Trends occur in anything creative, so web is no exception. Here are some examples of some of the trends set in 2010.
Huge headings and images
Mobile compatible design
Social Media
Colour Theory
Choosing the right combination of colours for your web-site. Colour theory is important in all aspects of design, getting it right is a skill within itself! Looking at the links, you can see what is required to get it right.
What not to do?!
To understand how to make a successful website, I have to understand the "what not to do's!" Some of the theories are obvious, but some are great advice to an amateur web-designer like me.
Always make the web-page the default size. NEVER resize the users browser.
If your website has options for the user to use different versions or if the website requires the user to load up a different page in a pop-up, then this is considered bad design.
Examples of flash websites
Idents
Here are some examples of idents that I would like to take some elements out of to create my ident.
Interaction
In the website, I want to create an area where the user can learn new things through interaction. As a New Media designer, I inspire to create new media content that can help promote, advertise, entertain and educate. Here are some examples which I have looked at to help me understand how to create this. Most these examples use roll-overs to create interaction which is easy to achieve and really gets the idea across.
