A look at fresh trends in web design – courtesy of Web Design Ledger and Marqui blogs. Plenty of common points on both lists (mobile and further support of HTML5 / CSS3), but both also include some of the more unique/recent things like parallax scrolling, editorial style layouts and quick response/QR.

See the original articles in their entirety here (WDL) and here (Marqui).

Web Designer Ledger

More CSS3 + HTML5 (See – Scribblertoo /  Harmony)

Simple Color Schemes (See – Tory’s Eye / Collision)

Mobile Ready

Parallax Scrolling (See – Row To The Pole)

Designing For Touch Screens, Not Mice

Depth Perception In Web Design (See - Plantate / Jordan: The History Of Flight)

Large Photographic Backgrounds (See – Somewhere / ifly Magazine)

Adventurous Domain Names & Integration (See – joshsullivan.me / photosheep.me)

QR: Quick Response

Thumbnail Design

Constant Connection / Life Stream (See – Mickmel / Story Hotel)

Marqui

HTML5 & CSS3 (See – Booyant)

Using Typography As A Design Element (See Atedrake)

Editorial Style Layouts (See – Good)

Minimalist Layouts And Color Schemes (See – Encourage Others)

Large And Interactive Web Site Headers (See – Marie Catrib’s)

Link-Rich Footers (See – Salesforce)

Mobile Compatible Websites

Wider Layouts (See – R/GA)

Full-Image Backgrounds (See – August)

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