Wrap-around design trend
There are, without a doubt, trends in web design. One that I’m seeing more and more often these days is the wrap-around heading or section or whatever you want to call it. You know, the kind that sort of “spring” out from behind.
To name a few…
- http://brightkite.com/
- http://www.spd.org/
- http://www.storenvy.com/
- http://hipsterist.com/
- http://hoptoadapp.com/
- http://letsfreckle.com/
I’m still undecided as to whether or not I like it, although freckle and hoptoad pull it off quite nicely.
Lee Kraus Wednesday, 17 Dec, 2008 Posted at 11:36AM
It is interesting to think about web design innovation and trends. I guess there will be kind of an era of design, similar to fashion, that frames that particular period. Although the web is just so vast and so quick to cycle, it might be that a year or two might be the time frame instead of a decade that we often think about. Having said that, I am sure those in the fashion world think design changes with the season. What will be the “bell-bottoms” of web design?
Ryan Wednesday, 17 Dec, 2008 Posted at 01:01PM
I’m glad to see that a lot more focus is on interaction, flow, and overall usability than just aesthetic design these days.
Also, Rails brought the innovation (in my opinion) to make the HTTP spec more known, with its built-in RESTful architecture stuff. After all, it makes sense to model web applications around the very standard that the web is built upon, but this was disguised in things like the awful .NET PostBack model.
Trends exist far beyond aesthetics, moving into user experience and programmatic designs, but that’s what makes “the next big thing” so interesting and exciting.
Keith Friday, 04 Feb, 2011 Posted at 12:06AM
Funny. I was just thinking about this and googled “wrap around design trend” and found ya.
Rockland P Sunday, 23 Oct, 2011 Posted at 11:51PM
I’ve been seeing this all over the place too. and not just on the web. It’s been in a lot of print design as well. It’s been on my mind too and I wanted to figure out what it was called or where it started from. I think it’s pretty cool and have been trying to find a way to incorporate this into some of my designs as well.