2025 Trends…Yep, Already

It’s too early to put up a Christmas tree, and already the 2025 trends reports are starting to roll out! Anxiety about the passage of time aside, looking ahead at trends that are on the horizon is important for graphic designers to make sure their work is relevant, current, and meeting the expectations of an audience. DepositPhotos has curated the findings of search trends of 41 million users of their platform to dive deep into their predictions for what’s next. Some early themes that are emerging for 2025: bye bye clean design; clutter is in, generative AI art, and darker themes (not dark mode, but dark ambiance).