Last week we posted about one of the design styles we believe will be trendy in 2013. In this post we would like to feature another trend that has already been established and is evolving alongside with the technology that makes it possible. The trend, editorial/magazine style with big images, and more specifically, dark color schemes.

It’s mind boggling to think that a few years ago most of the sites featured after the jump wouldn’t be made using web standards (HTML/CSS/JS) but Flash. Evidence proves that constraints are uber important for the evolution of not only the technology but the designers and engineers behind the scenes.

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Portraits

Ghost Games

Welikesmall

The Kitchen Project

Etch

Formrausch

Far East Soho

Pilot.is

Thibaud

Daybreak 2012

We would love to hear from you and about the sites that really amazed you in 2012. Leave a comment with links so we can check them out and post about them as well.