A prenstation on design trends, nothing earth shattering but wanted to give a simple slide for internal users

1. 10 Web Design Trends for ‘09
These are some of the
observation on trends, design
decisions and coding solutions

2. 1. Embossing or Letter Press
An interesting trend of using pressed letter or
embossing in web design, the simple reason may be it
is rarely used.
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3. 2. Rich User Interfaces
Increased use of AJAX& Flash, more beautiful and
usable, much more white space over the last year, more
padding and more space for various design elements
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4. 3. PNG transparency
PNG transparency, although unsupported by IE6, seems
to have gained popularity on the scene, often used
either in header or footer of designs
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5. 4. BIG Typography
big typography is popular, modern websites use big
typography to communicate the most important
messages of their websites to their users.
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6. 5. Font Replacement
As designers pay more attention to typography, they
also pay more attention to the fonts that are used for
the copy, sFIR to the rescue, replaces font seamlessly
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7. 6. Modal Boxes or Lightboxes
serve as a user-friendly alternative to classic JavaScript
windows and support users by focusing their attention
on the most important area of the website
* we use it but in a very limited way
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8. 7. Media Blocks
many sites use media blocks, main advantage is that
they can communicate content quickly and effectively
and make it easier for users to consume information
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9. 8. The Magazine Look
An interesting development is the adaptation of
traditional (print) media techniques, the use of
typography, grid-based designs and text alignment
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10. 9. Carousels or Slideshows
Instead of clicking through various sections of the
website for their favorite stories, users can quickly skim
through the available stories without vertical scrolling
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11. 10. And a whole bunch of others…
Watercolor, an alternate color Handwriting, convey a
palette that bring in a different energy and
personality and an individual note in times
convey certain emotional cue when perfect, boxy and rounded elements can be
of the website to the website visitor found almost everywhere
One page layout,
smart way to add interactivity and
designers try to initiate a more effective dialogue with
Texture adds dimension to virtually “speaking”
visitors, lets call it a
engage the user there
by increase stickiness
any style of design, if applied properly,
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its versatility

12. Questions
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