Web design trends 2009 Part 2: Old and Torn Paper
Make your website a real piece of personal artwork by collecting and scanning-in torn and crumpled paper and using it for the design of your website (or just take a visit to istock photo!). Bringing in real-world elements that rebel against what 'should' be seen on a computer screen will make your web 2.0 site stand out above the rest.
Ideal for the technophobe visitors, the old paper design element generates a less technical atmosphere, giving your website an organic hands-on feel. Old and torn paper brings a friendly and informal feel to any website, as well as being a highly fashionable web trend of 2009.
Old and torn paper design elements work well with blogs, as they bring to the design a 'newspaper' look, giving the user connotations of an article page, rather than a screen of text.
If you want to give your web design a vintage look, old paper looks trendy with hand-drawn images and text, pastel colours, stickies (coming soon), page turns and badges. See the examples of websites that have successfully used the old paper web trend below.
