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Today is the high time to complete the first part of community-based choice of the best web design trends for 2010. And the following information demands you to take notice, for we’ll announce those trends which appeared to be the most popular among TemplateMonster audience.

Having analyzed the solid number of comments, we’ve revealed the most popular web design trends according to our devoted audience. They are:

- white space;
- huge typography;
- huge images;
- minimalism;
- out-of-the-box layouts;
- change of perspective;
- and finally elements transparency.

These web design trends appear to be that important key of users’ attention, carrying on an intrigue feeling to click in. The ones to lose in trends voting are one-page layouts, slideshows, hand-drawn designs, oversized headers and footers, speaking navigation and multi-column layout. They numbered far less visitors’ votes.

Right now let us announce the winners of the previous “Help Us Choose the Best Web Design Trends for 2010 – Everyone’s an Expert!” voting. Having randomly chosen from the persons who commented on the post, we present a free template to a man who in our comments has called himself Ktevlin, 50% discount goes to Lisa Chestnut, and the last 30% will be fortunately delivered to Pavel K. Our congratulations and many thanks for participation! Following the results of the second part voting, the winners will be as well chosen to receive pleasant freebies from the kind TemplateMonster (also a free template, 50% discount and a 30% discount).

Now coming back to the rest of web design trends. For this once we’ll outline the remaining fourteen trends, so please vote for your favorites to make them best and foremost!

1. Magazine Layouts

Another big trend is magazine style layout for websites. Like in traditional print media, such designs have the specific use of text, illustrations, and content arrangement. Many heavy sites can benefit from this approach to guarantee concise and carefully organized structural balance in terms of informational stuff.

Mica.edu

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City Portal

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2. Intuitive Flash Design

Professional Flash is a growing trend in the coming and it still has no equals to its responding interactivity. Having a decent place in web design, Flash is now done more subtly and has become far usable resulting in rich and adaptive user interface. This all creates exceptional intuitive designs.

Advlemmix.com

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Folder Business Company

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3. Mobile Design

Smart and minimal mobile versions of websites offer a decent web performance with no actually connection to a computer. Plus converting a website in a mobile format will help any company get ahead of its competitors ignoring this sector. For sure mobile design is going to be the future of web design.

Seotools Business Company

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4. Social Elements

Social networks sections encourage the visitors to promote the website content on popular social media websites and to build a community around the products and ideas. It is now common for blogs and design portfolios to integrate aesthetically attractive social elements. The websites have started to really grasp social scene for more traffic and recognition.

Jasonaldean.com

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Andre.117 Web Design Bureau

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5. Letterpress

Pressed letters are essentially becoming trendier these days. For sure such technique is unique but used in various website designs to accent the stylized typography.

Jaesal.com

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6. Dynamic Tabs

An interesting development in the design of websites is having the dynamic pieces being added to them. Such interactive designs have so called tabbed area whose content is changed dynamically with one part displaying at a time. This makes it possible to present the content quickly and effectively.

Jwhanif.net

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Loveincolor.com

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Global Solutions

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7. Icons

We are going to see the shift to put more icons on websites. Stylistically rendered small icon represents what the entire section is all about. It is quite appealing and recognizable for users enabling them to spot specific section easily.

Team Package Business Company

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Foretix Business Consulting Company

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8. Retro

Vintage art and various retro elements are currently fully embraced in web design taken up much more space then before. Supplemented with much faded and dingy color palette, retro tone and underlying playfulness are especially attention-grabbing.

Targetscope.com

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Photo Portfolio

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Retro Design Studio

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9. Modal Boxes

Many have probably come across modal boxes used in websites to push the content more precisely in its expression. Modal windows are often presented in a very subtle way and are always trigged to a user action to sign up, log in, and the like. It all appears to be user-friendly focusing the attention on the most essential website area.

Custodialabuse.org

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LBA Group Business Company

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10. Introduction Blocks

It is known that the upper-left part of website makes a perfect sense to place the most important message of it. This small display done visually attractive the website owners use for various purposes mostly to present their skills and experience, products for sale, etc. Pushing brief introduction this way is very impressive and makes the readers quickly get the message.

Davidhellmann.com

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Spicydesign.ca

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Falkore Business Company

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11. Functional Tiling

Functional tiling shows an imaginative use of geometrical form used as a kind of navigation tiles. The installation of tiles helps to offset the severe functionalism of the plain navigation menu and gives a room for a very stylish feel.

Hair Salon

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12. Rich Textures

Using rich textures is currently one of the most popular web design trends. Well done texture far better compliments the website celebrating the visuals of gorgeous colors and details. Plus one of the latest trends in web design is to combine the use of various textures, images, graphics and type to create a variety of unbiased design effects.

Creativetempest.com

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Noeldesign.net

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Alan Smith Web Developer

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13. Navigation Scattered around Image Grid

Collage looks with a pile of scattered pictures are as well popular in website designs. The pictures are aligned into neat rows and columns making some interesting design and navigation choices. Across the entire site lots of images are used to envelop the navigation which completes in unique and aesthetically pleasing look.

Eco Furniture Design Company

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14. Numbered Navigation Bars

Numbered navigation bars appear to be extremely popular design-element of the websites. Hypertext links being enumerated provide an easy and visually interesting way for visitors to navigate between the site’s main sections. Displayed with numbers navigation bars ensure the desired surface in terms of usability as well as graphical attractiveness.

Rockatee.com

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Unlimited Design Creative Studio

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Once again we encourage you to express your individual opinion as for the best web design trends for 2010. From now on, we bring the above-mentioned web design trends for voting. Feel free to share your personal visions within our comments section.

Tags: Reviews, Web Design Trends

Written by Lilian Rigo

Lilian Rigo, an expert columnist working with TemplateMonster since 2009, is committed to exploratory and creative writing that covers various aspects of the current state of web design and web development technologies.

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