Comments on: 2008 trends in the design field

By: cat

cat — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:12:31 +0000

Blogs using texture (if done right) are a fav of mine. So, bring back grunge, bring back texture, bring back collages style design. Just not too much …

By: Steve Abrams

Steve Abrams — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:55:24 +0000

With the economy acting very much like 1988, please keep in mind for all styles relying heavily on th 80’s – Showcase metallics and yes, PLAIDS !! My background in high end textiles for the home shows pastels as well.

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By: Carly P

Carly P — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:45:05 +0000

sorry…. am i being naive…. whats ‘Web 2.0′…. also another trend to go has to be the swirly Filigree designs… everyone is using them…. surely the public/client must want something new…?

nice post… has inspired to really challenge myself this year and be a trend setter not a trend copier!

Thanks

By: Sontar

Sontar — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:35:40 +0000

I loved reading this post, but what would make it even better is example images and/or links.

By: pixl p.

pixl p. — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:50:01 +0000

Bage-
Thanks for tip and I have changed it.

By: Bage

Bage — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:35:18 +0000

Hi, Please change your permalinks to /%postname%/ or something related to post name. Like category and post name. The default permalinks structure you use right now is not appropriate for search engines.

Thanks
Bage.

By: pixl p.

pixl p. — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:03:02 +0000

For anyone that hasn’t heard of candy I will give you a brief description. They are free illustrator/photoshop downloads like brushes, tectures, vector objects. Sorry if you didn’t understand what I was talking about.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:17:50 +0000

When talking about trends such as Web 2.0, I think a lot of designers start bitching too early about its overuse. Because we see it all the time, doesn’t mean the general public and clients are being over saturated with it. Why not take these trends, use them, and make some easy money!

And what is Candy? Is that an industry term for something, because I haven’t heard it, and I can’t figure it out from your post.

By: pixl p.

pixl p. — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:44:56 +0000

Lisa-
I would really like to see the project post it to thepixlpusher flickr group.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/thepixlpusher/pool/

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:55:30 +0000

I may sound cheesy but a great place to look for designs and trends is the scrapbook paper section of your local hobby store. There is a lot of really bad stuff to weed through but also you will find diamonds in the rough. The larger sheets give you an idea of what the design will look like when used on a wide space. I saw a brown and blue argyle that I adapted for a project, grunged it up a bit and it turned out great!