Web Design Trends: Designing Out Of The Box
This is a creative trend catching on. It’s very simple to do but adds an extra element of character and uniqueness to a design.
Take a look at how to implement this ‘out of the box’ technique and a list of creative websites that are using it.
Web Design Trends: Stars and Aurora Effect
Arguably this trend was made popular after the release of Apple Leopard OSX and it’s groovy auroral/starry branding. Adding this simple effect to your background or header can make a very plain dark web design come to life.
Check out this list of 20 websites using these effects plus a few helpful tutorials.
Web Design Trends: Cityscapes, Landscapes and Seascapes
A popular trend over the past year or two is using landscapes, cityscapes and seascapes in a design. Often placed in a website’s footer, they’re a great way to show off your creativity and as a web designer gives you a chance to test out your Illustrator skills.
Web Design Trends: Call To Action Buttons
Call to action buttons are the buttons that you, as a web designer, want all your users to click on when they land on your page. Usually they’ll be a link to a download, signup or sale.
Seth Godin (The Big Red Fez) calls them bananas and your users are the monkeys. The objective is for the monkey to find the banana in less than 3 seconds (before they give up and leave). “Force yourself to design each and every page with one and only one primary objective. That’s the banana. Make it big. Make it blue (or red). Make it obvious.”
This post discusses how to design the perfect ‘call to action’ button and showcases 30 examples of good call to action button designs.
Web Design Trends: Sunbursts and Sun Rays
Sunbursts are a very popular design trend within web and graphic design. A sunburst represents sun rays (or beams) exploding from a source point. They’re a Web 2.0 trend but they tend to work well with other graphical elements.
This post looks at how to create your own sunbursts, using existing Photoshop shapes and brushes and I’ve showcased 15 beautiful websites that include the sunburst effect in some shape or form.
