For designers like myself, the end of the year is an inspiring time.
What trends and design aesthetics will be popularized in 2020?
What trends will likely be on their way out?
If youre a designer, or a fan of great design, youre in luck.
This was definitely the case, and one of those experiments was text-only heroes.
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That typography also has some personality to it, instead of a standard or overused sans-serif font.
Websites such asDottedSign(above) andFixate(below) are great examples of this growing trend.
In 2020, I anticipate this trend to take on a different form.
Their font paired with the background color feels vintage, but not dated.
Black and white
Monochromatic is so 2019.
Consider it monochromatic gone minimalist.
Cahn Wilsons siteis a great example of a design aesthetic absent of color.
Their sites content is organized in large rectangles aligned in a grid format.
Outlined typography
If you cant tell already, I really like typography and notice typographical trends in particular.
One emerging trend is outlined typography, and we can expect to see this more and more in 2020.
We have more web fonts; we need more daring, more diverse web typography too.
Theres no doubt that this is evident not only in this trend, but others already mentioned here.
A trend going into 2020 is larger-than-life typography that can be read from across the room.
Geometric shapes, lines, and patterns are making a comeback for 2020.
XXXIs website (below) for theirIntro to Codinguses geometric shapes in a similar way.
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Romain Avalles siteis a great example of this trend, as is Intro to Codings (previously mentioned).
I expect in 2020 that some of these color combinations will make their way into website designs.
And too many consumer brands using serif typography to identify themselves with this illusory notion of Brooklyn-esque hipster classicism.
(Need more inspiration?
Check our2019 web design guide,2018 web design guide,2017 web design guide, and2016 web design guide, too).
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