Flat Web Design: Trend Or Revolution?
Every so often, new ways of doing something sneak into our lives and work habits. Reason for this can be changing personal preferences, new technologies, or simply the urge to follow trends. A recent new habit in web design is a flat design approach. Flat describes a two dimensional design for a two dimensional screen. For the last few years, skeuomorphism characterised modern and user-centered design. Now, it seems that we have somehow gotten used to the digital age and many of us don’t even remember the real-life counterparts that we tried to represent in our designs. With flat web design, we take a step towards accepting the unique and abstract nature of the web. 1. The Windows phone website shows the characteristic flat Windows design with a lot of color, typography, and a clear structure. Probably the core concept of flat design is that it’s “honest”. There are no shadows, no gradients, no patterns, no 3-D effects, or design elements representing real-world things. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Reflections on Web Design Trends in 2013
Let’s try to reflect on today’s trends and look a bit ahead. Today, design is developing by leaps and bounds, and changes in styles are happening almost daily. A huge impact on design comes from inspiration boards. When in years past, a designer showed his creation to his granny, she nodded her head and the designer was satisfied. And then, the stream of thought stopped. Designers see each other’s work, browse likes and comments, and draw conclusions. So, let’s think more about what we will likely see in 2013. Flat design It is firmly stuck in our time. Metro (Modern) Style, Google and many other companies are now becoming simpler and flatter when it comes to design. But for now, this is the one big thing and without a lot of variance. CSS3 Animations & Interactive HTML5 and CSS3 have given us a lot of new features. Project Re Broadway.com iPad App Redbull TV Ramayana Iconfinder Icons and Illustrations Sometimes trends show up in the smallest parts of the overall design scheme too.
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Symptoms Of An Epidemic: Web Design Trends
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Welcome To The New Internet: Simple Design, Short Names, No Ads
