The future of web design

Cityscape with illuminated web terms

These were our predictions for the future of the web at the start of 2018. How many of them are still on the cards?

"The future, always so clear to me, had become like a black highway at night. We were in uncharted territory now, making up history as we went along."

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Tom May
Freelance journalist and editor

Tom May is an award-winning journalist and author specialising in design, photography and technology. His latest book, The 50th Greatest Designers, was released in June 2025. He's also author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine.