As a graphic designer if you don’t keep up with the latest trends your designs might fall by the wayside like Microsoft Paint. New trends come out every year. The goal is to find new ways to grab and hold people’s attention. For 2022, there are plenty of new ideas out there to improve and expand upon current techniques. Here are just a few of those ideas to consider.
Fonts with a Twist
Typography can be used in many ways to make interesting designs. Twisting letters has proven to be the most popular of 2022. Graphic Designers like it because it conveys an interesting sense of style and message because of its imperfectness. The twisted letters can be anything upside down, big, or small. It can help bring any attention to any sort of design or reveal a certain message.
Candy Colors
As we enter this digital age with various kinds of content across all platforms, it is harder for designers to stand out from the rest of the crowd. Colors are important to help us stand out on the page and get more attention to our work and be seen. The best way for your design to stand out is to use candy-colored themes. Think of the colors of your favorite sweet treats. Graphic Designers who know color theory can apply this to their designs.
3D Characters
3D characters have risen to popularity with Graphic Designers. Graphic Design apps have been updated to include 3D features (other than text) allowing designers to raise their designs to the next level. 3D characters are fun and memorable helping build brand recognition. They also help convey emotions, thoughts, and ideas to the consumers.
90’s Nostalgia
For those who remember the 90’s, nostalgia is a popular trend with designers. Utilizing these designs techniques will bring back childhood memories of the good times. Think of shows like The Prince of Bel-Air, Seinfeld, and Friends. To incorporate this trend, designers will look at games and ads from this period also. The internet was new and exciting. Using this trend will bring fun to the design.
Anti-Design
Another way to make a design stand out is to not follow typical rules of Graphic Design. Most Graphic Designers follow certain rules to create flowing, memorable, easy to read designs. If you want to break the rules to make something stand out, you can go against the grain. Use bold Typography, clashing colors, asymmetry, and cluttered compositions. Even if it’s against the rules sometimes it could just work out and catch the viewers’ attention.
As a Graphic Designer there are a lot of exciting and intriguing ways to incorporate ideas into designs. It’s important to keep up with design trends and influences. You can break the rules and create new concepts that do not follow the norm. You can bring back a classic era into the world. You can twist your fonts to create playful and exotic messages, or you can bring designs to life in 3D to help express emotions and bring a brand identity. All these ideas are popular for 2022 and will help your designs be a success.