Web design trends to try in 2015

With just under two months left of 2014, now is the perfect time to be thinking about how you can improve your website in the New Year. Of course, a new year brings a new wave of web design trends, which you may want to think about incorporating into your plans. Here we have shared some of the web page trends forecast to be huge next year to give you a head start on re-designing your website.

Minimalist design

Next year minimalist web design will be a huge trend, with businesses clearing up the clutter and opting for a lot more white space on their websites. The great thing about minimalist web designs is not only do they look neater and more professional, but they also make it easier for users to concentrate on the content.

It’s important to remember that opting for a minimalist web page doesn’t necessarily mean it has to monochrome. Splashes of colour are great for injecting a little character and creativity and will ensure your business website does not look ‘soul-less.’

If you are thinking of using a minimalist web design next year, you will need to make sure you concentrate on the typography and images used on your website, as with fewer design elements, these will stand out to visitors more.

Parallax scrolling

Parallax scrolling has also been forecast to be one of biggest web design trends next year. This web site technique involves making the background image move slightly slower than the foreground images and text, as you scroll down the page. Doing this creates an illusion of depth and makes websites look 3D.

Whilst parallax scrolling can add a nice touch to websites, it can sometimes overwhelm users so if you are considering incorporating it into your new web design in 2015, we recommend using it sparingly.

Web cards

Web cards are not a new web design trend, having already been used by the likes of Google, Facebook and Twitter, but they are something that is set to be huge next year. Basically web cards allow businesses to present interactive information to users in bite-sized chunks using a business card style layout.

The fact they share content in concise bursts is great for improving engagement and encouraging users to complete a call to action. This web page technique is particularly well suited to mobile and tablet devices, as web cards are the perfect shape and size for their screens.

Responsive web design

We understand that you may be fed up of hearing about responsive web design, but there are still so many businesses out there that are not listening to us and the other millions of web designers telling them how important it is.

Seeing as mobile and tablet internet usage is only set to get bigger and bigger, if you haven’t already, you need to make sure that your website is compatible with both these devices. The only real way to do this effectively is to invest in a responsive web page.

Building a website that can intelligently identify the device it is being viewed on and adjust itself to meet the requirements of the user’ is the best way to ensure a great experience is delivered, which should also help to improve your conversion rates.

Conclusion

So there we have the top web design trends forecast to be huge in 2015, but as usual there is likely to be a few more that emerge as the year progresses.

If you are thinking of re-designing your business website in 2015 and want to work with experienced and professional web designer, get in touch with Reynolds Digital today.

I'm Mollie Potter. I'm an internet marketer who is 27 years young and I love to hang out with new people, old friends and my close knit group. I'm a Passionate Social Media Thought Leader, Speaker, Trainer.