New Year for Design Trends

Happy New Year Creatives!

It's a new year and a fresh start for design. Resolutions, goals and objectives are renewed along with a new workload. Last year, we saw many advancements in virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and technology for design along with design centered around a cause and personalized design.

BOLD CUSTOM ILLUSTRATION

This year we will see illustrations dominate the market with more customized illustrations. These illustrations will be endowed with bold colors and fonts, high saturation, minimalist layouts, element overlap and breaking the grid.

WEB DESIGN

In web design, we will see these custom illustrations and more illustrated icons becoming prevalent. This year, along with the minimalist layouts, miniature animations will enter the scene. This will catch visitor attention and keep visitors interacting on sites for longer.

Augmented reality (AR) has been increasing and is making its way into web design. More interactivity between smartphones and websites with this new technology will continue to enter the market of web design.

UI/UX TREND & MOBILE

Last year, we saw the emergence and release of Adobe XD into the Adobe creative program family. This program has made UI/UX design easier, if you are not a designer skilled with coding, when creating mobile apps. More efficient workflows for UI/UX will come from utilizing and mastering this new program.

Mobile apps are everywhere, nearly every business, if not all, have one. With the ease of Adobe XD, we will see more micro-interactions within these apps. Micro-interactions meaning miniature gif animations on apps and websites. Due to Adobe XD being seamlessly integrated with Adobe Illustrator, has made the process of creating these micro-interactions and apps easier. More of these mini animations within the web and apps will pop up throughout the year, many businesses are already including them.

There is plenty of new design trends to utilize in the world of design this year. From new programs and ease of workflows, to mastering typography and composition, which design trends will you incorporate?

See You Soon Creatives!