DiigoV3 Preview's List: Web design trends

• Talk Boxes

   

  
  This is an outgrowth of last year's trend, even though these boxes have been around a few years now.  
  We don�t quite know who�s doing the talking, but whoever it is, their bubble is popping up all over. This logo symbolizes communication, whether it be from the company or between its customers. LifeLogger, for instance, uses a speech bubble with a smile in it to illustrate how users can communicate through them to friends. They continue the use of three-dimensional speech bubbles in creating avatars for their users, as illustrated to the right. 
  In this way, the idea of communication represents the person themselves, showing the importance of contact.  
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• Reflections

   

  Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what�s the hottest trend of all? It might just be reflections. With Apple leading the way, looking like all their graphics were set on a shiny table, others are sure to follow. Dubbed by some as �the new drop shadow,� reflections are taking over, especially on the web. The reflections might be skewed, such as in the logo for blinklist, indicating the location of some light source, invisible to the onlooker, but effective in creating even more of a sense of a whole different world the logo is in.
  
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• 5   animorphic
    Animals continue to be used to help companies quickly develop   equity in their identities by reflecting the particular positive   attributes of an animal back onto the company. Although this   is a tactic used more by small- to mid-sized companies, there   are a few Fortune 500 companies that rely on it, too, such as   Pacific Life's whale or John Deere's deer, recently rehoofed   by Landor Design. Although illustration styles vary widely,   all of these logos rely on implied symbology.
    1. design firm: gardner design client: blue hat   media
    2. design firm: felix sockwell client: peace
    3. design firm: alterpop client: pardox media
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