Web design: Do not know metro style design dare to call senior designers?

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The times are changing, our aesthetics are changing, as the so-called senior designers, do you realize that? Now many Web sites and applications are also playing graphic design (Win8 style), the so-called Metro UI style, such as 360 antivirus, Hotmail, Tencent, Xun, Cat, Cool Dog Music, iphone version of the QQ music and so on are already facing this emerging UI style revision.

To explain what is called Metro UI style, the Metro UI style was originally a concept proposed by Microsoft (it is said to have changed Metro style to WIN8 style due to copyright issues), and the Metro UI is an interface display technology, and Apple's iOS, The biggest difference between Google's Android interface is that the latter two are primarily objects of application, while the Metro interface emphasizes information itself rather than redundant interface elements. The function of displaying some elements of the next interface is primarily to prompt the user for "more information here." At the same time in terms of visual effects, this helps to form an immersive feeling. Plainly is completely flat, design simple, no gradient, relief and other texture effects.

This is the current more popular UI design, good or bad that can only be a matter of opinion, but everyone is doing, you do not do you out.

I have a habit that whenever there is a Web site revision or app upgrade, I like to compare the features of the new and old versions, including changes in the UI, features and performance improvements. Of course, the UI aspect is my focus, found that most apps should be changed to the so-called Metro UI style, such as the iphone version of the QQ music, after the change is indeed fashionable, high-end a lot.

Perhaps the original texture UI effects, redundant interface elements do not fit the user's long-term browsing, easy to create visual fatigue to users. or the original design style has been unable to meet the aesthetic standards of modern people, is now a minimalist era, the content of the era, people need more content quality of satisfaction, rather than flashy UI visual impact, the UI design appropriate to stay white may be the pursuit of the ultimate effect. So no matter whether win 8 will succeed in the future, the design concept it proposes has been accepted to some extent.

But a lot of UI designers are wondering, if all the designs are flat, what if it shows my design capabilities? What do designers do after that? The Product Manager can design the effect chart directly. So I answer, this is the difference between art and designers, if you have this question, you are only a graphic artist, and has not reached the level of a senior designer. Below I use a button design to distinguish between the artist, the designer, the senior designer, the senior designer and the chief designer.

The design that a senior web designer has to do is to promote it to a strategic level rather than to tangle with these effects.

But personally think not all of the graphic design must look good, actually want to really put the Metro UI style design is not so easy to imagine, to completely do not need quality results based on the design of the beautiful is actually difficult, we look at a few cases, like 360 antivirus, south of the net design is really good, And Kugoo is relatively inferior.

The author of this article, Jason Wu, a web designer, is published in his personal blog: http://www.web78.cn/blog/