Inspiration: web design trends in 2009 (and probably 2010): Where are we heading?
Big photography, huge typography, sketches, nature and sliders. There are other “trends” as well but i believe these are the elements used mostly in today’s web design world and will be used next year as well. In this post I’ve got 4 sites for each of the 5 categories i mentioned earlier.
Sites using big titles
Sites using big images
Sites inspired by nature
Sites using sketches
Sites using sliders
And that would be it. So what do you think? What else do you expect to see this fall and next year?
Onur Oztaskiran - August 15, 2009 11:04 pm
Some of those “so called” inspiring websites are either based from a template or rip suspicious sites.
Nice one though =)
Gerasimos - August 15, 2009 11:24 pm
@Onur: Really?? C’mone share your hints, what do u know, talk! i love this kind of plots :D
ESD - August 16, 2009 6:42 pm
I love cerity.se !
Angel L. - August 16, 2009 11:06 pm
Sibling Rivalry Wine’s website is beautifully designed. I love every element of it. Very inspiring sites who use these trends beautifully.
hrvojeb - August 17, 2009 5:02 am
What about slab typefaces? They’re pretty popular right now, and I think they’re here to stay for a while.
Ligatures in headlines are nice trick and everyone is using them. Pity they don’t know how to use them properly.
Also, lot of designer who used flash two years ago, now use java scripts. I think this is also a trend. Who knows what information wizards are planning in they’re little companies? Maybe something mixed of both? That would be great.
I predict that next type hype will be serifs again but with even more human approach. Color is back on the market, so I think that next “new” thing will be black, gray and white websites. Minimal and clean with really really subtle Photoshop effects.
Al-Kanz - August 17, 2009 10:42 am
And of course : http://www.fisabilik.com
Dave Sparks - August 17, 2009 12:01 pm
Some nice stuff. I think big imagery is one of the many things that has come along with the increase in available bandwidth for most users.
Now to be original and go and find something that doesn’t have any of this in!
Benjamin Falk - August 17, 2009 6:55 pm
A lot of quality sites on this list. I love the semitransparent butterfly background on the Kiki&Bree site.
chris hough - August 19, 2009 3:39 pm
nice selection of sites, I have to say that http://www.justincline.com/ site is amazing, well done
Janko - August 20, 2009 9:31 am
Interesting stuff here. I like Black mod design header.
Justin Cline - September 2, 2009 10:03 pm
@chris hough Thanks a lot, I appreciate it!
PhilippineOutsourcing - September 28, 2009 11:18 am
very nice.. :)
Rion D'Luz - December 1, 2009 8:13 pm
Any chance you might give me some feedback related to my new design at http://dluz.com
Its more of a developer project (scripts) as I’m not a graphics designer, but I believe that, being around the dev block for 15 years, I’ve put in some good features related to Look-n-Feel, Style-n-Presentation, etc…
I’d welcome your feedback!
TIA,
Rion D’Luz
Mark - December 2, 2009 7:37 am
I agree @ commenter 1. One of the website above is a ripped. I saw the background used before. :D
TampaWebDesign - January 6, 2010 5:03 pm
Clean, bright design with good use of white space should be the new standard. Minimalist design with use of fonts as design itself. This will help speed of loading and that helps with search and Smart Phones accessing the site. Mobile smart phone usage set to explode ie Google HTC Nexus. Tampa Web Design
Gregory Despain - February 1, 2010 2:38 am
This is a really interesting article. I’ve been looking for something similar to this for a while – I’m going to have to share it with my readers and bookmark you for next time :)
tatil - March 1, 2010 3:14 am
Inspiration: web design trends in 2009 (and probably 2010): Where are we heading? Very good text nice topic…Thanks
poperechny - March 10, 2010 8:01 am
Thanks! Great article!
inutina - March 23, 2010 2:00 am
Very well! Good luck!
success junkies - March 25, 2010 3:08 pm
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Poet - March 31, 2010 11:48 am
Interesting stuff here.Thanks!
Kevin - April 14, 2010 12:52 pm
Very nice Article, your site has alot of cools information, and beautiful logo design
bestiarecords - April 20, 2010 9:54 am
Very cool and rool! Thanks!
elitstudio - May 1, 2010 8:00 am
Very interesting info! Thanks!
ivanovandrey - May 4, 2010 1:52 pm
Great site and very nice info! Thanks!
Jackelyn Alig - May 10, 2010 9:54 pm
Thank you for a interesting write-up.
Nikita - May 19, 2010 12:08 pm
Here you can also find Logo Design Trends 2010 http://limejam.tumblr.com/post/600512350/logo-design-trends-2010
web design - June 7, 2010 6:17 pm
thanks a lot for this wonderful article
Kevin Ettl - October 4, 2010 6:23 pm
Nice article, was wondering if you would allow me to link to it in a article i am currently writing for my own website? Thanks Kevin Ettl
Mike - January 12, 2011 12:23 am
I love these designs you have shared a great selection of sites, be interesting what 2011 trends are.
seo - April 11, 2011 10:44 pm
I love these designs you have shared a great selection of sites thank you
Seo - August 22, 2011 7:55 pm
great selection of sites thank you
ev ilaçlama - August 24, 2011 9:30 am
Big photography, huge typography, sketches, nature and sliders. There are other “trends” as well but i believe these are the elements used mostly in today’s web design world and will be used next year as well.
**Thanks For Sharing**
basekit - October 7, 2011 4:14 pm
A really great selection of designs. It’s very difficult to choose which one I like the best!!