Back in December of 2018, we laid out our predictions for what we believed would be some of the key design trends in 2019. Now it’s time for design trends revisited to see how well we did with those predictions and grade ourselves on our performance. So how did we do?
Custom illustration – A+
This trend shows no signs of slowing down in the second half of 2019 and beyond, particularly in the food and beverage categories.
Vintage details – B+
We continue to see broad usage of vintage cues, not only in graphic applications, but also in structural design—again, this trend is especially prevalent in the food and beverage categories.
Authenticity in imagery – A
Fashion and beauty brands continue to run campaigns featuring real people in real situations. Diversity, uniqueness and imperfection are celebrated as normal and beautiful, connecting the brand to consumers in a highly relatable way.
Serif typefaces – C
Serif fonts seemed to have their moment and are still trending lightly across the board. Interestingly, the one place where we still see them flourishing is in the frozen dairy category.
Bold visual palettes – A+
This trend is clearly still in full effect in the beverage space, but can also be seen in food, fashion and other categories as well.
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