Top 5 hot graphic design trend for 2022

Danny Ugochi
3 min readFeb 7, 2022

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Graphic design trends are more than forgettable fads: they reflect a year’s worth of constraints and clichés being upended for the sake of something new. Because imagine how boring life would be if design stayed the same.

List of Top 5 graphic design trend

1. Expressive and experimental lettering
2. Glass and Crystals (Morphism)
3. 3D Characters
4. Paper Cutout
5. Holographic Design

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  1. Expressive and experimental lettering
    As the world becomes more global and online, we can’t always rely on words to convey meaning from culture to culture. Far from being a setback, many designers see this as an opportunity. For 2022, we expect lettering that pushes the bounds of easy legibility, creating forms that are expressive in and of themselves.
Glass Sculptures by Drake Smith

2. Glass and Crystals (morphism)
Last year, the gold design was a huge trend mimicking realistic physical gold and giving everyday items that extra special feel. The trend has now shifted to glass and crystal with incredible realism in 3D to bring graphic design to the next level.

Step-up by Nguyen Nhut

3. 3D Characters
To complement all the trends with the trends listed, 3D characters have invaded the graphic design space in apps, websites, and animation. These characters adapt to 2D design, holographic, candy color design, and everything we’ve talked about in Graphic Design trends of 2022.

GENERATION Z IN PANDEMIA TIME by HICACTUS STUDIO

4. Paper Cutout
Another traditional art that found its way to the digital is paper cutting. The craft has roots in the Han dynasty in the 4th century AD after the invention of the paper by Cai Lun. A simple symmetrical circle seems to be the very first surviving paper cutout, marking the beginning of this form of art. Throughout history, we can find paper cutting in all cultures with one thing in common: each design is cut from a single sheet of paper as opposed to collages. Of course, when it comes to the digital, graphic designers use both techniques to create amazing pieces of art in all forms of graphic design.

5. Holographic Design
“Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.” is a 3D image of Princess Leia projected by light beams. In short, it’s a hologram. This diffraction of light is very attractive and has climbed to rival the top trends in graphic design.

Recently we all could find the holographic trend in stationery, product design, fashion design (especially bags and shoes), and so on. However, this trend is so appealing, it’s no surprise it has reached web and animation design as well. Not to mention apps and logos.
What we can all agree on is that holographic design looks very High tech and futuristic with its mixture of high-gloss multidimensional pastel highlights.

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