A year ago I posted web design trends for 2011, many of which evolved to different extends throughout the year and will continue this year. So here are my 2012 predictions for trends in visual design for the web.
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Oct 2011
London Olympics logo lacks London?
Graphic communication that uses distinct styles and reveals the personality of it’s cultural environment is far more powerful and memorable — look at the rich, vibrant visual language used on the streets of India or Japan. Does the London Olympics logo have anything to do with the strong historic visual culture of London?
Oct 2011
Designing outside the rectangle
New UI design opportunities are becoming available as we adopt 3D technologies, augmented reality and gesture based control. Screens will evolve from rectangles that we look through, in to destinations we can move in to. While augmented reality enables the user interface to exist along side the real world.
Oct 2011
Typo London Places 2011 review and summary
I’ve just had three full days at the inaugural Typo London conference. Here are the top 15 insightful and interesting points I got, all based from talks by the follow speakers: Nat Hunter, Kutlu Çanlıoğlu and Titus Nemeth, Jonathan Ellery, Tony Brook, Joachim Sauter, Tom Uglow, and Jeff Faulkner.
Apr 2011
Moodboard development
The design process always requires some sort of image based research. Ideally this takes place at the start of a project, with one of the primary outcomes being a mood board. Other outcomes will are often a visual audit of existing design, a competitor analysis and some exploration in to the key audiences. The mood […]
Apr 2011
The future of web and UI design
Web designers have historically had to work within a tight set of restrictions. Computer’s were restricted to 256 colours, with only 216 consistent across Macs and PCs; Keyboards and mice were the only input devices used for navigation, and; Users generally only accessed content sitting at a desk — either at work or home with a monitor. All of those restrictions no longer apply.
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