The Latest Top 10 UIUX Design Trends In 2021

by Sam Khan | Guest Contributor | DIGITAL MARKETING

The Latest Top 10 UIUX Design Trends In 2021
Create an engaging and unique user interface, by picking up the right trends according to your business needs and target audience.

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Are you wondering what’s new in the UX/UI design in 2021? Then this blog post is written precisely for you. We all know that countless visitors visit websites every day, and hence business companies are required to be extraordinarily attentive and creative for their web designs and layout. This is crucial for a website for having high usability and visual appeal, to keep its users engaged for a longer time. To stay on top of the game, one must keep a sharp eye on the latest UX/UI trends.

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In this post, you are going to explore the top 10 UX/UI designs trends for the year 2021 and possibly for the years ahead. 

Minimalism
Minimalism is one of the trends that we are not seeing leave the ground soon. While using the internet, we come across hundreds of different advertisements and push notifications. And also interact with many websites with cluttered interfaces and have overwhelming information. This is something that couldn’t keep us lingering for a longer time.

To avoid this situation, web designers are preferring minimalistic web designs and simpler graphics in 2021. Not only the color pallet but also tried using them in different compositions and proportions. At present, the functionality of every single web element is critical and has a significant role. Today, people only like to be focused on the actual qualities and values of the final product that it’s going to offer them, hence delivering the right impression and emotion of the product is what matters the most. Other components of decoration and pompousness are becoming irrelevant. Therefore, minimalism is the trend that is going to stay with us for a few years ahead. 
 Simplified UX
In 2021, complicated interfaces are something that is not going to survive, because trends are more inclined towards simplified UX. In other words, anything imposing extra steps and actions to users is not going to be approved. Minimized number of field elements that users are bound to fill-in, is trending these days. Simplified log-in and registration have become the latest UX trend for 2021. For instance, the user is only required to enter his/her email address to sign-up or sign in to a marketplace account and is no longer required to remember or create a new password for every single marketplace website he/she uses. 

Following the trend, Apple Inc. has recently introduced a customized button that helps users avoid any extra field filling options. All they need to do is to click on that button and provide your email address to it. The next moment you are already logged in to the website. 

Colored and Blurred Background
Using unique gradient styles is a trend which remained popular in recent years, and we still find it very much relevant in 2021. However, the gradients are preferred to go lighter, but at the same time, they are becoming more complex. Formerly, web designers were using two to three colors in a linear gradient. But, now this number of colors has been increased up to 8 to 12 colors and shaded. Additionally, over-layered designs are also being used. Color gradients cause temper explosions since they are very colorful, this is why the web designers from many popular companies are frequently using them. 

2D Illustrations
Illustrations have remained on the top of UI trends just like 2020, however, they have less generic than before. The 2D illustration is one of the most preferred ways these days to make the web pages more comprehensive and less cluttered for the users. Web designers are now experimenting with new and unique proportions and angles. Web designers are using muted, bright pastel colors, while illustrations are causing greater stimulation than ever. Being experts in web designing, we recommend using SVG format for creating illustrations. Image quality in GIF, PNG, JPEG formats depreciates with increasing screen resolution. 

Voice User Interface (VUI)
Voice User Interface (VUI) is another latest trend in the world of UX/UI in 2021, as a result of wide user adoption. This also shows that it’s not only visuals that make the web design attractive and appealing, but VUI is also an internal UI and it is more about data synthesis and context than actual design. Nevertheless, web designers are keeping up with the latest UX experience while providing users with an increasingly responsive voice interface. 

For instance, today we can see plenty of apps that allow you to translate a phrase or word into any other language. 

All you need to do is to click on a button and the VUI records your voice to translate the speech. VUI has become the latest trend that allows people to communicate in a language that they even don’t know. 

Pastel Colors
With minimalistic web design, designers are using more pastel colors at work; as it helps highlight the discretion and lightness of the design. Pastel colors fit more easily in any color concept and set the right atmosphere and tone for the website, therefore, web designers are using them more frequently. 

Mobile-First Approach 
Nowadays, the majority of the search queries generate from mobile devices as people use smartphones more frequently. Whether it is about finding a good place to dine, checking the availability of the movie ticket, or booking a vacation trip, mobile users want to do it all through their phones. Hence, web designs should not look good only on the desktop, but their UX/UI must also be well-fit for mobile phones. This is the reason why the ‘Mobile First’ approach has become a significant trend in the world of UX/UI, and according to web designers, it is one of the best ways to enhance customer satisfaction. 

Icons
Icons are also considered as one of the best tools for visual communication. The latest trend is to use minimalistic and simple icons to support simplified UX trends. Nowadays, it is all about communicating the message by using the least possible amount of words. For the same reason, business companies are putting an additional emphasis on icons. For instance, companies like Sketch and Apple Inc. followed the same UX trend and completely redesigned all their system icons. Code Creators Inc. as an expert web-designing company would recommend choosing an icon that has similar attributes such as same, dimensions and size, etc. Consistency in icons will show integrity, skills, and expertise on your website. 

Glassmorphism
In 2020, Neomorphism was the trendiest thing in web designing; which represents the combination of two different approaches i.e. flat design and skeuomorphism for creating UI, even though both these factors are contrary to each other. In 2021, the passion for Glassmorphism has been developed strongly among web designers. The concept mainly came from the idea of a blurred background, where people get a feeling that they are looking through the glass.

3D Graphics & Images
The field of 3D design is developing very rapidly. However, complex 3D graphics bring more load on the system of the users. In 2021, 3D elements are gaining increased popularity due to the increased demand for VR and AR technologies. For instance, several new 3D graphics have been added in macOS Big Sur as a result of Apple’s new update. 

Conclusion
Concluding the above discussion, we now know that UX/UI trends for 2021 are a blend of Simplified UX, Pastel Colors, 3D Graphics, Minimalism. and Glassmorphism, etc. To succeed, you need to create an engaging and unique user interface, by picking up the right trends according to your business needs and target audience. 

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About the author:

Code Creators Inc. is the leading software development company which is dealing with custom SharePoint, Power BI development, mobile app, SharePoint Online, and web designing that always seeks to innovate new web designs by instilling optimal modernity to our client's web designs. If you also want to take benefit from our web-designing expertise, then connect with them on Facebook, Twitter, and Codecreators.ca.

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