1. FUTURE DESIGN
TREND
Flat Design

2. SO WHAT IS FLAT DESIGN?
Flat design is a minimalistic design approach that emphasizes
usability. It features clean, open space, crisp edges, bright
colours and two dimensional/flat illustrations.

3. RESEARCH
• Internet seaching for trends for 2015
• Various blogs and websites
• Found top 10 trends of 2014
• Flat design being one of the 10
• Due to smaller devices, the very nature of flat design will
continue to progress

4. THE WAYS THIS TREND AFFECTS
THE INDUSTRY

5. HOW THIS TREND AFFECTS THE
WAYS STUDIOS PRACTICE?
Simplistic designs
User friendly

6. SKILLS NEEDED BY
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
A move from skeuomorphic design

7. Simple images convey messages more quickly
than detailed illustrations. Images like icons can
indicate universal actions or purposes so that
everyone can easily understand them.

8. Flat design reverts back to the basics.
This raw functionality forces a site’s focus to be
on user experience.

9. STRONG COLOUR
34 Colours for Flat Design

10. BEAUTIFUL TYPOGRAPHY
It is very important, in Flat Design, to have sharp, flair and
flat fonts in a manner that it is bold, simple and straight
forward. Here are some examples:
open sans Raleway Lovelo
Corbert Dense
Quicksand

11. ANIMATION

12. CONCLUSION
In reality, Flat Design is simply an
implementation of “Minimalism”.

13. REFERENCES
http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/what-flat-design-3132112
http://www.webinsation.com/flat-design-trend-or-revolution/
http://www.templaza.com/blog/best-fonts-for-flat-ui-design/62
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/
http://vimeo.com/channels/578098