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Web Design Trends for 2014. I recently presented this talk at Internet Librarian 2014, and wanted to share it here too!

Web Design Trends for 2014

If you want to see some really good notes from my presentation, check out Sarah Houghton’s post (thanks, Sarah!). I did some research via Google on web design trends for 2014, took the trends that reappeared a bunch, and … here they are: 15 Web design trends in 6 loose categories: Category 1 – Mobile: 1. Mobile-first design. 2. Category 2 – Designy Things: 3.Simplicity. 4. 5. Category 3 – Visual: 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Category 4 – Typography: 11. Category 5 – Content: 12. 13. Category 6 – Navigation: 14. 15. There you go! 10 Wonderful Examples of Interactive Infographics. We looked through the web to see what are the most recent examples of Interactive Infographics and this is a list of 10 Wonderful Examples of Interactive Infographics.

10 Wonderful Examples of Interactive Infographics

Infographics became a favourite tool for businesses to show their clients important and valuable information. We are also seeing lots of designers using infographics as resumes. Newspapers and magazines also find it useful to present data. And being such an important tool, infographics started evolving as much more efforts are put in the development of this tool. You may also want to check: 15 Infographic Online Tools and Free Vector Elements The difference between a Data Visualization and an Infographic Brockhaus Encyclopedia Infographics If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough Evolution of the cloud See the infographic Eastern Tennessee See the infographics Future of Car Sharing See the infographic Get Tech Fit (Verizon) See the infographic How Search Works See the infographic See the Infographic. 8 pro tips for creating interactive infographics. Infographics are everywhere on the web right now, and they're increasingly interactive.

8 pro tips for creating interactive infographics

Luke Clum offers 10 pro tips for creating an interactive infographic - read on to find out how you can create a design that truly engages with its audience... 01. Understand the psychology Before you start to make your interactive infographic, it's worth considering why you're making it interactive. As the brilliant infographic Why Your Brain Craves Infographics explains, people are visually wired.

There is also the vital component of kinetic learning, by which people are better able to retain information through a physical activity. This combination of visual and kinetic approaches is what makes interactive infographics the data visualizations of the future. 02. One of the most popular types of interactivity requires just a little scrolling from its user participants, which usually triggers animations and transitions. Scrolling can also be used in really simple ways, with simple narratives. 4 Website Design Trends to Look Forward to in 2014.

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4 Website Design Trends to Look Forward to in 2014

We’re looking forward to 2014 not only for exciting things like the Winter Olympics and the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie (remake), but also for some new and exciting developments in web design that are primed to become the year’s biggest trends. If you want to know more about what is going to be popular in web design, check out the list below; it contains 4 cool trends that are going to change the way we design webpages in the upcoming year.

Fixed Header Bars Good UX is of utmost importance these days, especially with the abundance of sites on the web – if your site isn’t easy and pleasant to use, users are going to find somewhere else to visit. So, in order to aid in easy navigation, sites will turn to fixed header bars in 2014. Check out these examples: Interactive Infographics Infographics have been one of the most popular ways to disseminate information and statistics. Single Page Sites Flat Design Sources: