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- nads, on 06/13/2008, -3/+117Essentially this comprehensive list is every type of web design you already know of. There is no real "trend".
- Bobaliki, on 06/14/2008, -5/+103Dugg for cool 'Digg it' graphic
- Marumekomu, on 06/14/2008, -9/+62I agree with this (comment lifted from site):
"This is not web design, this is graphic design. For example what is described as “retro” is paper-retro, what is described as “collage” imitates paper collages. These styles are imports from outside of the medium they work with. Where is the authentic web design? This collection is just pretty Adobe-Creative-Suite stuff."
-drx - inactive, on 06/14/2008, -0/+42No offense, but this list is well, "everything".. not neccesarily laid out trends at all. It's like the post is a mini-css-gallery. Personally, I like the designs, but I don't like this post, for all I know, i'm just looking at sites. This article would be much better if it actually went through and talked about the trends. Seems a bit lazy & pointless.
- defectDS, on 06/14/2008, -1/+21I'd say the fine line between the two has very much vanished by today's standards. Or rather, what do you mean by authentic web design? Grids and the Rule of Thirds?
- MScrip, on 06/14/2008, -1/+20Those sites look great! It shows what you can do when you try hard NOT make your site look like yet another Web 2.0 blog.
Seriously, early web design started bad, but then got creative. Then a few years ago, every website started to look the same... white background, rounded corners, tabs across the top, etc. When did Wordpress become a style? :) - oxygenbandit, on 06/13/2008, -16/+32Very nice layouts. A lot of them borrowed heavily from the Jerad Hess / Napoleon Dynamite look though. A commentor from the site made a good point saying whatever the design is, it's more important that it is appropriate for the job rather than simply following trends.
- LightSpeed4, on 06/14/2008, -1/+16I'm so happy about Web 2.0. All those generic multicoloured logos with the water reflection and a beta tag on them, on top of a site that does absolutely nothing. It's a grand age to be online.
- Marumekomu, on 06/14/2008, -0/+13You're getting dugg down and your comment is being automatically hidden.
I'd say the system works. - B3N3, on 06/14/2008, -0/+12I really wouldn't say it's a comprehensive list. Some of the designs are cool to look at and might work for a designer's site or a personal website, but a lot of them really aren't all that practical for business, productivity, or social applications. I couldn't see myself using Digg or a lot of other sites I use every day if they had a collage or handwritten note design. Would you?
- italicdrones, on 06/14/2008, -1/+13napolean dynamite?
- cledford, on 06/14/2008, -3/+14Cool designs - based on the arguments made the Digg design sucks and clean lines are for noobs? Not sure I completely agree.
- DAC1138, on 06/14/2008, -0/+10This will get more diggs if it was "Top 82 2008 Web Design Trends."
- Perplexion, on 06/14/2008, -2/+12Hmm some interesting designs but nothing really new. Most of the sites are very graphics intensive, I'd like to see more designs that are minimalistic and rely on good design rather than flashy graphics. Anybody know of a good site to find designs such as these?
- Metasquares, on 06/14/2008, -0/+9Oh dear, we're in the Baroque period of web design.
- redwallhp, on 06/14/2008, -0/+9Mirror 1: http://www.webdesignerwall.com.nyud.net/trends/200 ...
Mirror 2: http://duggmirror.com/design/2008_Web_Design_Trend ...
It's getting a little on the slow side, so you may need them. - Jeffler, on 06/14/2008, -0/+9A new trend seems to be needing mirrors...
- inactive, on 06/14/2008, -0/+8You broke yourself, dude.
- wcarolyn, on 06/14/2008, -0/+8I felt the title misleading as well. When I saw the digg story, I was wondering who webdesignerwall.com is to announce the 2008 web design trends. Then when I read the story, I realize it was just a list of several design styles, not necessarily the 2008 web design trends.
- somaddict, on 06/14/2008, -1/+8We dig down your good design sense, pshaw!
- vh1`, on 06/14/2008, -0/+7"yet another Web 2.0 blog."
that's the thing though. the whole "web 2.0" design was a trend just as much as this grunge/antique/handdrawn trend is
everything is all trends - myhandleondigg, on 06/14/2008, -0/+7"So what’s hot now? Pencil sketches, handwritten notes, card stocks, watercolor effects, collage art, script fonts, grungy and splatter ink backgrounds (glossy gradients are not "in" this year)."
