next big design cliché?
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- krisscott21
the starburst rays behind an image.
the swirly flourishes.what's the next big design cliché?
- dyspl0
T R I A N G L E S
- http://www.screenfan…orangecrunch
- I second that.
Godhaal - I swear I won't put any in my works. I SWEAR!!!dyspl
- arent those dead already?baseline_shift
- nope...Godhaal
- I'd say overused already, but I bet we'll see a lot this year still.dyspl
- I was one of the first********
- mikotondria30
Massive first-letter illustrations, like in old bibles copied by monks, etc.
- that's not a drop cap is it?... wasn't there another term for those full page etchings?7point34
- They are called illuminated letters********
- uh, Im not sure to be honest. I've just not seen it done really well or originally anywhere, and it fits the ...mikotondria3
- criteria for a short-lived design meme. Ie, it has a basis in conventional graphic design, has limited scope and will probably burn out in a fewmikotondria3
- months. Could be done really well with like mo graphs, interactive, product easter eggs, etc..mikotondria3
- Gutenberg BibleKnuckleberry
- cheers rasko7point34
- oilpanllc0
beards. http://www.beardyboys.com/
- dropdown0
I have a question similar to this (sorry to threadjack):
What is very trendy right now in the eyes of a print designer, that clients, are still gaga over, and don't consider trendy? (fonts, grids, treatments, etc...)
- power point styledyspl
- FUNNY.. My boss asked for something 'hip'. To show me what she meant she pulled up a bunch of OK computer looking techno stuff, circa 1995. and then asked me if I had seen designs with "swirlys".krisscott21
- climbatree0
ms word?
- ********0
Film grain.
- animated film grain, vhs dropout, film damage, jpg artefacts. Yeh.mikotondria3
- mistermik0
asking questions
- TheBlueOne0
Wizzards and vampires.
- plash0
using computers is the next design cliché ...
- baseline_shift0
bastardized typography. Squish that shit!
- lowimpakt0
tactile
- mistermik0
miniature animals
- designbot0
A backlash of Web 2.0 will result in 10pt fonts being used
reflections will be replaced with large drop shadows
- designbot0
print designers will start displaying their portfolios on a stock image of the new macbook pros.
- ********0
well from yesterday, it looks like monitors / laptops showing web work.
- haha. passe now.mistermik
- followed by posters of monitors showing work held up by someone.TheBlueOne
- hahahamikotondria3
- TheBlueOne0
big giant blinking logos
- mistermik0
i'm thinking family imagery, nostalgia for a better day. etc
- kona0
*deletes starburst from behind image in latest comp*
damn you
- ********0
geometric 3-d shapes with a retro feel.
- retro 3-d shapes with a geometric feelTheBlueOne
- touche********