11 Website Design Trends that you’re likely to see implemented in 2017 to enhance user experience and user interface. Plus ProTips to make your site stand out.
3. Expect an increase in
the combination of
both these design
models to achieve the
intuitive learnability of
flat design and the
modern, physical
aesthetic of material
design.
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5. Illustrations are a new
way to make websites
unique and original.
Not to mention it gives
the site a personality
of its own.
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6. Try adding an
illustration to
your loading
page to make
it more fun
and less
frustrating
your visitor
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7. Use small and few illustrations to make certain areas of your page
pop and/or to highlight places you want your visitors to click
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9. Pinterest was one of the leaders when it came to
using cards and the grid format. Since this style’s
growth in popularity on other SM platforms it has
spilled out to other websites.
Use cards and grid as a way to organize your site
Even use them as navigation to other pages
instead of having a long indepth menu
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10. Use of cards as Navigation
Symmetrical
Grid Format
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12. Microinteractions turn
a good website into a
great one. They let
your user know your
page is reacting to
their actions and
ready to respond.
These come in all
sorts of formats,
buttons that change
color, cards that
move, areas that
become highlighted
(right)...etc the
possibilities are
endless!
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13. 5. Videos and Animations
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14. In this example:
Cards move in from the left + Content appears as you scroll + Animated logo = High engagement!
Use animations
sparingly to give
life to the
website and
attract the user's
attention to
certain areas.
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15. Here's an example of incorporating
animation in a much larger way, by Coin
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16. Video Currently Accounts for 50%
of mobile traffic
By 2018: 79% of all consumer
internet traffic will be video
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17. Coin also has a video loaded onto their homepage that automatically plays. It’s a great way to incorporate a
customer testimonial
Bonus Tip: make sure any videos uploaded are set to mute so the user isn’t alarmed by unexpected sound
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19. Storytelling makes the user feel
like the website has a logical
beginning, middle and end - the
website becomes a journey
they immerse themselves in
Knuckles is a designer who works with metal. His
images and textual elements is how he tells his
story. The user goes on journey about his
passion
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27. Centered content is usually
paired with a bold visual. The
text may appear as the focus
but the image is what creates
that dramatic effect.
Centered content is easy to follow and
digest, and lets the user know that this is
what your website is all about.
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28. This
company
uses split
screen
content to
tailor the
website to
each user.
As a result the user feels as though the website was designed
with them in mind and are more likely to enjoy their experience.
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30. This technique is all about
layering images on top of
each other and timing them
differently so it gives the
appearance of movement
In this gif the tree images are:
● The ground and bushes
● The hills
● The sky
All timed differently so it gives
the impression that we’re
moving from left to right
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31. Here’s a modern example: Seattle’s Space Needle
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33. In the far future (+5 years), Hapnotic feedback
will allow us to do things like:
Combine pulse/vibrations with an animation of a
button to prompt the user to click
Use Sound waves broadcasted from behind the
screen, to make it feel as though it has a texture
to it.
...and more!
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