Trends and anti-trends in design

So much of the time we see an endless waterfall of posts and paper etc. gleefully following on with the ‘trends’ of the day in terms of the design used by businesses and more. Here and there we see an anti-trend such as brutalism or anti-design. Those trends and their anti- versions have an impact and an influence but why not occaisionally add something a little different. We can add a diversion or difference to add a little commentary, a particular emotion, a statement or allusion to some other meaning.

https://graphicmama.com/blog/graphic-design-trends-2022/

https://99designs.co.uk/blog/trends/graphic-design-trends/

https://www.creativeboom.com/features/biggest-trends-in-graphic-design-for-2022/

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Yes! the styles associated and used by business change over time, but, a question – do the emotions associated change? Tell me! There is certainly movement in terms of the overall manners and ways of doing business but do we not have a continuity in terms of things associated with it – happiness, content, loss, gain, interest, boredom, and many more.

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and so the return begins

So we are seeing the opening back up of many businesses, but are we going to see all of them suddenly put the motor into 5th gear and hurtle down the road. So many of us have been crippled or close to over the past year plus. One thing we try to do here at F4mmedia is to help businesses starting out. Basically it is what many of us are doing once again given a new lockdown opening. You cannot earn from a business that is not earning itself, so we look to take things gently with the small, the start-ups and the like.

On top of all of this we are seeing a completely different business landscape. With the losses, personal, financial and more, that so many of us have witnessed or directly experienced, outlooks are different, we feel different. Our eyes look for things of a changed hue, palette and outline. Our ears search for a different tune and tone. Taste, smell and touch have also moved , grown and widened.

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So should we be looking for a new palette, background, key image, flavour of text?

The changing landscape

Yes! we are faced with a business landscape that has changed massively over the past months. We have to continue, to battle on! So much of our time is now home or home office based and much more emphasis is on our online presence and channels. So what are the watchwords littering or filling this new terrain?

Content – as always content is king, or queen, whichever you want to characterise it, we have to have something to present to those out there, and that can come in many forms, be it just plain text, telling it simply or entertainingly, it can be visual be it design, photographic imagery, all with or without text, perhaps even video

Message – as is obvious there is always a need for a message, what else are you doing otherwise, that message needs to convey, perhaps to portray, yes it can be humorous or plain factual, but it needs to connect and create a foundation for something further, elicit interest, make people think, feel, react

Resonance –- there needs to be resonance, as said create feelings in those receiving the message, so many of us are feeling lost at the moment, give them a way to move on, a road, a route, perhaps a wall to climb but one providing a view at the end, a sense of achievement

… just a few thoughts to make you or help you think

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We battle on through the crisis

These are difficult times for us all. Ordinary day to day life has been transformed generally into lockdown for so many of us. Some of us still go into the office, the plant, the factory, workshop, one or two still go into open shops etc. but for most of us the world outside is just there for the occaisional visit now.

We are currently experiencing an online life. For most of us we have to do everything via phone, tablet, laptop or desktop but once in a while we manage at a suitable distance to do something in person. The internet and airwaves/phone lines have taken over so much more of our lives. Sure back just a little while we would complain about kids, teenagers etc. being on their phones endlessly, even while walking, even seemingly in their sleep.

For all businesses now we have to have a suitable online presence and suitable contact channels if we are to do anything in terms of business. Yes! we have to weather the storm, we have to outlast the crisis but we also have to have an eye on what the future will bring. The world economy is suffering and that will continue for some time. We need to prepare and that means a continued online presence via social jmedia, websites, email, smartphone and all such.

Wondering what to expect from Instagram marketing this year? These are the hottest Instagram marketing trends coming to your feeds in 2020.

Source: Top 7 Instagram Marketing Trends for 2020

Everyone needs a web presence these days. We are either on our phones or laptops or even desktops endlessly. This is our world! The consequence is that because this is a major part of our ongoing lives things change – businesses and people in general update the designs and functionality of their presence regularly. Something new catches your eye, it catches a lot of eyes, especially if it agrees with how they are thinking and feeling at the time. Design styles change, sometime sbecause we get fed up of seeing the same things over and over again.

So …

Are you considering your online presence for the year ahead? Want to know the web design trends you should consider for your business?

Source: 8 Web Design Trends for a Stunning Business Website in 2020

Are you considering your website design for 2019? Need some web design stats and facts to guide your online strategy?

Source: 58 Eye-Opening Web Design Stats to Guide Your Strategy in 2019 – Infographic

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2025 is the year that mobile carriers say 5G goes mainstream. How will the technology change, revolutionize, or make obsolete the things we do today? We asked futurists to give us an idea of our future 5G connected world – and their predictions don’t disappoint.

Source: It’s 2025. How Has 5G Changed our Lives? Experts Weigh In | Digital Trends

Are you looking for ways to improve your website and social media strategy? Want a list of visual content ideas to improve your marketing campaigns?

Source: 116 Visual Content Ideas for a Sublime Website & Social Media Strategy

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2020 design trends

Trends change with regularity, the designs we see online, in print and generally around in the world move on – they have to to keep us all interested, to keep things fresh and to move alongside the way we are talking to people. The falvours of this month or this year take steps forwards and backwards as well – we are all familiar with those retro moments. Here are some ideas culled from the web to give you a taste of what is what in certain eyes.

