Design

Western firms might not wish to send abroad complex jobs like design, but production work looks much the same whether it is done in Chicago or Shenzhen.
In the next 10 years, all visual design jobs will start to be augmented by algorithmic visual approaches.
Many new jobs will be in the fields of software, engineering, design, maintenance, support and training: Types of jobs created include robot monitoring professionals, data scientists, automation specialists, and content curators.
Up to 113,000 jobs in R&D, design, higher-skilled production, and sales and service positions will be created by 2026.
End users have been spoilt by slick, responsive web design and connected, customisable ecosystems; that's not going to change in 2019.
In 2019, web designers will have to make even bigger leaps towards inclusiveness, improving the user experience for everyone and making design more socially conscious.
Inclusive web web design is going to be a buzzword in 2019.
The days of gigantic photos, uncompressed videos, and bloated Javascript are over: While large pictures and videos are not gone from web design, in 2019 they will be incorporated in such a way that they do not slow down loading times.
2019 will be all about delivering on user experience: web design trends will prioritize speed and mobile design, eye-catching simple designs with asymmetrical layouts, immersive video backgrounds, and more.
2018 looks set to be another year where innovations in mobile web design will be plentiful and will continue to drive the overall direction of web design in general.
Achieving balance between a static picture and traditional video, cinemographs will be seen all over web design trends for 2018.
Storytelling as part of web design will continue into 2018 and well beyond.
The full impact of the latest wave of AI and machine learning on web design is not fully understood and likely will not be throughout 2018.
Animations will play a more significant role in web design in 2018 for a simple reason: people respond to them.
New and innovative copywriting will be a major part of web design in 2018.
2018 will be a year of making futuristic design concepts more usage of 3D and 2D design items and typography.
There is a very good chance that new, mobile-first designs will be a centrepiece of 2018 in web design and SEO.
In 2017, web design is going to be increasingly generated through a team approach in which all sides of the user experience are taken into account.
The rise of color has been tied to the rise of simplicity in design and it's a web design trend that's going to continue in 2017.
Web design in 2017 is going to cut the pretense in many ways, going straight to the point with bold text that literally spells out the message.
The design and development of conversational UI will become an important topic for developers in 2017.
Fast loading speed will continue to be a web design trend in 2017.
The rise of chatbots will make the standard of graphic web design better.

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Last updated: 12 July 2020