--- title: Design Trend Predictions for 2020 description: Here are a handful of design trends for 2020 predicted by one of our Visual Content Specialists Cody Maymon! image: https://blog.chatterkick.com/hubfs/1.jpg --- [![chatterkicksocialmediaagency](https://blog.chatterkick.com/hs-fs/hubfs/chatterkicksocialmediaagency.png?width=232&name=chatterkicksocialmediaagency.png)](https://chatterkick.com)   - [Home](http://chatterkick.com) ## [It's a Video World - AND WE'RE LIVING IN IT](https://blog.chatterkick.com/its-a-video-world-and-were-living-in-it) [Read](https://blog.chatterkick.com/its-a-video-world-and-were-living-in-it) ## [From the Ground Up: Setting Up a TikTok for Your Business](https://blog.chatterkick.com/tiktok-for-business) [Read](https://blog.chatterkick.com/tiktok-for-business) ## [4 TikTok Features Your Business Needs to Know About](https://blog.chatterkick.com/whats-new-on-tiktok) [Read](https://blog.chatterkick.com/whats-new-on-tiktok) ## [How Do I Know If My Site Is Breaking The Law? | Chatterkick](https://blog.chatterkick.com/how-do-i-know-if-my-site-is-breaking-the-law) [Read](https://blog.chatterkick.com/how-do-i-know-if-my-site-is-breaking-the-law) ## [10 Illegal (and Unethical) Things You've Done on Social Media | Chatterkick](https://blog.chatterkick.com/10-illegal-and-unethical-things-youve-probably-done-on-social-media) [Read](https://blog.chatterkick.com/10-illegal-and-unethical-things-youve-probably-done-on-social-media) by [Cody Maymon](https://blog.chatterkick.com/author/cody-maymon) on April 10, 2020 [Day to Day Operations](https://blog.chatterkick.com/topic/day-to-day-operations) [Social Media](https://blog.chatterkick.com/topic/social-media) [Safety](https://blog.chatterkick.com/topic/safety) [Digital Strategy](https://blog.chatterkick.com/topic/digital-strategy) # Design Trend Predictions for 2020 ![](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2029673/Assets/Search_Image.png) Hello, I’m a Visual Content Specialist for Chatterkick. 👋 Being as I work in the design industry, I’ve done something I really have no right to do and have written a blog for the internet. I’ve rounded up a few ideas, or rather a few assumptions, that will likely be considered trendy in graphic design as well as web design in the new year of 2020. ## Typography In 2020, designers will likely continue to push the boundaries of type and continue to break the rules like a bunch of giddy teenagers who’ve just written “fart” on a bathroom stall with a sharpie. **Big Type** We’ve already seen an increase in large font sizes being used, I don’t believe we will see an end to that any time soon. Typically, these fonts will be thick Sans-serif fonts, but on occasion, we’ll see some classy folks use a Serif font.  Most common examples include: - Futura - Poppins - Roboto - Circular Sans - Open Sans - Other Google or Typekit fonts will likely be in play for the web [![Squarespace Home Page Large Text Example](https://blog.chatterkick.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2.png?width=800&name=2.png) Source of image above: Squarespace](https://www.squarespace.com/) [![Spotify - 2019 Wrapped Large Text Example](https://blog.chatterkick.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Design%20Trend%20Predictions%20for%202020-%20Blog-4.png?width=800&name=Design%20Trend%20Predictions%20for%202020-%20Blog-4.png)Source of image above: Spotify](https://newsroom.spotify.com/2019-12-05/spotify-wrapped-2019-reveals-your-streaming-trends-from-2010-to-now/) **Semi-Transparent Type** Another trend with previous findings in 2019, you’d likely see this used large as well. Semi-transparent type usually overlaps with full transparency type creating a “double typography” effect. [![Dribbble - Elegant Seagulls - About Audible Semi-Transparent text example](https://blog.chatterkick.com/hs-fs/hubfs/audible_one.jpg?width=800&name=audible_one.jpg)Source of image above: Dribbble designed by Elegant Seagulls - About Audible](https://dribbble.com/shots/6209569-About-Audible) **Custom/Hand-drawn** Custom type (remove), artsy type (remove), and hand-drawn type will be continuing into 2020. This is also rather unsurprising as people are clinging to anything that is seemingly human still. It’s also a joy to look at to most. [![HOUS - Visual Space - Dribbble Custom Hand-drawn Example](https://blog.chatterkick.