the kelliot 2025 design trend report

[@elicarson6134]

I'm a Canva defender because it's gotten my mom (a KINDERGARTEN TEACHER) more into design and now we get to talk about something that we're both interested in lol, I've also been using it since middle school (before I had access to Adobe products) and I think the free version of Canva is such a great entry level tool

[@nva9289]

real designers appreciate canva!

[@thebarringtonTV]

Every January, I look up these "design trends" and then intentionally spend the rest of the year forgetting about them and just doing my own thing. Quick tip fellow designers; your creative eyesight can improve simply from just nerding out with creative colleagues and following the right artists on social media.

[@06shadow]

Nah that adobe article was definitely chatgpt'd 😭

[@graphiclily]

It's so nice to actually see the fonts of the week, FigJam was a great idea. And Kel's trends are too good🔥

[@kelliotpod]

it just makes SENSE!!!!

[@LittleFlame93]

I love the part: There is so much beauty in this half finished work. As a designer that always had to work in refined designs and projects I felt the need to be messy when it came to my own personal projects and found more excitement when I could just doodle or use out of ordinary concepts for my designs. I agree with Kel's trends.

[@jacobdissmore9326]

I'm watching and commenting. The Cyanotype trend is going to take off this year. You have seen it popular the past 5 years in the fine art circles and I can totally see that trickling down to graphic design. The deep blues and whites give a witchy vibe that I can see adding to the witchy trends we have seen in the past years.

[@Claude_DeGoosey]

Graphic design is my kelliot 🔥 Also.. i see that new thumbnail design👀

[@ChristianRoberts]

**writes down kel’s design trends to use them in the future for reference**

[@SeaRavioli]

The live figjam editing is revolutionary and actually works WAY too well

[@Mage1k]

i love when youtube stops recommending me the videos i watch every week 🔥

[@fluxophile]

"In rebellion of AI-generated imagery"😳 Edit: in hindsight, broad "design trends" are kinda meaningless to me now. There are so many artists and designers out there working across all of these styles, there really isn't much "unexplored" design space left, if you are looking at the entirety of the media landscape. Metallic colors aren't as common anymore, but if you're in tech or fintech, it's still popping up all the time, for example. What I do find more interesting and meaningful is design trends within a certain category or niche. If 70% of wine bottle labels all started using pixel fonts in 2024, that would be worth talking about. If major grocery chains all of a sudden started pivoting into metallic, holographic, psychedelic textures, that would be a trend worth dissecting. But some of these "trends" are too broad to be considered as such ("shapes"?) or they're trendy within a certain context, which makes some groups of people (like those at Adobe) believe they are more or less common than they are on the whole, purely because of what design niches we happen to be exposed to individually. If you're in tech, you're gonna keep seeing lots of pixel art/fonts, and lots of metallic sheens. If you're in explainer videos, you're gonna keep seeing more collage-style stop-motion motion graphics, just like we've seen for easily the last 10 years.

[@maddie6891]

i feel like they definitely used ai to write that adobe article lmfao. textured grains??? cmon

[@maddie6891]

love that ya'll had this same analysis

[@cn4rc]

15:45 Me when I’m served slop

[@ranjana-2538]

I love you guys

[@jaimetorres8599]

i’m going to take this episode as a sign to get back into collage, thank u guys

[@yhansantos5198]

15:46 “Slop! It's slop!” defines it so well 🫠

[@simoncallelaverde]

Adobe asked ChatGPT for what trends were going to rise, so it was like: -Am a robot, metallics...

[@ancienttreez]

the addition of the Figma UI is so camp I love it

[@josiahingle]

oh the thumbnail eats

[@kelliotpod]

we are entering new levels of thumbnail design

[@urthosart]

that meow came from the chest. 10/10 more kitty cameos

[@iamrogercoles]

This is the only design trend report that matters.

[@erinhm0404]

13:35 AI being number one while Adobe talks about why AI is bad but also good but also bad and just tiptoeing around it is so CRAZY! It’s wild

[@lindseeyy]

loving the visual aid!

[@monicaokami]

Love the production value of this episode. I never would've thought of using Figma for a podcast, you guys are truly innovating Edit: as a motion designer I disagree, EVERYTHING needs motion 😂😂😂 lol jk but I do like to make things move, even if slowly not to jar people too much

[@izzakhan383]

since u guys said yall read comments (side note, i wonder which one of might be reading this one rn) I J WANA SAY. thank u ur mere existence makes me happy i listen to ur podcast episodes ON REPEAT. u hear that. ON REPEAT

[@victoriacollis1934]

59:26 retro desert Valentine’s Day card / napkin 1:04:04 this is like those flat lays that were trending on tiktok like “my airplane tray” “loot dump”

[@marius7866]

that adobe one is pure slop 🔥🔥

[@kelliotpod]

absolute SLOP!!

[@Kikirhemwvdodneid]

Congrats on the new camera, Elliot! 🎉

[@laurenjadee]

loveeee the upgrades to the pod

[@VelvetLavaDesign]

1:05:33 I just spent all last weekend organizing all the paper-like products in my craft closet by color & type with specific intention to see what I can do in this style. Thank goodness it’s a Kelliot-approved up-and-comer!

