PREDICTING THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS A RISKY VENTURE, AND THERE IS NO PRECISE METHOD THAT

ALLOWS YOU TO DEFINE THE FUTURE TRENDS OF WEB DESIGN.  BUT… WE CAN TRY. ; )

Web design trends for 2013

Let’s see what trends are on the rise.

LAST YEAR WAS IMPORTANT, PERHAPS EVEN A TURNING POINT, FOR WEB DESIGNERS. A FEW KEY

POINTS OF INTEREST IN 2012 WERE:

In 2012

Let’s take a quick look back

Mobile devices with Internet increases

Enormous screen resolutions

Improving HTML/CSS

Release of Windows 8, with it’s metro interface

Navigation within 1-page:

So, what can we expect to see in 2013?

Responsive web design (RWD) goes mainstream

Flexibility of RWD

The Boston Globe is a news paper

that can be adjusted to fit

any screen size, which makes it easier to carry right in your

back pocket.

HTML5 and JavaScript replace Flash

Find Your Way to OZ is an awesome example(out of many)

from chrome experiments.

Websites give a cinematic and storytelling experience

Cadillac’s ATS vs. The World uses a huge image of rotating

earth, which gives a nice cinematic feel.

The Story of Jess & Russ

Similarly to this cinematic experience, we are seeing websites that integrate storytelling

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 Impress A Penguin

Creative navigations replace traditional navigations

Here are examples of creative navigations we might be seeing more of in 2013:

The Production Kitchen

Bagigia

BOND

Websites incorporate parallax effects

Zuelements also plays around with this effect

Spotify – an awesome music site that allows you to build your own playlist.

Web designs inspired by Swiss design style

Microsoft’s website

Other examples of websites that use Swiss design style

Daniel Vane.com

Daniel Vane.com does a great job at implementing a full screen square grid layout, which are becoming more popular.

Buffalo

Buffalo also does a great job at demonstrating this idea of grid-based, white space, flat colors and big letters. They also show how a hexagon grid is possible.

Conclusion

Chrome Experiments

Chrome Canary

Adobe and HTML

Adobe and HTML: The Graphical Web

Take a look at these resources to get an idea of the things to come:

What web design trends do you expect to see in 2013?

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