Smashing Magazine hizo dos listas, excelentemente explicadas, de algunas tendencias de diseño web para este año. Es cierto que algunas no son una novedad pero los ejemplos y la explicación, sumado a algunas cosas interesantes hacen que valga la pena leerlas completas.
El resumen es este:
1. Embossing Letterpress
2. Rich user interfaces
3. PNG transparency
4. Big typography
5. Font replacement (sIFR, etc.)
6. Modal boxes
7. Media blocks
8. The magazine look
9. Carousels (slideshows)
10. Introduction blocks
11. Out-of-the-box layouts
12. One-page layouts
13. Multi-column layouts
14. Huge illustrations and vibrant graphics
15. More white space than ever
16. Social design elements
17. “Speaking” navigation
18. Dynamic tabs
19. Still large search boxes
20. Category visuals
21. Author icons
22. Icons and visual clues
23. Tag index (instead of tag clouds)
24. Illustrations in blog posts
25. Watercolor
26. Handwriting
27. Retro and vintage
28. Organic textures, tiles and photographic backgrounds
29. Badges
30. Price tags
31. Ribbons
El resumen es este:
1. Embossing Letterpress
2. Rich user interfaces
3. PNG transparency
4. Big typography
5. Font replacement (sIFR, etc.)
6. Modal boxes
7. Media blocks
8. The magazine look
9. Carousels (slideshows)
10. Introduction blocks
11. Out-of-the-box layouts
12. One-page layouts
13. Multi-column layouts
14. Huge illustrations and vibrant graphics
15. More white space than ever
16. Social design elements
17. “Speaking” navigation
18. Dynamic tabs
19. Still large search boxes
20. Category visuals
21. Author icons
22. Icons and visual clues
23. Tag index (instead of tag clouds)
24. Illustrations in blog posts
25. Watercolor
26. Handwriting
27. Retro and vintage
28. Organic textures, tiles and photographic backgrounds
29. Badges
30. Price tags
31. Ribbons