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 2018 user interface design trends may surprise you to some extent. Since this year is more full of accessibility than looks. Your efforts at every pixel should be more aligned with ease of use rather than working hard on animation, good looks, or color overlap.
Let’s look at the design trends that are likely to grab the headlines.
• Get on the usability engineering bandwagon Usability engineering would be the new UX in 2018. Since last year, a major paradigm has been seen from Bitcoin, Amazon Alexa, Cortana and Blockchain to determine the real potential for mass adoption triggering the emerging need for usability that fits the masses. In essence, your design style should be so easy to use that even a kindergartener can understand it.
• Clear visual language Eliminate unnecessary noise, visual clutter and provide a content-centric experience. Well-articulated, easy-to-read content attracts target users. So, prioritize your content, remove irrelevant noise, and craft a clean and 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 Make the design speak for itself by using vibrant colors. Colors have the power to draw attention, evoke emotion, and trigger action.
• Natural Curves and Simple Geometry Embrace a basic look with simple curves and geometry this fall. Avoid excessive use of colors, graphics, buttons, animations, images, and complex elements that make your design look too clunky and brainy.
• Full screen experiences The iPhone X is here. Surely a trendsetter giving audiences a new goal of having a full screen experience on everything they watch on their phone. Besides 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.