I recall visiting this site a few times over the past year and every featured design was the exact same ***** sketch design. Even their fans noticed and commented on the one-trick pony. Now they're going to say it's the new design trend? Seems like they're manufacturing their own trends just because they don't like gradients. - MtheoryX, on 06/14/2008, -1/+7Does the website have large talons?
- SquireCD, on 06/14/2008, -1/+7They included so many vague ideas that this is comparable to any site! This is nonsense.
- inactive, on 06/14/2008, -1/+7awesome! Now I know what everyone will be making fun of next year!
- furto, on 06/14/2008, -2/+7I think nearly every one has paper clips in it. Paper clips ftw.
- italicdrones, on 06/14/2008, -0/+5thanks
- AngelaQ, on 06/14/2008, -0/+5If you look at the style of webdesignerwall.com, you can understand the criteria for selection. It's an emphasis on multiple fussy graphic images that draw attention away from the site's content, style over substance. Some of those sites were really hard to look at.
- inactive, on 06/14/2008, -0/+5YOU ARE THE 1,000,000TH VISITOR!
- bat-21, on 06/14/2008, -4/+8It is a cute little thing. http://www.webdesignerwall.com/wp-content/themes/w ...
- inactive, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4Unfortunately, the creativity of some of these sites makes it much harder to navigate through, and find what you want to find
- 15charmaxwtf, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3I can see how some people may find them attractive but just looking at the thumbnails makes me feel ill (it doesn't help that I've just eaten but I don't feel ill looking at this Digg page)
Can't they be a little more subtle? I'm probably missing the point. - ortucis, on 06/14/2008, -1/+4There is no such thing as 'trend' in designing websites or just anything artistic. There is however a group of stupid people who like to follow the group and turn every ***** site into round beveled white and orange mixed piece of crap layout. I guess that is the trend though..
- buckygrad, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2Apparently, an infrastructure capacity to handle the Digg effect is not one of the trends.
- Tripper44, on 06/14/2008, -3/+5Same here was the only thing is this post worth seeing, rest was same old, same old :P
- darkane, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2Spam account is fail.
- ImYourRealDad, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2When you refer to your fonts/type in design, you're then referring to typography. So yes, big fonts is design.
- enderwigin, on 06/14/2008, -1/+3?
- rowjimmy, on 06/14/2008, -0/+2add me to your webring : www.geocities.com/~sk84lyfe/
- MuskokasFinest, on 06/14/2008, -1/+2...but it's pretty!
- dtkeith, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Is the newest trend the 404 page?
- mrASSMAN, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1Not true.. there are trends. The Web 2.0 trend is a good example of 'fad' mentality with the gradients and gloss and smooth design. of course there are trends, as with any part of our culture.
- CircleFusion, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1I think it's ridiculous that people are associating specific design elements with Web 2.0 (nevermind that Web 2.0 was never referring to design or style in the first place). Those design techniques have been in use in the design world for years, decades even. The fact that they are trickling their way into website design doesn't mean that they are simply part of a trend. That's just simple-minded thinking. It means we're starting to grow away from the 1990's designs. I see lots of design techniques popping up all the time in the web world that are not "typical" at all. Evidently, you're not giving those site designs enough credit.
Also, just because a design uses gradients doesn't mean it's a copy of another site or that it's following a trend. There are many ways to use gradients. For that matter, you might as well complain about designs that use colors and lines. *gasp* - inactive, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1Finally somebody agrees. I love Digg's color scheme and overall design. The blue and green header/menus at the top are great. So simple, yet so awesome.
- radioexpert, on 08/13/2008, -0/+1great article, im a use it for www.webdesignerworld.blogspot.com
- drgmdp, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1i've noted that... everything will get worse before something cool comes out..
- atgmac, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Loading...
- maismagardens, on 06/14/2008, -0/+1Tables are frowned upon now.
- Dracusis, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1I'm going be picky and say you should have said "visual design" and not graphic design. Graphic design implies you're designing for a static medium, which the web is not. There is big difference between the two terms even though the theory behind them overlaps a lot.
- CircleFusion, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1Ok, you don't like sketch designs. Got it. But are you seriously saying that all of these designs are *****? Is it all sketch-style designs that you think are *****, or these particular ones?
I personally see variance between those designs, even if they have some similarities. ALL graphic designs share SOME similarities with other designs. There's really no getting around that.
I would love it if any of those who constantly complain about web design trends could compile a list of good sites that they don't think are following any trends. I have a sneaking suspicion that they would not be able to find any sites meeting that criteria. -
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