Trends in website design for 2014 favor minimalism and simplicity. Websites are moving away from flashy designs with unnecessary clutter like sharp colors, many fonts, pop-ups and complex menus. Visitors have grown weary of promotional designs and prefer clean, simple layouts that allow them to easily focus on the content. Minimalist templates offer benefits like keeping visitors engaged with the information instead of distracted. Responsive design adapted for mobile is also important, retaining minimalism and intuitive navigation across devices.

1. Trends in
Website Design
for 2014 :
Why Minimalism Is Preferred

2. People who boast even the smallest amount of knowledge
about website design, know that superior design matters greatly
in attracting visitors to a website.
Viewers are increasingly becoming more responsive towards the
appearance and the feel of certain kinds of website. Besides
making websites mobile friendly and making designs more
responsive to mobile viewing, the trends in website design for
2014 seem to be veering towards simplicity and minimalism.

3. A minimalist template might not be
flashy and colourful, but it will
actually offer a lot of benefits. The
advantage is that it can make sure
your website visitors focus on your
information and your
message, instead of getting
distracted by various design
elements.
Designers in 2014 need to avoid
unnecessary clutter, sharp colors, an
extraordinary circus of fonts, blinking
pop-ups, complicated menus, selfimportant pictures and lots of other
features that people are usually used
to stuffing their websites with.

4. Today visitors have grown weary of
anything that looks like promotion. This is
one of the major reasons that simplicity in
web design is capturing so much attention.
Lots of companies have understood that
the decrease in their website traffic is
often attributable to a messy website.
Having a large backdrop that connects the
visitor to the company right away is
becoming a popular trend in website
design. Your background image can create
instant connection and branding in the
minds of the visitor. There is nothing to
distract them from your message in this
way.

5. The design of menus has also become simpler, with ones that are
intuitive and easier to navigate becoming the norm. We will see
navigational menus getting simpler and more intuitive over the
course of the next year.
Responsive design is one of the most important trends, with
mobile friendly designs retaining a minimalist and easy-tonavigate look and feel. We will see more innovations in
responsive design in 2014.
Abhishek Tripathi
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