Seeking out Design Trends for 2009
As you may have noticed, I don’t take my blog too seriously of late. It’s mostly a place where I put my thoughts, things I run across, latest projects and discoveries, etc. This more casual approach will help me to blog more often and get less anxiety about when I put my fingers on the keyboard.
After my blog post the other day on A Tidbit on Graphic Design Trends, I started noticing many of the people I follow on twitter talk about design trends in logos or web design, etc. Whether you agree with these trends, follow them, enhance your portfolio with them or ignore them all together, I just thought I’d share a few things that came to my attention.
More Web Design Trends for 2009
by Smashing Magazine
Last week we presented 10 Web Design Trends For 2009, our review of the most promising developments and techniques in web design that may become big in 2009. In the first part we covered embossing letters (”letterpress”), rich user interfaces, PNG transparency, big typography, carousels and media blocks.
This post is the second part of our review. It presents design trends for 2009 in terms of layouts, visual approaches and design elements.
Article Includes:
- Out of box layouts
- One page layouts
- Multi-column layouts
- Huge illustrations and vibrant graphics
- More white space than ever
- Social design elements
- Speaking navigation
- Dynamic tabs
- Still large search boxes
- Category visuals
- Author icons
- Icons and visual clues
- Tag index (instead of tag clouds)
- Illustrations in blog posts
- Watercolor
- Handwriting
- Retro and vintage
- Organic textures, tiles and photographic backgrounds
- Badges
- Price tags
- And ribbons
Logo Design & Branding Trends 2009
by Logo Orange
2009 ushers in something new, something experimental, something outrageous. More will be the new less. Strong visibility and passion are the dictating themes.
Article includes some great examples of:
- Psychedelic Pop Backgrounds
- Origami
- Tactile Logos
- Arabesque
- Classic Modernism
- Pictograms
- 80’s Geometry Lesson
- Typographic Logos
- Street Art
- Puzzle Patterns
If I find some more online, I’ll post them here. Meanwhile if you know of some good articles talking about design trends, add it to the comments. Thanks!