Well, it's finally December and it's often a time where people tend to reflect on the past twelve months and get excited about new ideas for the future. I would like to take this time to highlight 5 design trends of the web that we have seen creep up and will definitely be around in 2014.
Continuous Scrolling eliminates the need for the user to click to get to the next story or image. This is a leading factor in changes of other elements of the design.
Fifth Avenue Tumblr Theme by Pixel Union
Nicanian II - WordPress Theme by templaza
Expo by Pixel Union
Larger Fonts. One major reason for larger fonts is improved screen resolution as well as responsive font design. The use of media queries and the new CSS3 relative font sizing units allow more flexibility in this area of design.
Verb Regular Webfonts by Yellow Design Studio
Olio Family by Max Little
Prohibition Typeface by Hold Fast Foundry
Responsive Mobile Design. Websites of 2014 need to be responsive. This is one trend that isn't turning back. New enhancements in CSS3 makes this easier and easier all the time.
SW Go Responsive WordPress Theme by SmartAddons
WordPress Canvas - A Starter Theme
Fashion Mag Responsive Theme by Dessign
Flat Design is the topic of conversation every day in the world of web design. Even though Windows technically went flat first, once Apple embraced this design trend as well, it is everyone now.
Flat UI Web Kit by ChrisFarina
Flatvoid Vector Devices by YD-LABS
Parallax Scrolling displays the webpage as multiple layers whereas the background layer scrolls at a different speed than the foreground layer.
One Page Architect Effects by dxthemes
Parallaxer Bootstrap 3.0 Responsive
Create - Adobe Muse Theme by MuseLayers
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Do you have any design trend ideas that we need to watch out for in 2014? Let us know what they are!