melboure-webdesign-land: Graphic Design Trends 2019

In 2019, you can expect to see plenty of digital and graphic design elements that create a sense of order, beauty, and self-awareness. Jarring colors become harmonious in tiled patterns and modern collages, exaggerated proportions make for delightful and inclusive illustrations, and glitches become an aesthetic all their own.

Like many trends across all branches, digital design in 2019 will feature a healthy dose of both nostalgia and futurism. With retro influences from brutalism, cubism, and abstract art, the design trends of 2019 are reinventing some of the most aggressively disruptive aesthetic movements of the past to create a bold and colorful vision for the digital future.

What are the top 2019 Graphic Design Trends?

Here are the top design trends that we predict will dominate the digital & offline landscape in 2019:

Bookman & Oldstyle Serifs
Custom Typefaces
Eco Packaging
Retro Human Illustrations
Subtle Motion
Memphis
Digital Brutalism
Complex Gradients
Abstract Geometry
Evolved Patterns
Isometric Illustration
Broken Grid Layouts
Augmented Reality
Modern Collage
3D Elements

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Bookman & Oldstyle Serifs

With the generic, sans-serif typeface being the face of nearly every global company, brands are now rebounding and bringing back some emotion in the form of personality-packed serif typefaces, often in Bookman, Oldstyle or transitional styles.

Olipop Dribbble

Custom Typefaces

All the big brands (AirBnb, Apple, Google, etc) are forking out the big bucks creating custom typefaces for their brands.

Can’t afford a custom typeface like the 99% of us? Look for something different when choosing a typeface. Instead of Gotham, try an alternative.

Netflix Sans

YouTube Sans Font

Eco Packaging

Plastic is permanently on the news today, and to counter this mounting pressure from consumers, brands are reducing their use of plastic, such as Corona’s biodegradable beer packaging.

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Retro Human Illustrations

Exaggerated proportions and unrealistic coloring make for a delightful alternative to generic stock photos. You can even make your own retro human here.

Retro Humans Design Trend

retro human

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Subtle Motion

Micro-interactions are nothing new, but their true value is now being realized, especially in web design where you can really maximize the “surprise & delight“.

Micro Interaction Trend

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Memphis

The Memphis design trend is a rebellion against strict grids, “good taste”, and meticulously arranged elements, often using patterns reminiscent of the 80s, Art Deco, Pop Art and 1950’s Kitsch.

Memphis Design Style