The field of web design is always changing and as trends quickly become passé, new web trends are becoming staple features. With best practices, tools and workflows adapting all the time, to remain efficient it is important to recognise the latest web design trends that will generate influence for a while as opposed to a quick — and passing — craze.
Here are some web design trends that will be here to stay for the foreseeable future:
Hero images
They offer one of the best ways to capture a user’s attention from the get-go and show them a website’s most valuable content. It is the first thing a user sees on a website, the first thing they will draw an opinion from about your brand and the first thing that will help them decide if they want to stay or bounce.
Card layouts
A combination of a mobile-first formats and Pinterest have driven the popular “card layout” design style. Typically, the layout is used to present both text and images in a square or rectangular shape. They make it easy to reorganise for different device breakpoints and this flexibility makes this format attractive, especially for websites with large amounts of content.
Material design
Material design is a visual design language designed by Google that combines the basic principles of design with innovation. The goal of this initiative is to allow for a unified experience across all platforms and device types with the aim to create elegant designs focused primarily around user experience.
Micro-interactions
Each time a user changes a setting on their phone, syncs their device, sets an alarm or sets their status on Facebook, they are engaging with a micro-interaction. Micro-interactions will continue to be an important factor in user experience design as developers optimise these on websites to be more human-like.
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