[@isa_muav]

Thank you, now I can base my entire personality in this episode the rest of the week

[@bymicaelacain]

Yes! I love the handcrafted trends too!!

[@adolfoso99]

As a Motion Designer listening to learn more about Graphic Design it's funny to hear you guys talk about Motion Design 😂😂 I mean it definitely overlaps with Graphic Design but it's not the same thing, you are right about that haha

[@maellemagourou1627]

When you talk about influencers (41:53) who keep giving advice even though they’re no longer or have never been full-time graphic designers, it just reminds me of my design teachersThe issue is the same.

[@kaciepallan6332]

the Junko posing from Kel killed me lol, nice to see y'all

[@jacobdissmore9326]

Kel's first trend is giving "Grandma Post Modern" Like a Midwestern horse girl. Napolean Dynamite Core. I agree that we are seeing a lot more whimsy western in design and I think we are going to see the height of it this year and then it will get old quick.

[@backstreet51]

I love how you know which cat is at your door

[@filmbykel]

Yall should show the song of the week album covers too!

[@robertpoole9707]

kelliot's breaking on to the first monitor with this one (I only have one monitor)

[@isaacgomez532]

1:05:18 nahhh not the Gussy 😭

[@sashamuscarello8021]

Love this ep! Focused on design and critique 🙌🏼🥰

[@christopherbrock4225]

🦄🌈✨ELEVATED KELLIOT✨🌈🦄

[@maddenplyr12]

can you guys make a cereal called "kelliO's?

[@yolk90]

kelliO´s textured grains 😋🌾

[@RiceRossCrispy]

please drop the approach to skin like y’all did in the thumbnail, too good 😮‍💨

[@dzdART]

I just got Hired for my Graphic designing internship! I am too happy 🥳

[@wekkimekki]

kelliot is to me what joe rogan and andrew tate is to annoying men

[@timdesignsincolorado]

Keep doing what you're doing! It'll be really obvious this year who's using what tool. Everyone is a designer now ☠

[@Kikirhemwvdodneid]

what's up guys

[@jefff3000]

I'm curious about your thoughts on Adobe trends. It seems like the company might be aware that many designers might face layoffs, and they're transforming their software tools into "toys" for everyday people, not designers who might be looking to explore their creative side. I'm just wondering, if designers are losing their jobs, who's going to keep buying their subscriptions? I'm curious if Adobe thinks that, with the rise of AI, designers might become less specialized and more focused on trends, which might make them more dependent on the brand.

[@muffinadrian]

Where is number in title

[@kelliotpod]

no more NUMBERS!!! this will help the kelliot enjoying experience

[@jess-graham]

i love to be tangible, raw, and edgy

[@heize2685]

Does anyone know how to do the scanner effect at 1:03:08

[@timdesignsincolorado]

I have been screen printing a ton lately as a revolt against AI. Mixing the idea of seeing all these streetwear/brutalism designs online and printing them on stock instead of on garments.

[@aliottz]

That Adobe list was pure chat gpt bullshit

[@MINISWISS1]

i missed george

[@thegeekclub8810]

“Maximalist Illustration” but they show the most bog-standard corporate illustrations possible.

[@Max10_B]

Ai made those 2025 predictions

[@jimmycrumb9074]

Clipping mask 😩😩

[@quinn4034]

kelliot 😌

[@maxime_bodereau]

Those asterisks come from Bauhaus

[@erinhm0404]

Sorry for commenting so much, I’ve been commenting as I’ve been watching!! But I’d love to see a video of your takes on what you think is or will be trending. So creating a collection of designs using your favourite trends for this year

[@gnaflugs]

Did an AI also set Adobe's trends lol minus the first one, they sound like Generally Okay Graphic Design practices, which, if they're targeting non-designers to get on the design boat, wooould make sense for them if they're introducing these as the baseline things you can try out yourself

[@felix_johannes]

Those trends were surely written by AI. Seriously it's like that shit was writtEn bY AIIII

[@felix_johannes]

And you called it as I was commenting!nn!! Right????

[@ancienttreez]

Adobe had to have used AI for the trend forecasting. That is disappointment only AI can conjure.

[@UkiEightNineThree]

It’s interesting that templates don’t get the same pushback as Ai. The “Canva bad” meme exists of course, and Kelliot are quick to the defence. Surely both are lazy and inauthentic, using someone else’s designs for your own benefit. That’s not to say you can’t build from either method, make it your own and elevate it. As long as the client is happy with it and you charge a fair price that reflects the work you put in what’s the difference?

[@madgequips]

AI is actively harming the planet and steals from artists and designers, is the difference. People who create templates are likely compensated for their work while folks who get their stuff sampled for AI will probably never see a payment for their work being scraped and the soul being ripped out of it.

[@dawsongyllenhammer8457]

i think its funny because I watch this podcast expecting to hear NOTHING about design

[@reylf22]

!!!

[@quinn4034]

kel is giving Beatle for sure 🪲🎤

[@sofiasoledad]

I love kelliot 🫰 thanks for all 🎀