UI/UX Design Trends for 2018 Every Designer Should Follow

The user interface is the rocket engine that takes the user to the next frontier, but the user experience is the fuel that drives the engine. Talking about UI in 2018 is talking about UX.

The UI design trends of 2018 may surprise you to some extent. Since this year is more full of accessibility than looks. Your efforts on every pixel should be more aligned with ease of use rather than working hard on animation, good looks, or color overlays.

Let’s take a look at the design trends that are likely to grab the headlines.

• Jump on the usability engineering train Usability engineering would be the new UX in 2018. Since last year, Bitcoin, Amazon Alexa, Cortana and Blockchain have seen an important paradigm that determines the real potential for mass adoption and triggers the emerging need for usability that fits the masses In essence, your design style should be so user-friendly that even a kindergarten student can understand it.

• Clear visual language Remove unnecessary noise, visual clutter, and deliver a content-centric experience. Well-articulated and easy-to-read content attracts targeted users. So, prioritize your content, remove irrelevant noise, and craft a clean, clear visual language.

• Voice activated interfaces Simplify user operations by applying voice-activated interfaces. Siri has advanced this trend by prompting users to perform actions by voice instead of the conventional use of clicking buttons. Aside from this, you can also find other juxtaposed techniques such as fingerprint-activated interfaces that reduce the work of clicking.

• Strong colors and contrasting fonts to improve readability Let the design speak for itself by using vibrant colors. Colors have the power to draw attention, evoke emotions and trigger actions.

• Natural Curves and Simple Geometry Go basic with simple curves and geometry this fall. Avoid overuse of colors, graphics, buttons, animations, images, and complex elements that make your design look too clunky and mental.

• Full screen experiences The iPhone X is here. Certainly a trendsetter giving audiences a new goal of having a full screen experience on everything they see on their phone. In addition to this, the trend does not start here. The quality of the images is equally important as it directly influences the orientation of the user towards your application.

In short, 2018 this time would be much more influenced by the ethical ramifications of users’ design choices, pushing designers to focus on ethics. The interconnection between user behavior and design philosophy would be woven as a single entity. Hence, UX prevails and becomes the new black.

UI and UX development companies must strictly adhere to these UI/UX design trends to win new age customers.

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