Nowadays websites are becoming one of the most popular ways of presenting information and sharing it with other people. The number of websites is constantly growing and every author, publisher or developer is looking for something new to catch our attention.
Today I would like to describe two design styles used mostly in Web design and user interface design, first is realism called skeuomorphism, which refers items or objects used in user interface are designed to look as real as possible. For this purpose we use shadows, highlights and other visual effects, effects which allow us to present objects in 3D even though these objects are placed on a flat surface mostly screens of our computers.
Pros:
- Content is understandable immediately
- We are used to such a way of design
Today I would like to describe two design styles used mostly in Web design and user interface design, first is realism called skeuomorphism, which refers items or objects used in user interface are designed to look as real as possible. For this purpose we use shadows, highlights and other visual effects, effects which allow us to present objects in 3D even though these objects are placed on a flat surface mostly screens of our computers.
Pros:
- Content is understandable immediately
- We are used to such a way of design
Cons:
- Huge size of images
- Interfaces designed in such a way seem to be outdated
The second style is Flat Design which is focused on the usability of an application and because of that all effects are very clean and simple. There are no shadows or highlights and the whole content is represented in a simple and easy to understand way
Pros:
- Modern
- Clean
- Trendy
- Usable
- Loads faster
Cons:
- Sometimes unclear
- Lacks personality
- We are not used to such a way of design
I would like you to look at this infographic which was prepared by Intacto in 2013 and then answer questions below: http://www.flatvsrealism.com/
Questions:
Which design style do you prefer? Flat design or skeuomorphism?
Do you know any interesting sites designed in the flat or real style?
Sources:
Flat Pixels: The Battle Between Flat Design & Skeuomorphism
Comments
Which design style do you prefer? Flat design or skeuomorphism?
I think I would go for the flat design. I like things to look simple and clean. I make some web design myslef and I always go flat when ever it is up to me to decide. However sometimes customers have their own vision of the project and all I do is trying to meet their likings whit which ever style they demand.
Do you know any interesting sites designed in the flat or real style?
I have seen quite few flat and real style designes, hovever you will have to excuse me as I will not posts real style examples as I simple do not remember the URLs. However you could look on this flat design example http://wistia.com/ whith a small addition of realistic images. We could say that this is a mix design style.
In my opinion the layout should depend on the content. Sometimes better is flat, sometimes skeuomorphism has an advantage :). I more like the real design but it is highly subjective assessment. However, the flat appearance of the new iOS for me is dramatic.
Do you know any interesting sites designed in the flat or real style?
Example of good flat design is http://landerapp.com/
It is hard to say, but i think that flat design is a little bit better. why? because i love simplycity and minimalism, i like it when there is no unnecessary animations and images.
Do you know any interesting sites designed in the flat or real style?
unfortunatelly not.
Personally, I prefer flat websites I need the transparency on the website, but your site made an electrifying impression on me. Immediately showed it to all my friends.
I do not know any interesting page. but for me, each based on HTML5 is awesome, for example top 10 http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/best-html5-websites