These days, vintage and retro style web designs are becoming increasingly popular – they have a certain aesthetic appeal that it is impossible to achieve with any other sort of style. If you are interested in creating a more ‘retro’ website over a modern one, what sorts of elements should you be looking at including?
- Simple Shapes
You will see simple shapes being used in plenty of vintage style designs, the most common of these shapes being a circle. You will frequently find simple shapes being used in branding (logos), but they are often used in the headers and footers of a website, too.
- Limited Colour Schemes
You should also consider a two-toned or a limited colour scheme for retro web designs, as full-colour prints was not an easy thing to produce back in the early days.
- Typography
This is one of the most important elements to consider when looking at a retro web design – the possibilities really are endless, as all you have to do is look at some old-school posters for inspiration.
- Texture
You can incorporate texture and noise into vintage web design in order to add some visual interest. It is important, however, to strike the right balance, as some designs will only look good with these elements and others will look to busy if they are included.
As well as the four elements listed above, there are a number of other ways that you can create vintage or retro style web designs (such as image cropping and blending the layers of a website). By including simple shapes, limited colour, old-school typography and texture to your work, however, you are able to fully embrace the aesthetic appeal of yester year.
