The document discusses design trends for 2014, including flat design, touch-based interfaces, motion and animation, visual content management systems, data-driven content and advertising, mobile-first design, and new technologies like wearables and 3D printing. Many of the trends focus on simplicity, mobility, interactivity, and leveraging data.
8. I believe that the flat design trend is a symptom of the
growing maturity in the field of web and interface design.
[...] the trend towards flat design is a reaction against years
and years of being forced to put a shine on every button.
- Marci Ikeler
2012
2014
One thing that really makes the flat
design trend work is that it is new and
fun. Your projects should reflect that.
- Carrie Cousins
19. DATA JOURNALISM
Data analysis can reveal “a story’s shape”
(Sarah Cohen), or provides us with a “new
camera” (David McCandless)
‘Data journalism’ draws the line between
the quick and the dead (Daily Maverick)