Web designers,like fashion designers, love to try those new things. They drop it on you and wait for your reaction. Love it or hate it, those creative types keep us hopping with new looks every hour on the hour.
A new design per day seems to be the way it goes. New design trends come out constantly in the “fashion” of the internet.
2009 doesn’t seem to be any different. The latest trends in web design are cropping up all over the internet. Most of them get noticed, and get emulated immediately. Meaning its not just a trend, it’s now a craze.
Some of the latest trends in web design are punchy, hard hitting and bold. The most interesting design trends we’re seeing online are trendy things to get your site noticed. Things like big block type, embossed letters and huge transparent pictures.
Some of the main things you’re going to see, and probably to want for your own site are:
Magazine or newspaper look and feel–Everyone who is anyone wants a web site that reminds the reader of an actual “in print” magazine or news paper. The trend seems to be coming from the recent retro craze? Making your web site appear to be a magazine that even has flippable pages is all the rage.
HUGE Type–big, bold and hard hitting, its the news headline of your dreams. Black or red, unique fonts and trendy colors seem to be whats happening in the online world.
Embossing Letters.–actually fairly unexpected, the letterpress use feeds into that whole popular magazine and newspaper look. Fairly rare until recently, we’ve got no real explanation for this one. Maybe its just a new thing someone saw and liked.
Slideshow presentations–a picture really is worth a thousand words. More than one picture . . . well you get the idea. Slideshow presentations are happening things on web sites.
Transparent PNG’s or gifs. Transparency seems to be working for site designers. Transparent sheets on a colored or print background show just a glimpse of that print. That allows for your writing to show up well, provided you do the right colors.
The latest trends in web design seem to be harder hitting, high impact fonts, colors and styles. They are geared to get you and your site noticed in a positive way.
Written by Datadial - A web Design agency based in London











