Nature is full of color and can be used for inspiration for this. Use lively colors that make an everlasting impression. Find new, clean and crisp fonts, like in for example the new Apple iOS7 design.Ĭolor is more important if you have little to play with in your design. Say goodbye to Arial, Helvetica and Times New Roman. His classes in calligraphy learned him how beautiful typography can make a difference. Steve Jobs got famous for the design of his Apple products. It not alone adds style, but also makes sure you will have a USP over the competition. Nice, elegant fonts and the positioning of text are very important in a flat design. Also the shapes that are used are very simple: rectangles, circles and squares. White, black or grey’s are used to give everything a very simple look. In contrast to a skeuomorphic design in which all these elements are used to simulate a 3D experience.Įlements like buttons and icons are as simple as possible. In the flat design concept all drop shadows, bevels, embossing, gradients or other stuff that add depth are removed. In this article I will describe the basic details of a flat design:Ī flat design is a 2d experience. Users want simplicity in a world in which we are overloaded with thousands of messages per day. The user experience has become quite cluttered because of this. If you think about it, it’s kind of strange that up until now we have tried to replicate the offline world by adding depth to web and app designs. Lots of big players like Microsoft (Metro), Apple (iOS7) and Google have taken there first steps on the road to simplicity. It therefore has a very clean and crisp look. Everything that is superfluous has been removed from the design. A flat design is, like the name says, flat as a pancake. This new design trend is an answer to the need for more simplicity in a world with an overflow of information. More and more apps and websites are getting a flat design.
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