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The Maemo restaurant tells its story with irresistible strength, using the simplest language possible, and then the visitor is confronted with a single call to action (“Book a table”), and the restaurant’s name over a background of cold fog swirling over the fjord. Scrolling down brings a few photos in a casual layout, with horizontal and vertical alignments hard to find. The themes of the photos seem casual, too. Nonetheless, browsing this page offers an intensely sensual experience. The ascetic form highlights the quality of the photos, while the minimalism makes you read the few sentences they cared to share carefully, like words of wisdom. What can be learned here? You can keep things visually quiet (quiet!) in web design and still achieve a great look!
Try minimizing the content, form, and color as much as possible while adding interest through big, realistic videos. 12. World Wide Wait loading You’ve probably heard this old joke. In the ’90s, when 56k modems were the primary way to access the special leads Internet, the “WWW” acronym used to be jokingly translated to “World Wide Wait”. Fast network speed has made us nearly forget that. Like never before, faster speeds are enabling us to create websites that would have been unthinkable just a short time ago – such as using HD video for a website background. But every step forward comes at a price and, in this case, the price is time. Specifically, the load time. Hence, we can see a big comeback of visually engaging preloaders. Not as engaging as they used to be in the Flash days when they turned into little games, but still art pieces in their own right. 13. Designer automation thegrid1_ A screenshot of the grid.io website reveals an error that no human being would be likely to make (unreadable black text on dark background).
This article wouldn’t be complete without taking a moment to mention “The Grid” – a catchy idea presented by “eclectic designers” that made some buzz recently. It’s an attempt to replace the designer and the coder with Artificial Intelligence. Will web designers become redundant? It is yet to be seen. It’s not possible to test this system yet, so it’s hard to judge its usability. Their website seems to be the only demonstration of its power. Generally, it performs well in most resolutions but attempts to create artificial art seem to be the sign of the times. For instance, The Painting Fool creative software hasn’t yet wiped out paintings from art galleries.