<div><p>Rolling into 2014, we&rsquo;re keeping an eye on what&rsquo;s hot in web design.&nbsp; The biggest driver of new web site design is Responsive Design because it eliminates mobile surfing issues and streamlines adding new content to all presentations of a web site.&nbsp; But, right behind that is the desire for a tired, old site to look new and...</p></div><div><p>Rolling into 2014, we&rsquo;re keeping an eye on what&rsquo;s hot in web design.&nbsp; The biggest driver of new web site design is Responsive Design because it eliminates mobile surfing issues and streamlines adding new content to all presentations of a web site.&nbsp; But, right behind that is the desire for a tired, old site to look new and up-to-date. Imagery, Layout, Typography, programming, and color are five areas of web design that will see dramatic changes this year. A few month from now, you&rsquo;ll say you heard and saw it at Dog Star Media first.Web Trends:1. ImageryLarge Photos - Areas at the top of webpages will start killing sliders.&nbsp; We will see a trend away from auto scrolling banner content with messages.Manipulated Imagery &ndash; Photo filters seen in Instagram and Facebook are easy to apply and create visual interest.2. Layout:Long Scrolling Sites &ndash; You will see more continuous scrolling in place of pages upon pages of content and presentation will adjust to make this easy to navigateSimplified Content &ndash; We are trending away from side bar content.&nbsp; Messages will be clean, simple and direct.3. TypographyVideos in Place of Text &ndash; Remember Web 2.0 from 1999. Social media, virtual communities, blogs, and video sharing?&nbsp; Now, 13 years later, the prehistoric era and development phase of Web 2.0 is over. Now why not just say it with video?Larger Fonts &ndash; Larger fonts help communicate simple, direct messages, that are easily taken in and remembered.Stylized Type &ndash; After 20 years of web safe fonts aren&rsquo;t we all tired of them?&nbsp;&nbsp; Give your site some personality with typography.Non-bordering type &ndash; Responsive design and programming is quickly making this the norm for displaying content. 4. ProgrammingResponsive Mobile Design &ndash; Websites that are programmed to accommodate desktop, tables and mobile devices utilizing CSS3 are now the production standard.HTML5 - Flash, Silverlight and Java are dying because you can&rsquo;t see Flash on a mobile device, and no one like to wait for pages to load.Parallax scrolling &ndash; Moving or changing backgrounds on websites at different speeds than foreground elements. This created the illusion of perspective movement..</p><p>As our first new crop of 2014 web sites go live, stay here to watch as we help our clients keep their design and message updated for the savvy web user.&nbsp;Are you thinking of redesigning your web site?&nbsp; Send me an email and tell me why you are ready for a new site.&nbsp; Dog Star Media sites are content managed, responsive and optimize efficiently.&nbsp; If you are looking for an experienced web site designer who will enhance your web strategy with a great looking design, please let me know at donald@dogstarmedia.com</p></div><p><strong>Read more</strong>&nbsp;<a class="rssreadon" rel="external" title="Web Trends" href="http://dogstarmedia.com/blog/entry/web-trends.html">http://dogstarmedia.com/blog/entry/web-trends.html</a></p>
