing reviews of free website creators.
a very detailed post regarding trends of 2013… most of them are widely used in developing new sites. most of our clients want their website to be responsive to meet the variety of hardware used for browsing. i agree with the web design trends mentioned here.