The world's environmental problems need to be solved urgently, and this problem of all mankind also affects the design industry, and brand design is a key part of responding to this challenge.

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022 design trend.

Article source: Consense New Youth

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Author: Min

Editor: Nashen

Creative 2022 is on the first day of the year ~ In order to let everyone eat hot inspiration food in time, we have collected the latest trends in 2022 graphic design from multiple professional design websites, and make it into a strongest summary list for you~

01 Dynamic design

With the emergence of new media and innovative digital platforms today, and the rise of virtual consumerism, various brands are exploring a new way of life. This trend opens up new possibilities for brands to attract consumers through animation posters and animations, while further increasing our chances of understanding the brand’s story.

02 Ecological Aesthetics

World environmental problems are currently urgently needed to be solved. This problem of all mankind also affects the design industry, and brand design is a key part of responding to this challenge. At present, many design agencies will give priority to sustainable materials when choosing packaging materials; at the same time, they also pay attention to biodegradability, non-permanent inks and environmentally friendly finishing technologies.

03 Glass crystal texture

Last year, metal texture design became a huge trend, imitating the real thing and in interesting linkages with various design elements. In 2022, this trend has shifted to the texture of glass and crystal. We will see more designs of elements such as holographic and 3D combined with transparent texture and realistic glass backgrounds.

It is worth mentioning that the Windows 11, which was officially launched this year, also adopted this trend. With the frequent appearance of glass/crystal material, it means that its application areas will become more diverse.

04 Extensive serif font uses

flowing small lines on each character to ignite the serif fonts. The graphic design of serifs is to solve or define some kind of leverage in the style of fonts, and the common way of processing is to wavy, curl, square, or flow from one character to another. It visually gives people an elegant, retro and chic beauty.

The stable appearance and visual structure composition are important factors in the aesthetics of serif fonts. More importantly, the traditional serif font appearance has been transformed into universal, which allows to become weird, futuristic, , romantic or blunt. Therefore, it is deeply loved by designers and is widely used in different creative fields.

05 Experimental typography

The trend of charming and interesting typography combinations also dominated the entire 2022. It combines extremely stylized letters with 3D, glass, art deco and even 90s typography to achieve the greatest sense of fashion! If you are a playful designer, it is better to go through the experimental typography style~

06 RISO Printing effect

As the revival of retro is getting louder, it is not surprising that the return of Risograph art is coming. The decades-old Risograph was originally created for office copying and administrative purposes. However, the model quickly became a tool for artists and designers to create exquisite abstract art, posters, and advertisements that cannot be taken away.

Today’s graphic designers find clever ways to recreate Risograph prints digitally and make this style strongly return as a trend for 2022.

RISO printing has unique bright colors that other printers cannot provide. The transparent effect of RISO printing can not only be used to overprint colors and form color superposition; but this ductility feature also gives it a function similar to a palette.

07 Rock Psychedelic

This trend first appeared in the 1960s and has been passed down to this day. Of course, with the rise of every new counterculture, the visual psychedelic journey of puzzling colors will always return and reflect the chaos and carefree spirit of the 60s in every graphic design field.

08 2D3D Mixed-up

We have all witnessed how 3D graphics have flooded the Internet and social media throughout 2021. The 3D graphics trend in 2022 is still continuing and developing, while 2D hand-painted illustrations will return.

Designers and creatives believe that creativity and practicality should be combined, so the 2D and 3D mix styles emerged. The freedom and casualness of 2D illustrations complement each other with the realism in the 3D effect, creating a more interesting visual experience.

09 holographic image design

holographic image design mixes highlights of multi-dimensional softness, which is quite futuristic. Its finishing touch is that these highlights give a moving impression even in static images.

mimics the feeling of the acidic style with fresh and eye-catching colors. This psychedelic trend began with Wes Wilson and his famous rock poster and has since developed into an art form. To this day, it has returned to our vision again, reflecting the disorder of the times.

Just like in music and fashion, the psychedelic spirit in graphic design reflects the designers’ desire to break the bonds and regain their soul freedom by drawing strength from within. We will see a lot of this type of psychedelic design-led animation, web design, typography and dynamic posters in 2022.

10 Y2K Millennium Nostalgia

Every year we cue to the retro trend, and new graphic design trends tend to return to nostalgia for the past few decades. So 2022 became the birthplace of aesthetics in the 2000s.

The oversimplified interfaces, low poly CGI, neon colors, and holographic textures reflected from CD discs in the millennium have been played again in the design world and given a new name: "Y2K". This style brings us back from the clean minimalist world to a fashionable fusion of pop, kawaii, neon and technology.