More than the patterns
that emerge from the Popular feeds on Dribbble and Behance, design trends can
be a mysterious thing.
They’re influenced by culture and media, past and present,
technology, fashion, and other industries.
They come and go, but it’s hard to say exactly when.
Madeleine Morley at The American Institute for Graphic Arts (AIGA)
says:
“A trend never simply
emerges for a single year and then disappears in a puff of smoke. Instead, an
aesthetic becomes popular gradually, even mysteriously, over time before
fizzling out slowly without much notice at all.”
The design trends we’ll be covering here didn’t magically
materialize in late 2015; trends take time to peak, and you’ve likely seen many
of them in one form or another during the last couple years.
But even if you’re not one to follow the trends, as a designer,
it’s smart to be aware of the shifts going on in your industry—if only to avoid
them before they become overused, or to have the opportunity to twist them into
something new and interesting.
While forecasting trends with any certainty is a tricky
business, many members of the design industry seem to have developed a
consensus as to what styles and approaches are most likely to take off in 2016.
Here are a number of trends that designschool.canva.com predicted for 2016 that I feel, represent an advancing condition of simulacrum, simulation and hyper-reality:
Modern Retro Style:
Bright, bold colours:
Abstract, minimalist style:
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