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THE BIGGEST
DESIGN TRENDS
OF 2022

SO FAR

We’re already halfway through 2022, and it’s clear what digital design trends are leading the way so far.

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In 2022, digital designers are going all in: on color, experience, and on creating rich spaces for our ever-more hybrid way of living. And while the rest of the year is still loading, here are the undeniable design trends taking over our screens right now.

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THIS YEAR'S TRENDS IN REVIEW

01 in a silver, chrome, 3D font

METAVERSE MAYHEM

1. A screenshot of Nikeland, a destination in the metaverse created by Nike.
02 in a silver, chrome, 3D font

DIGITAL FASHION

An animated fashion model with bright white, long hair in buns. They’re wearing a baseball jacket and a visor on their eyes with ROWW written across it.
03 in a silver, chrome, 3D font

WEB KITSCH

Illustration of two outstretched arms holding pearls emerging from a pink clam shell
04 in a silver, chrome, 3D font

3D INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS

A model of an abstract sphere with different hues of purple and pink
05 in a silver, chrome, 3D font

DOPAMINE COLOR PALETTES

The word “mire” on a gridded background of differently-sized rectangles with rounded corners. The rectangles are brightly colored and include greens, pinks and blues, and the “mire” text has the opposite color of its background on the color wheel.
06 in a silver, chrome, 3D font

3D LETTERING

“Born Electric” written in an all-caps 3D, metallic, pinkish-purple font. The “o” in “born” has been replaced by the BMW logo.
07 in a silver, chrome, 3D font

ZEN ENERGY

A digital painting of a stand of yellow, pink and orange wild flowers against a black background, brightly lit by a light source above and in front of them, giving the appearance of a evening setting after dark.

TREND NO. 1

METAVERSE MAYHEM

A white barcode.
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