90s Space Psychedelia —
Last year, 60s psychedeliamade a return to graphic design through escapism, luring viewers into dense, colorful worlds.
In 2023, the trend is continuing this momentum to infinity and beyond, but this time through 90s space psychedelia.
While psychedelia often takes its inspiration from nature (consider the multicolored clouds and melting mushrooms .
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Airbrush Surrealism —
Surrealism is an enduringly popular design approach for its novelty and endlessly inventive weirdness.
But in 2023, surrealism is getting an unexpected pairing with 80s airbrush techniques, as soft retro filters are overlaid onto strange, chimeric imagery.
This produces a gauzy effect that subdues the usual disorientation surrealism invokes, blanke.
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Folk Botanical —
Patterns are a staple in graphic design, useful for providing backgrounds or framing content.
And nature is a common subject matter for patterns, as mixtures of leaves, fruits and vines create compositions as lively as a forest.
But in 2023, nature patterns are getting a little less refined through shaky doodles, rough textures and incongruous colo.
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Mixed Dimension —
The more time that we spend in online spaces rather than physical ones, the less clear the boundaries between the two can appear.
And in 2023, graphic designers are shattering that boundary completely by working digital illustrations into real-life photography.
While merging the artificial and actual might sound dystopian, this trend is much more f.
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Mysticism —
In a design context, mysticism involves iconography that relates to astrology and divination.
The trend relies heavily on popular symbolism, including zodiac signs, all-seeing eyes, lotus flowers and sacred geometry.
As in ages past, these symbols act as talismans, infusing the natural and celestial world with occult and deeper meaning.
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Punk Revival —
Punk is a rebellious counterculture with roots as early as the Dada movement of the 1920s.
Since then, it has never really gone away—it was born on the fringes of society, and there it persists.
But 2023 is witnessing a revival of its mass appeal, as everyday people are finding ample cause to rail against failing systems.
Not only has the exponenti.
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Retro Line Art —
In 2023, many designers are turning to minimal line art to create illustrations that are humorous and fun.
This is a retro style that recreates the nostalgic memory of drawing with felt-tip markers.
The simplicity of the line art lends itself to a cartoonish style (like thick outlines and rubber hose limbs), which is why the trend is a natural fit .
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Risoprint Reimagined —
Risograph was a mid-80s printing technique developed by the Riso Kagaku Corporation in Japan.
It paved the way for cheap bulk printing by using dots and desaturated colors, with the result that images were often grainy and unintentionally stylized with double exposures.
In 2023, risograph printing is being reimagined for digital, abstract graphics..
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The Top 12 Graphic Design Trends For 2023: —
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