Web Design Trends For 2009

[AtulaSiriwardane]

Web Design Trends For 2009
First take a closer look at some of the trends we identified, discovered and observed over the last months. In this overview, you’ll find a review of each trend and more beautiful examples that can inspire you in your next project.

1. Out-of-the-box layouts
2. One-page layouts
3. Multi-column layouts
4. Huge illustrations and vibrant graphics
5. More white space than ever
6. Social design elements
7. “Speaking” navigation
8. Dynamic tabs
9. Still large search boxes
10. Category visuals
11. Author icons
12. Icons and visual clues
13. Tag index (instead of tag clouds)
14. Illustrations in blog posts
15. Watercolor
16. Handwriting
17. Retro and vintage
18. Organic textures, tiles and photographic backgrounds
19. Badges
20. Price tags
21. Ribbons

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• Navigation Menus: Trends and Examples
• Hand-Drawing Style In Modern Web Design

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