January 25th, 2012 Web Design Trends for 2012
2012 had begun by now, and it would be time to think about the web design trends for the year. These are some predictions, so it’s not guaranted that the following trends will surely become the most widely used ones. Anyway one needs to be mindful of to succeed.
So what to expect?
1. Responsive Web Design
This web design trend is supposed to gain more popularity among web designers in 2012, since the lion’s share of users prefer surfing the Internet via cell phones, tabs, netbooks and other devices instead of using PCs and laptops. In view of this fact, there is a demand for having much more convenient navigation on such devices and their different screen sizes. That’s why a creation of an adaptive website design that will be adjusted to a screen resolution automatically is a must.
2. jQuery/CSS3/HTML5 Animation
Website animation is one of the biggest attention grabbing features, these days. Its usage has been always added a line of motion to one’s resource. By using HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery, which are rather simple-to-use, web designers are enabled to produce highly appealing animated effects.
3. Rich Colors and Textures
In 2011 web designers have been paying a lot of attention to each and every detail when creating designs. Original and unique textures were also popular in order to jazz up the white space. In 2012 such a tendency will be incorporated as well, since almost every website owner wants to have attention-grabbing vivid colors and rich textures.
4. Huge Background Images
The concept of integrating huge images as websites’ backgrounds was used in 2011, and it will become even more widespread in 2012. Due to high speed internet, handy image optimization tools and the affordability of digital cameras, web designers and website owners don’t want to miss an opportunity to introduce such superb pictures. But the most important thing is not to overdo it with huge images. Keep in mind that everything should be well-balanced.
5. Typography
Typography is an approach which is included to web design trends list from year to year. Why? Because a lot of new web-ready fonts are presented every day. This trend is likely to attract even greater popularity in web design world this year. So when creating a web design piece, do not forget to use lettering in an original manner.
6. Custom Fonts
The library of web fonts is always growing. By using JavaScript, web designers are enabled to create very impressive custom fonts in CSS styles. Although this trend was popular in 2011, especially among WordPress web designers, it’s predicted that custom fonts will be widely used during 2012 as well.
7. Display Items
TThe display badges, such as banners, page ribbons, bookmarks icons and more are going to be among the top trends in 2012. All these items are commonly used for mobile applications and blogging platforms. Since there is a great number of free resources available on the web, without any doubt, these display items will get a lot of attention.
8. Infographics
By including infographics in order to present a website information in a compact, clear, creative and brightly colored manner, the visitors of such resource will be greatly interested in reading it. In 2012 it’s strongly recommended to apply such data visualization in a clever and awesome way!
