Web design trends to be kept in mind while designing

1. Interaction-focused Interfaces

   Creating great interactions often means designing such simplest elements as buttons, blips, alarms to messages with laser-like focus and accuracy. One of the great examples of effective microinteractions is the Twitter’s ‘pull-down-to-refresh-news’.

2. Modules & Components

   Breaking down complete interfaces into systems of components goes mainstream. Web designers tend to create mockups with smaller blocks and modules, rather than deliver entire page layouts upfront. The methodology behind this is not new to us, however, it was finally put into shape and legalized by Brad Forest to what is known Atomic Design . The concept of design systems implies a nice opportunity to use the same functionality anywhere on the website with replicated components. Also for web designers gradually increasing the fidelity of interface design means a deeper understanding of the layout concept on each design stage by their clients.

3. Stunning Fonts

   In 2020 priorities shift to bolder and larger fonts in corporate designs as a weapon to convey brand messages in a stronger manner. The overall requirement to typography stays the same: fonts must be easy to read and legible both on high-resolution and lower resolution screens.

4. Card-layout Interfaces

   Grid layouts are common nowadays with cards helping to present information visually in a laconic way. Hover effects on cards amplify users’ perception of text descriptions. The trend is not new as it has been popularised by Pinterest in 2015. Nevertheless, this year card-style layouts are still in fashion and work.

5. Tiny Animations

   While there are more and more websites with alike minimalist layouts web designers try to achieve uniqueness by using ingenious, but subtle animations. In 2016 web designers give preference to small animations that carry out certain tasks efficiently and smoothly.

6. Enlivening Iconography

7. Suitable Video Headers

8. Custom Landing Page Videos

9. Product Previews

10. Stunning Illustrations

11. Charming Sketches

12. More Slides & Sliders

13. Less Carousels

14. Flatter Web Design

15. Bold & Bright Colours

16. Material Design Aesthetics

17. Own Photography, No Stock

18. Touch-enabled Interfaces

19. Full-screen Forms

20. Creative Hover Effects

21. Centered Main Content

22. Minimal Home Pages

23. More Scrolling vs Less Scrolling

24. Large Body Text

25. Faster Page Load Times

26. Hypnotizing Cinemagraphs

27. Use of Collaboration Tools

28. Design Driven By Users

29. Using Vector images

Comments

[Michael Tharrington]

Hey there! This looks interesting. But, wondering what happened to the descriptions for numbers 6-29... thinking they might have been left off accidentally!