{"id":3871,"date":"2013-08-07T17:45:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T12:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fusioncharts.com\/?p=3871"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:07:26","slug":"5-dashboard-design-trends-to-watch-out-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/5-dashboard-design-trends-to-watch-out-for\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Dashboard Design Trends to Watch Out For in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Data purists may shun them. But users are just loving them. The dashboard in its new avatar is more user-friendly and definitely more appealing than its grim predecessor. From flat designs to interactive charts, let&#8217;s see the emerging trends in dashboard design in 2013.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/5-dashboard-design-trends-to-watch-out-for\/#1_Metromodular_layout\" title=\"1. Metro\/modular layout\">1. Metro\/modular layout<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/5-dashboard-design-trends-to-watch-out-for\/#2_Charts_that_are_intuitive_and_interactive\" title=\"2. Charts that are intuitive and interactive\">2. Charts that are intuitive and interactive<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/5-dashboard-design-trends-to-watch-out-for\/#3_Color_trends\" title=\"3. Color trends\">3. Color trends<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/5-dashboard-design-trends-to-watch-out-for\/#5_An_upcoming_trend_Mascots\" title=\"5. An upcoming trend: Mascots\">5. An upcoming trend: Mascots<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Metromodular_layout\"><\/span>1. Metro\/modular layout<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>Popularized by Windows 8, the metro\/modular layout draws its inspiration from the International design style (or the Swiss style) of the 1950s. Max Huber, Emil Ruder, Josef M\u00fcller-Brockman and Armin Hofman were the pioneers of this design style. This design style finds its application in arts, architecture, culture, and now even in web design. Key characteristics that mark this style of dashboard design are grid-based layout, good use of whitespace, more reliance on typography and simple, minimalistic graphics. In a dashboard, this design style works superbly well because it lays emphasis on the content and sees that the story is communicated in a clear and concise manner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Expense Tracker&#8217;s tile-based metro layout<\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Expense Tracker 2.0 Universal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/expense-tracker-616x435.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"616\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>(Image credit: play.google.com)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Fitbit&#8217;s metro layout with simple and minimalistic graphics<\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fitbit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fitbit1-616x489.jpg\" height=\"489\" width=\"616\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>(Image credit: marketingfacts.nl)<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Charts_that_are_intuitive_and_interactive\"><\/span>2. Charts that are intuitive and interactive<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>Data visualization using charts and graphs form an important part of any dashboard. They help bring out the crucial story in your data which could have otherwise been lost. Today\u2019s dashboards are equipped with charts that have intuitive and <a title=\"Chats with Interactive Features\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interactive features<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Mint&#8217;s charts can be directly edited by a tap or drag option<\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mint Editable Charts\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mint-editable-charts.jpg\" height=\"233\" width=\"279\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>(Image credit: mint.com)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>MailChimp uses charts which can be zoomed in for a detailed view<\/p>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MailChimp Zoom-in Feature\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mailchimp-zoom-1-616x331.jpg\" height=\"331\" width=\"616\" \/>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MailChimp Zoomed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mailchimp-zoom-2-616x331.jpg\" height=\"331\" width=\"616\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>(Image credit: blog.mailchimp.com)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>MailChimp also provides users with checkboxes to select the data they want to see<\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MailChimp Checkbox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mailchimp-checkbox-616x331.jpg\" height=\"331\" width=\"616\" \/>\r\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>(Image credit: blog.mailchimp.com)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Alternatively, Omron provides filters to select data<\/p>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Omron Filter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/omron-filter-616x346.jpg\" height=\"346\" width=\"616\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>(Image credit: omronfitness.com)<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Color_trends\"><\/span>3. Color trends<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>While traditionally, data purists would have stuck to 2-3 colors at the maximum, today\u2019s dashboards are seeing a skillful use of a broader color palette. Blame it on the Swiss style of design which propagates the use of bold, bright colors or simply on the human mind\u2019s love for the colorful, the 2013 dashboard is marked by various permutation and combination of colors. On the one hand, we have dashboards which use shades of gray as their core color with a few other colors as accents. On the other hand, there are dashboards with bold and uncommon color combinations. And somewhere in between, are the dashboards which use bright pastel colors against a muted background.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Viewabill&#8217;s light gray dashboard which uses a few color accents<\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Viewabill in Gray\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/viewabill-gray-616x309.jpg\" height=\"309\" width=\"616\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>(Image credit: law.com)<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Runner&#8217;s Studio&#8217;s bold colors in uncommon combinations<\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Runner's Studio\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/runners-studio1.jpg\" height=\"314\" width=\"419\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>(Image credit: runnersstudio.com)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Toshl&#8217;s bright pastel colors against a muted background<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>(Image credit: cdn3.brafton.com)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>SproutSocial uses labeled icons in the header navigation<\/p>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Sprout-social-label-icons-616x491.jpg\" alt=\"label icons\" height=\"491\" width=\"616\" \/>\r\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>(Image credit: automotivesocial.com)<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_An_upcoming_trend_Mascots\"><\/span>5. An upcoming trend: Mascots<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>Though we are not sure about the future of this trend, but brand mascots are gradually finding their way into dashboards too.<\/p>\r\n<p>Be it Freddie of MailChimp or the Monsters of Toshl or the Financial Assistant of Expense Tracker, these mascots are changing the way we look at dashboards. Adding a dash of humor with their random banana talks (as it\u2019s done in MailChimp) or sharing their pearls of wisdom (as in Toshl and Expense Tracker), will they be employed by other dashboards in future? Or, will they be discarded as yet another chartjunk? Time shall tell!<\/p>\r\n<p>Freddie (MailChimp monkey) with his banana talks<\/p>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Mailchimp-mascot-616x303.jpg\" height=\"303\" width=\"616\" alt=\"MailChimpmascot\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>(Image credit: blogs.ukoln.ac.uk)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Toshl Monsters giving some quick financial tips<\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/toshl-mascot.jpg\" alt=\"Toshlmascot\" height=\"512\" width=\"288\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>(Image credit: all-apk.com)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Expense Tracker\u2019s Financial Assistant asking us to cut down on our unnecessary expenditures (yeah..that beer!)<\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/expense-tracker-mascot.jpg\" alt=\"Expense Tracker - mascot\" height=\"459\" width=\"231\" \/>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>(Image credit: play.google.com)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Know of any other dashboard trends that we have missed out here? Add them in the comment section below.<\/p>\r\n<p>If you liked this post, do check out the next in this two-part series:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fusioncharts.com\/blog\/dashboard-design-trends-to-watch-out-for-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Dashboard Design Trends \u2013 Part 2\" rel=\"noopener\">Dashboard Design Trends to watch out for \u2013 Part 2<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Metro\/modular layout: Popularized by Windows 8, the metro\/modular layout draws its inspiration from the International design style (or the Swiss style) of the 1950s. 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