Source: design trends 2020

https://www.webdesigndev.com/design-trends-you-should-not-be-using/

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Colour trends for 2020

Colour is part of your message, your branding and the entire landscape of what you present as your business. It is seriously important!

Color trends are fast-paced and ever-shifting. Here are the biggest 8 color trends 2020 we can expect to see this year. Take a look at the next evolution of color in 2020.

Source: 8 inspiring color trends for 2020 – 99designs

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Design trends – to avoid

​​​​​Women’s Yoga Circle​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​​​​​​​International Women’s Day

Sunday 8th March 10:00-12:00

The Light Room

Hagglers Corner

Sheffield

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  £12 Concessions available 

Women’s Day – a celebration

 

​​​​​Women’s Yoga Circle​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​​​​​​​International Women’s Day

Sunday 8th March 10:00-12:00

The Light Room

Hagglers Corner

Sheffield

sistershaktiyoga@gmail.com

  £12 Concessions available 

Women’s Yoga Circle 

A journey with sisters. Two hours of movement, meditation and breathwork to connect with and embrace your innate feminine power. Held in a supportive circle of women

Share your Sunday practice with women and soak up the potent energy of International Women’s Day. 

Explore a feminine approach to yoga, with womb centred breath and posture practices. Tune to the feminine wisdom of the womb-heart connection. 

Open to the energy of spring and fall in love with yourself 

This class is for you if 

.. you are looking to deepen the connection with your womb? 

.. you are ready to invite joy and sensuality into your life

Calling upon tantra and yoni yoga

Offering nourishing breath and posture practices to deepen connection to self.

with nourishing breath and posture practices.

Hosted by Shakira a local yoga teacher.

Women’s Yoga Circle

Join your sisters for two hours of movement, meditation and circle sharing.

Connect with women all around the world and honour all that is woman for International Womens Day.

Nourish and nurture your body with breathwork, physical postures

Are you looking for a deeper connection to the divine feminine?

.. preparing to conceive?

Women’s yoga

Gentle, fluid

Working with cycles of womanhood.

Inspired by tantric practices of embodiment and devotion. ??

Subtle energy of the feminine .. breath & mudra .

Experience womb centered yoga.

Practice together with women.

Embrace your innate feminine power

Spring as a time of renewal & vitality

Offering nourishing practices

Open heart & womb to feminine wisdom

Tune into the feminine body

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Opening

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Experience a feminine approach to yoga with womb centered practices to release the old and invite in the vitality of spring.

Join your sisters all around the world as we honour the feminine for International Women’s Day.

Agenda

Sage on arrival

Greet each woman – eye contact

Presence & ground <15mins

Information about womb heart connection

Womb breathing

45min yoga class – meditative YIN FLOW

Light rhythmic posture work 8x5min practices

One for each phase of moon cycle

Shaking – 10-15mins

Sisters! Let us all get together – whether we are actual family or sisters in spirit, attitude or sense. Let us enjoy and celebrate what it means. With movement, music, thought, sharing and more we will give this day a gentle brightness and ourselves a comforting joy.

Perhaps you will find here a new experience – something a little different, a little outside of what is normal for you. Whatever your background, interests, experience find something new, joyful, restful, expressive.

A women’s circle event with movement, something to bring women together on International Women’s Day – share, move, enjoy …

-sisters and beyond

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Make Social Media work for you

So, so many businesses even the smallest use social media and certainly need to so they can get themselves out there in front of the people they want to reach. It is the norm now for all ages, well, relatively! So we need to do it right and have something interesting to put before our potential clinet base, at the right times, in the right way and having a form and style that speaks. Here goes …

Ever wonder what are the best times to post on Social Media?This infographic is a summary of research done by industry leaders and includes top 5 platforms.

Source: [Infographic] Best times to post on Social Media

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Instagram is a powerful marketing tool for businesses. These Instagram stats explain why you should be using Instagram to market your business.

Source: Instagram Stats Every Marketer Should Know [Infographic]

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Social Media Marketing Trends for 2020

Yes! we all need to have a presence online and in terms of social media, it is the air we breath these days. Here are some ideas and you can always give us a shout if you need some help –

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Are you just getting started with a Pinterest marketing strategy for your business? Need an easy-to-follow checklist to ensure Pinterest posting success?

Source: A Daily, Weekly & Monthly Checklist for Pinterest Marketing Success

Are you looking for ways to stand out on social media in 2020 and beyond? Want to know the social media marketing trends set to take charge over the next 12 months?

Source: 8 Social Media Marketing Trends That Will Take Charge in 2020

The best Instagram growth service is one that gets you more real followers organically. We compared the TOP 10 tools to find the best growth tool in 2019.

Source: What is the Best Instagram Growth Service in 2019

The research on optimal social video lengths and images sizes for 6 platforms is here. Create your content in the right size by consulting this infographic.

Source: [Infographic] Social video lengths and images sizes

Email Marketing – help and ideas

E-mail has real use for businesses given how devoted we are to it generally. It is a major means of communication – part of the daily routine for most of us. Here are a few bits and pieces to help you along with it all …

Before we say goodbye to 2019 its time to look at the top performing email marketing posts of the decade here on the Red Website Design Blog.

Source: The Top 10 Email Marketing Infographics of the Decade

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