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When it comes to web design, there are a lot of trends that are constantly changing from year to year. These web design trends are set up by the newer generations of designer that are creating their names. They are putting in a lot of time and effort into creating these trends that will hopefully change the entire design community. We recently spoke with brisbane web design company M2media and here are some of the most popular web design trends of 2017 that we have seen so far.

Mobile-First Approach to web design

As you can guess by the name of this trend, a lot of web designers are approaching new projects by making first a mobile version. There is a lot of reasons why this is happening, one of them I because it is easier to create a web design for devices that have smaller screens. When people create first designs for mobiles, then they can use that design as a reference to work their way up to bigger devices like tablets and desktops. The second good reason why more designers are using this trend is that mobile phones are becoming more and more popular all over the world and each year, they have to offer even more and better performance.

Nowadays, some mobile phones have achieved a lot of great things and thanks to the advanced technology, people can now use them to browse the web just as easily as a desktop. For example, in the UK mobile devices are names primary devices that people use to browse the web. Therefore, more companies that want to create a website, want to start by creating a mobile version because they know that it will be done much faster.

“Designing for Mobile is such a major component of any new website project today. We prefer to start with a mobile first design and then expand it out to fit larger screens” says Matt Ascough from Brisbane Web Design company M2media.

Bold Typography

Visual mediums are what web designers use to attract people to their designs and there is no better way to achieve that than creating big and bold typography. This type of typography is the solution to all problems nowadays. In the upcoming years, we can expect to see much more over-sized titles that have some unique style. Having big and boring typography will not be enough, designers will have to come up with their personal styles of letters.

Each year, a new and fresh generation of college students from visual art class are stepping up to become someone who will be remembered. In order to achieve such thing, they have to do something that was never done before, something that will change and have a huge impact on the future of web design. Art is something that has no limits, and there is always more room available for improvement, therefore we never know when or who might have a great impact in this community. We surely hope so that the visual art class of 2017 will have some gems who will bring something new to the table.

Changing the Future

The future is always in the hands of the new generations of people that are coming, we cannot forget about them. Usually, they are the ones that have the most innovative ideas that can change everything. Some of these young people will become famous designers that are for sure, but we can only hope that they have some good ideas on how to make things better or easier. New ideas rarely come from old people, they are usually created in heads of young people that want to try out new things. Even if an older designer has an idea, there are small chances that he will even try to make that idea come to life that is because over time people tend to lose their passion for the work. Only a few people that really love what they are doing have a passion for design later on in their lives.

As an older generation of designers, we know that we can count on the new generation to change the future because if everything stays the same, people will get bored. In order to keep something interesting, it needs to be changing constantly and improving by each day. Nobody knows what might come from this new generation of college students. One thing is for sure and that is some of them who are extremely passionate about design will achieve something great in life and in the end, that is what matters the most.

 One of the worst moments in the world of design was in 2011 when a community great as this lost a true gem, a member that had a huge impact on the future of the web design Sylvia Harris. If the name Sylvia Harris doesn’t ring a bell to you, then most likely, you are not into web design things because everyone involved into web design must know who was she. That is because she was one of the best designers in the whole world, a lot of people have looked up to her and followed her work. if you don’t know anything about her, here is a quick look into her life.

The Start

Just like anyone else, she had to start somewhere and from nothing, nobody got famous without putting in effort into what they love. For Sylvia Harris, the start was 1980 when she graduated from Yale. Right after graduation, she started to create her own name, of course, she has some help from two associates. She had some ground-breaking work was done that was the first step to success and fame when she was working with some banking systems for the Citibank. In 1994, she decided that she can do things without any help and she wanted to go solo, therefore she changed her focus to designing planning and strategy. In the process of this huge change, she helped out some big universities, hospitals, and agencies with her planning system.She was a woman that was full of energy, ideas, passion and more importantly intelligence. She really loved doing what she was good at and that was designed. Extremely talented at everything that was related to design from drawing to coming up with new unique ideas.

Making Difference

She was a woman that always wanted to make a difference, she wanted always to stand out and not be like everybody else. Do achieve that, she needed to impress people and she achieved that by being a citizen designer. Of course, we could talk a lot more about how great she was, but one thing is for sure, she will be remembered as a great woman