Popular Web Design Trends 2011 – Part 7

Simple, clean design with easy navigation and a total lack of clutter to distract the viewer’s attention – that’s what distinguishes minimalist websites.  Minimalism also translates well into mobile websites which necessarily have to be stripped of clutter to get the point across quickly.

Polargold.de

This site makes effective use of color, textured fonts, white space and graphics to create an impressive effect, with an expanding menu that reveals text, a touch of color on the action line “We are hiring!” and  an understated Facebook icon  which stands out against the white space.  On rollover, the menu fonts turn to text with textured color.

Mmminimal.com

Benlind.com

Bloomhosting.net

BecauseStudio.co.uk

Finch

Plastical.com

Postmachina.com

MarkDearman.com

FinelySliced.com.au

Popular Web Design Trends 2011:

  1. Hand-drawn Design
  2. Mega Design Elements – Fonts, Headers & Footers
  3. Parallax 3-D Effects
  4. Mobile-friendly Websites
  5. Use of CSS3, HTML5 and jQuery 
  6. Social Networking Integration
  7. Minimalism
  8. Magazine-style Layouts

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