Modern web design trends embodied in Site2You website turnkeys

Fashion is a form of visualization that reflects people’s lifestyle. We got used to speak about modern trends of apparel and accessories. But look at this concept globally: fashion can be seen in everything including web design sphere. The more web designers experiment, the more visual approaches and graphic ideas they invent. It doesn’t mean that everyone should impeccably follow these trends in order to stay up-to-date. Keeping yourself in the picture will make fashionable web design tendencies work for you!

As any period of time is characterized by its common approaches, today we would like to illustrate the most marked design trends of 2009 on the examples of website turnkeys from Site2You.

1. Big, even HUGE, typography.

The tendency of huge typography became evident in 2008 and smoothly moved to 2009 still remaining popular. Someone may suppose that it may be associated with poor vision of those mesmerized in front of computer desktops. Nothing of the sort! :) Big typography is used first of all to reach the audience, to communicate the most important messages of the websites.

2. PNG transparency.

PNG transparency is one of the widespread graphic techniques nowadays the mission of which is to highlight the important design elements, such as headlines or announcements. The only minus is that PNG transparency is not supported by Internet Explorer.

3. Font Replacement.

Though, this trend is not as vivid as others, but you might have already noticed that some web designers tend to use rich and florid typography to make a design catchier and unique. These fonts are usually seamlessly integrated into website design and hardly can be used on their own.

4. The Magazine Look.

Here is one more peculiar feature of the modern website design. The layout of a website is arranged in the way as traditional print media. The use of typography, images and text alignment resemble a magazine. Take a look at the examples below.

5. Multi-Column Layout.

One of the ways to present information effectively and compactly is to use multi-column layout (3+). This tendency also gained popularity among web professionals and it’s not surprising. Multi-column designs (if skillfully created) can be really helpful for visitors allowing them to catch all information at once. But be careful and don’t go too far, as at the end you may get too complex and messed design. Here are a couple of examples from Site2You collection of turnkey websites.

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Anonymous | 2009-07-22 09:15:36 | reply It seems Site2You stays up-to-date. designs are really fancy.

Integraphix Web Designer from Chicago | 2011-04-19 18:58:45 | reply Personally I love the big type and magazine styles - they're very attractive. Chicago Web Design http://www.integraphix.com/services/chicago_web_design