Inspiration: web design trends in 2009 (and probably 2010): Where are we heading?

August 15th, 2009 - Design, Inspiration

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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.

And that would be it. So what do you think? What else do you expect to see this fall and next year?

Comments

Onur Oztaskiran

August 15, 2009

Some of those “so called” inspiring websites are either based from a template or rip suspicious sites.

Nice one though =)
Gerasimos

August 15, 2009

@Onur: Really?? C’mone share your hints, what do u know, talk! i love this kind of plots :D
ESD

August 16, 2009

I love cerity.se !
Angel L.

August 16, 2009

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

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

And of course : http://www.fisabilik.com
Dave Sparks

August 17, 2009

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

A lot of quality sites on this list. I love the semitransparent butterfly background on the Kiki&Bree site.
chris hough

August 19, 2009

nice selection of sites, I have to say that http://www.justincline.com/ site is amazing, well done
Janko

August 20, 2009

Interesting stuff here. I like Black mod design header.
Justin Cline

September 2, 2009

@chris hough Thanks a lot, I appreciate it!
PhilippineOutsourcing

September 28, 2009

very nice.. :)
Rion D'Luz

December 1, 2009

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

I agree @ commenter 1. One of the website above is a ripped. I saw the background used before. :D
TampaWebDesign

January 6, 2010

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

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

Inspiration: web design trends in 2009 (and probably 2010): Where are we heading? Very good text nice topic…Thanks
poperechny

March 10, 2010

Thanks! Great article!
inutina

March 23, 2010

Very well! Good luck!
success junkies

March 25, 2010

your site has lots of cool info, I cant believe it covered this story
Poet

March 31, 2010

Interesting stuff here.Thanks!
Kevin

April 14, 2010

Very nice Article, your site has alot of cools information, and beautiful logo design
bestiarecords

April 20, 2010

Very cool and rool! Thanks!
elitstudio

May 1, 2010

Very interesting info! Thanks!
ivanovandrey

May 4, 2010

Great site and very nice info! Thanks!
Jackelyn Alig

May 10, 2010

Thank you for a interesting write-up.
Nikita

May 19, 2010

Here you can also find Logo Design Trends 2010 http://limejam.tumblr.com/post/600512350/logo-design-trends-2010
web design

June 7, 2010

thanks a lot for this wonderful article
Kevin Ettl

October 4, 2010

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

I love these designs you have shared a great selection of sites, be interesting what 2011 trends are.
seo

April 11, 2011

I love these designs you have shared a great selection of sites thank you
Seo

August 22, 2011

great selection of sites thank you
ev ilaçlama

August 24, 2011

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

A really great selection of designs. It’s very difficult to choose which one I like the best!!