Essential Design Trends, December 2016

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Essential Design Trends, December 2016

With the ever shifting nature of the modern digital world, we need to look at certain elements of a website which are keep changing. Today, every organization is facing challenges that they must address with all the latest tools and technologies at their project. A website design is no doubt, one of the most valuable aspects which can improve the user – experience. In order to attract more visitors, you need to focus on some essential designing trends rather than products or services. In this article, we will focus on the little details such as white edges framing a web design, cinemographs and tiny loading animations and so on that can enhance the design of a website. 1. WHITE EDGES Using white edges or framing around the perimeter of a web page is a new trend which is used to create a canvas for the design. It’s a few pixels wide and is commonly placed around three or four sides of the design. Having a white edge means the design looks clean that can help bring focus to important choices. The white edging can help create a background canvas for parallax scrolling or other animated effects.


2. MATERIAL DESIGN: Material design mainly focuses on creating a modernistic web design that appears realistic to the users. It improves user experience and allows more depth as compared to another popular designing trend— that is pure flat design.

3. CINEMAGRAPHS Cinemagraphs are not a photograph or not quite a video, it is a live photo that has motion in them. It is definitely an effective way of attracting users attention on a website has always been video. You can see the most common uses of this design trend in advertisements and social media. Make sure the motion must be simple and subtle which hopefully improves the website conversion.


4. TINY LOADING ANIMATIONS We know, load time is important for the success of any business. But these tiny loading animations now become a big deal as it catches user’s attention for a quick second. An easily identifiable element helps you create a website with a positive experience. These tiny animations are absolutely delightful on the screen.

CONCLUSION It is important to note that every tiny detail in a website is necessary to look on even though that not every user will notice them. Each of these trends connect— through small design elements that aren’t an obvious part of the overall aesthetic. What trends are you following right now? Share with us in the comments section below. iMediaDesigns | is a Canada website design company, also involves in creating Ecommerce web design and development solutions to all type of businesses in Toronto. You can also read this article https://imediadesignblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/19/the-future-of-web-designtrends-2017/


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