15 major trends in web design in 2012, according to DesigNonstop

So, with the advent of the new year we are again going to try to look ahead and see what kind of design trends will be in demand in the coming year. Some trends are already steadily over the years are among the headliners, and are used by designers with an obvious regularity. For example, a large picture in the background, a big active font or the use of vector character. Some declared themselves quite recently, for example, a fixed menu or multicolumn menu. But some trends are listening to technical progress and to keep up with him.

A. The emphasis on simplicity and usability
Accents of modern design has shifted toward clarity and consistency to the user. The visitor should be as easy to get something for what it has come to the site. This simplification of navigation, reduction in the number of graphic elements and the effective allocation of blocks on the site.


Two. Interactive Design
Technologies HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery can do any design interactive. All elements are responsive to movement of the mouse or touchscreen. This allows you not to watch the site and explore it, discovering more and more dynamic effects.


Three. Cell design of
mobile devices makes the variety of designers makes sure that the site looked the same functionality for all mobile screens.


4. Social integration
Almost every site has its own representation in popular social networks. It is this interaction of forces designers to integrate into the design of more and more social power, plug-ins and widgets.


Five. Large typography
typography Major was in the lead among the popular design trend in the past year. And this year the use of large fonts will most likely be no less widespread.


6. Decorative Fonts
Fonts from the online library Google as simplify the use of decorative fonts for your site.Now it is not only beautiful, but simple.


7. Graphic banners and ribbons
Another popular trend in the last year and is likely to come. Due to the fact that it is now a graphic or banner tape can be done without the pictures, only by means of CSS, this element is experiencing a rebirth and is used everywhere.


Eight. Circles in design
circles and are in the field of attention of designers. Terms of itself is an active decorative element. And if you apply a design ingenuity, the result will be spectacular and original.


9. Moderate texture
and all the textures are popular, with the only difference being that they are as unobtrusive as possible. They seem to indicate its presence on the site, making the surface rough to the eye, but without coming into conflict with the basic contents of the site.


10. A large photo background
big picture in the background has an unusually strong effect on visitors. Therefore, it is likely to be actively used in the designs in the coming year.


11. Vector Characters
Using the graphical vector character - another proven way to make the site more personalized and to impress the visitor.


12. The effect of three-dimensionality of
this effect has been actively used in the past year and most likely, this year's designers are also unlikely to give up on this interesting effect.


13. Fixed navigation menu
when you scroll down the page main navigation menu remains in place. This technique is not new, but last year he began again to be popular.


14. Multicolumn menus
Given the general trend of web design for ease of usability, the use of multi-column menu is the best solution for easy navigation through the site. Especially since this arrangement allows the seat more navigation links.


15. Infographics
This trend has declared itself in full last year. It has become a good practice to provide information as a graphical image. This is not only cute and not boring, but also promotes better assimilation of information.

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