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UI/UX trends worth adopting this year

From bolder typography to considered micro-interactions — what is genuinely improving usability, and what is just noise.

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Abhaya Dhungana

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Design trends come and go, but a few keep showing up because they make products easier to use. Here are the ones we think are worth your attention — and the questions to ask before copying any of them.

1. Confident, readable typography

Large headings, generous line spacing and a limited type scale make a page easy to scan. One well-chosen typeface used consistently beats three competing ones. Keep body text comfortably large — small grey text on a phone is a usability problem, not a style.

2. Space to breathe

White space is not wasted space. It groups related things together, separates unrelated ones and guides the eye towards the main action. If every element is shouting, nothing is heard.

3. Micro-interactions with a purpose

A button that responds when pressed, a form field that confirms a correct entry, a subtle loading indicator — these small signals tell people the interface heard them. The test is simple: does the motion explain something? If it only decorates, cut it or keep it very quiet.

4. Accessibility as a baseline

  • Colour contrast that stays readable in sunlight and for people with low vision.

  • Tap targets large enough for thumbs.

  • Visible keyboard focus and meaningful labels on form fields.

  • Never relying on colour alone to communicate state.

5. Dark mode done properly

Many people prefer a dark interface at night. Support it by designing a real dark palette — not by inverting colours — and test images, charts and shadows in both themes.

If a trend makes your product harder to use, it is not a trend worth following.

Orion Design Team

What to skip

Be wary of heavy parallax, auto-playing video, hidden navigation and pop-ups that appear the moment someone lands. They look impressive in a pitch and frustrate real visitors.

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