The art of Flat Design is trending this year so far as many creative business holders have already turned the visuals of their products and services to follow the trend such as Apple did with the UI of its new iOS 7.
Today I am going to highlight the most common
aesthetics of Flat Design.
- Minimalism
- Muted Colors
- Sans Serifs Fonts
- 2D Design
Minimalism
It’s all about the less use of available
space so that the design element such as an icon would have some room for breathe.
It is the reason behind the flat icons as they look simple and clean it is where
the minimalism works.
Muted Colors
Colors are the forefront of every design composition
thus they are being used for Flat Design in a quite gentle way as muted not too
much of bright as vivid tones. Flat UI Colors did a good job on their site to present a collection of 20 most widely used muted colors .
Sans Serif Fonts
Forget about the rough serif fonts on Flat
Design such as Times New Roman. The trend is come up with using smooth edges
fonts. Again on the interface of Apple’s iOS 7 they implemented Helvetica Neue
Ultralight font in the entire new OS. The Start Screen of Microsoft’s Windows 8
with full of metro-styled tile icons which is also based on Flat Design is
another example as they implemented sans serif fonts of very thin edges may be
they are also that Helvetica.
2D Design
If you are an Illustrator savvy then I
appreciate your judgments and yes, I am talking about two-dimensional vector
graphics here. Flat Design was intended to be created with pure vectors because
of its simplicity and minimalistic look down to present the idea of a typical
flat graphic. The current trend is also a good companion for large retina
displays from Apple products. As way back to the interface of old iOS 6 where
they were using Skeuomorphic style of icons such as a detailed graphic with
some beveled effects and drop shadows to present realistic look.
Creativity has no limits thus the trend comes
and goes particularly in the productivity of design. If you found some other
interesting facts of Flat Design don’t forget to mention in your comments I
always look forward to get informed and discover the happenings.
