Web Design 2010 - 5 Trends That Will Rock the New Year!	Visited: 1178 4.0/5.0 (1 votes total) Rate: Select 1 - Terrible 2 - Poor 3 - Average 4 - Good 5 - Outstanding
by Kabir Bedi January 11, 2010

Here are some popular trends that will make in big in 2010. though you don't need to follow them blindly and revamp your website design based on them (unless of course you plan to redesign your website), it is important that you keep them in mind and introduce subtle changes as and how required:

Huge Headers & Logos

This is one of the most talked about trends and many experts predict it to be hugely popular in the coming season. Size definitely does matter! Headers and logos are what catches the eyes of the visitors immediately after they arrive on your website. And huge headers and logos make a definitive impression on your audiences. In fact, you can also have a full sized header graphic on your web page, that acts like a banner on which you can load your content. Instead of clicking on anything, visitors would simply have to scroll down.

Magazine Layout

As web designers become more experimental, they are trying out new and innovative layouts for the web. Magazine layouts give a feel of entertainment and are great to display short articles attractively! It enhances the look and feel of the website and encourage users to spend more time there. Add to it glossy pictures and images too!

Huge Images

In line with the magazine style layout, huge images and photographs are a hot trend. It creates an visual impact that visitors are sure to remember for a long time. They are what attract visitors to the website and provide them with great visual experience. In fact, they create a feeling that there is not much text to be read and therefore make visitors stay longer and ensure that

Hand Drawn Designs

If you lament about not knowing how to “draw,” stop right there. Hand drawn designs do not require professional artists to create aesthetic pieces of art. Rather, hand drawn designs aim to make a personal connection with your users and make them feel good. Consider saving all those rough drafts that you make before you begin design a website. It can give you great insight about how you can go about doing it.

Typography

Typography will reinvent itself with a fresh new approach in 2010. Web designers are often reluctant to try new and different fonts because of their impact on usability. Therefore, one has to be very careful while using typography on web designs. The latest version of Firefox 3.6 supports a range of WOFF (Web Open Font Format) fonts. So this will give designers more options to choose from.