Keeping on top of the latest web design changes, trends and developments is essential if you want your website to look up to date, and authoritative. In fact, this can be an important deciding factor, when people are making a choice about purchasing your products or using your services. After all, a website that is well updated, and relevant, reflects a company that is up to date with their audience, and on the ball when it comes to their business. Here at Pumpkin Web Design Manchester, we are Manchester’s leading web design company. And we work with businesses and clients across Manchester, and the wider region, to deliver top quality web design solutions. As a result, it is crucial that we remain up to date with the latest web design developments, to make sure that our clients will be successful online. And this is our guide to October web design trends.
October web design trends
The web design trends that we will see across October, include:
- Dark backgrounds
- White/ light over sized headers
- Card elements
Dark backgrounds
With the nights drawing in, it seems like web design is reflecting this natural process. While bold, deep colours were set to be popular this autumn, the use of such dark backgrounds is a new development. In fact, in the past, the majority of companies have steered away from dark backgrounds as they can be quite “heavy”. However, they don’t have to be. Dark backgrounds can actually offer a unique and interesting design feature, that it completely contrasts with the very light backgrounds we have seen for the past few years. And this brings some visual interest to a website. As well as a unique feel.
Why not try:
- using a dark overlay to position over your background image. Anything from deep blue, green, purple or even black can be very effective
- use flat black for a dramatic touch. Make sure your logo and your text offer a brighter touch.
White/light oversized headers
At the other end of the spectrum, some companies are opting for over-sized headers that really make use of white space. The headers use either a white background or a very light coloured background. And the content is centred in the middle. This can be really dramatic, and pull the viewers eyes towards the logo or heading in the centre, because of the surrounding empty space.
Why not try:
- using coloured text to highlight the header, or keywords within the header
- positioning the header so that the next element, underneath, can be seen. This will encourage users to scroll down the page.
Card elements
Card elements in web design are similar to a business card in shape, and size. They can be used for a range of different purposes, from call to action buttons, to images. And they can be a very effective way to break up information and display it in bite-size chunks, drawing attention to the different features. While these used to be a popular part of material design, they are set to return throughout October as a useful and stylish web design element.
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