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Design%20Trend%20Predictions%20for%202020-%20Blog-2.png?width=800&name=Design%20Trend%20Predictions%20for%202020-%20Blog-2.png)](https://dribbble.com/shots/9064788-Visual-Space) [Source of image above: Dribbble designed by HOUS - Visual Space](https://dribbble.com/shots/9064788-Visual-Space) ## Custom Illustration Brands have begun to incorporate custom illustrations into their web design as well as advertisements. There are a multitude of styles they’re accomplishing with this not-so-new trend. I say not-so-new because every design used to be hand-drawn and custom, call it more of a reemergence in the digital age as we once again thrive some semblance of human connection. After all, if we must look at advertisements with every glance, at least we can enjoy them knowing an artist was fed and the tradition lives on. A few examples of these illustrations are as follows: - Line art - Simplified illustration, but not to be mistaken with flat illustrations - 3D Depth - Isometric illustrations - Geometric illustrations *Geometric, applying the use of geometry to design, geometry (being from the Ancient Greek: γεωμετρία; geo- "earth", -metron "measurement") a branch of mathematics concerned with questions of shape, size, the relative position of figures, and the properties of space. Commonly learned in most high schools.*  *Isometric means equal proportions, or in layman’s terms for designers seemly having a 3-dimensional object balanced on a 2-dimensional surface.*  [![Yuliia Dobrokhod - Shopping - Dribbble Illustration Example](https://blog.chatterkick.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Design%20Trend%20Predictions%20for%202020-%20Blog-3.png?width=800&name=Design%20Trend%20Predictions%20for%202020-%20Blog-3.png)](https://dribbble.com/shots/7862390-Shopping) [Source of image above: Dribbble designed by Yuliia Dobrokhod - Shopping](https://dribbble.com/shots/7862390-Shopping) ## Color Trends “But what of the color!?”, I’m sure you’re just dying to know. Well, you cannot go wrong with the classic black and white. It goes with everything and will always be in style, but you probably shouldn’t be taking advice from someone who’s color blind. 🤷 Likely we will see a return of earthy, vintage colors. History often repeats itself, so expect to start seeing a rise and return of vintage looks blended with subtle modernism. You can always follow [Pantone](https://www.pantone.com/), as it is fully their business to keep us designers using appropriate colors, as well as announcing the color of the year. Which is somehow already chosen for 2020 even though 2020 has only just begun, that color, of course, being Classic Blue 19-4052. So ultimately expect lots of blue this year.  **Gradients in the Form of a Blob or a Liquid** Like Brendan Fraser’s career, gradients have made a full-on come back and I guess we’re all here for it. Gradients first made the headlines in the 1990’s and then were considered outdated, quite like the dinosaurs. Everyone thought they should probably just be retired, but instead, they went and found a way. Now, you’ll see gradients in just about every corporation's brand standards and design.  ![Chatterkick - Meet Mariah - Gradient Example](https://blog.chatterkick.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Design%20Trend%20Predictions%20for%202020-%20Blog-1.jpeg?width=800&name=Design%20Trend%20Predictions%20for%202020-%20Blog-1.jpeg)   ## Let's wrap this up! This blog has gotten rather long so it’s best if I wrap it up here with some ending thoughts. Trends are fun to follow and watch, but ultimately you should probably follow your clients’ requests as well as their brand standards. For most designers, implementing these trends is fun, but they may not be fitting for every client’s voice, which is what we, as designers are trying to create and enhance.  Rather, I’d recommend taking time to learn your client, their goals, their voice and design around that instead of just what’s trendy. Trends can become generic very quickly and in the fast-moving world of social media, having a unique voice is what’s important.  ### [Cody Maymon](https://blog.chatterkick.com/author/cody-maymon) When it comes to graphic design, for Cody it’s all about balance and ending up with a polished, great-looking final product. As part of the Content Development team, he uses his degrees in graphic design and digital marketing as a one-two punch to help him consistently knock out awesome content for clients and Chatterkick. Cody hails from Storm Lake, Iowa, but now calls Sioux City home. Always hungry to expand his technical knowledge, he spends his free time learning basic programming languages, robotics and designing, with the occasional PC gaming, Doctor Who and ramen breaks in-between. ![post\_img](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/2558854/hubfs/Future-Vision-Assets/post_img1.jpg?width=786&name=post_img1.jpg "post_img") ### READ MORE OF WHAT YOU LIKE. 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