Top 10 Digital Design Posts of 2007

As we start to gear up our predicitions 2008, it helps to look back at the top themes and trends of the past year. To that end, we present the Top 10 Digital Design Posts of 2007:

1. Do People Really Use Tag Clouds? — The post announcing the release of the Digital Design Outlook and Consumer Behavior Study.

2. Digital Consumer Behavior Study — The AARF consumer behavior study in all of its full HTML glory.

3. Who is a “Connected Consumer”? – A deep dive on the Consumer Behavior Study Participants.

4. Does Your Corporate Website Make You Look Fat? – Jason’s Levin’s witty piece on corporate web design (a classic).

5. The Art of Play in Interaction Design & Branding — Dawa Riley’s intriguing look at whimsy in UI and brand.

6. Opening Up Social Networks — Dawa Riley’s take on Google’s OpenSocial initiative.

7. More Disruptive Tech: Enter the gPhone — Kyle Outlaw looks at the speculation around the gPhone rumors.

8. Is The Homepage History? — A look at a key trend shaping the digital publishing industry.

9. Forrester: Your Customers Are Revolting — David Deal’s report from the Forrester Consumer Forum.

10. Digital Darwinism — Joe Crump argues that all brands are becoming digital and creates a new scorecard to measure their effectiveness.

On Monday we kick-off the New Year, albeit a tad delayed, with our Top 5 predictions for 2008 and some key trends that savvy marketers and publishers should key into for the upcoming year.