Design Trends

Some of the design trends that I've seen going around are

- lighter color palettes

-recycled materials / "green" designs / sustainability

- infographics

- nature inspired

Web design trends:

-large photo backgrounds

-textures

-3D "environments"

Here's an ad from Nike contributing to the "recycled" trend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqx4-d_4g1U&feature=player_embedded#!

Example of 3D environment:

Texture use on the web:

Large photo background on the web:

Info graphic:

Lighter color graphic: