This week we’re talking about the upcoming design trends for 2020. Hopefully we get some insight where in a year’s time the four hosts will look like Nostradamuses. So without further ado, let’s get into the show!
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Show Notes for This Episode:
[1:00] Dustin shares the big design trend he believes will make a comeback.
[2:00] The gang talks 90s’ trends.
[3:20] Dustin sees subtle 80’s trends and lingo in the new Frozen movie.
[4:20] Are, “that’s epic” and “so sick” still things to say?
[5:10] Big trend predictions are always dropped at the beginning of the year.
[6:14] Lisa believes illustration and animation are going to blow up.
[7:00] Ian shares what you need to be doing right now!
[8:00] By 2021, 88% of content will be video.
[9:00] Lisa is committing to do more animated illustrations in the coming year.
[10:40] Tom gets down to business with the predictions.
[11:00] Now is the time to leap into animation.
[12:00] Fresh ideas are what businesses want to promote their products.
[13:10] Ian talks TikTok trends.
[14:00] Kinetic Art – the combination of art, sound and movement.
[15:40] Creative side hustles
[16:00] D.I.Y. art is on Dustin’s radar.
[17:00] Ditching polished pieces for more authentic DIY looks.
[18:40] Anyone and everyone can pick up a pencil and create art.
[19:00] People are over overworked work.
[20:00] Are we seeing the resurgence of Hobo fonts?
[21:00] Creative fonts.
[22:00] Why familiar tools make art videos better.
[24:00] Dustin and Ian both noticed that basic videos really do much better.
[25:10] Capitalize on people’s love of quick bursts of information.
[26:00] Shared information builds great engagement.
[28:00] Side hustles create a stronger long tail.
[29:00] Why big companies struggle in a world where side hustles rule.
[30:00] Catering to clients wins a lot of business loyalty.
[31:00] Procreate is as an example of smaller business doing right.
[32:30] Small teams are more open and can pivot faster.
[34:50] It can be hard to predict illustration trends.
[35:00] Lisa predicts Gouache will become a bigger thing.
[36:00] Powerful women will be ever more prominent in 2020.
[37:00] Tom touches on society becoming overly sensitive.
[38:00] Lisa can see how we became so sensitive.
[39:40] Trends don’t have hard lines, they blend from year to year.
[40:00] One-offs are the thing.
[42:00] The team dream of having their own cologne scent.
[44:20] What’s up with Pantone’s Color of the Year?
[45:00] Monkey Bottom Pink.
[46:30] Tom gives a quick wrap of 2020 discussed trends.
[47:00] Vintage fonts with a modern twist.
[48:40] Tom shares a sad prediction for creatives in 2020.
[49:20] Mental health – take time for rest.
[50:00] Humans naturally focus on the negative.
[51:20] Dustin hopes the 2020 trend is to stop comparing so much.
[52:00] Ian talks about how everyone needs to find the fun in art again.
[53:00] Be less consumed by your phone and more present in your life.
[54:00] Tom shares some pep to start off your new year.
[55:00] And that’s a wrap!
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C’mon guys. The nineties were also very colourful. Pop, the illegal rave and acid-parties made smiley’s super-cool, US techno and euro-dance filled the radiowaves. Grunge meant that camp and hippie like clothing was cool. Video’s and photo’s were over the top lit, or had lots of bling. Also hip-hop became main-stream and alternative pop-music like Daft Punk, Fat Boy Slim, the Gorillaz mixed all these and older music styles even more. The internet was still in it’s infancy and so were computer graphics. Remember the flying toasters on the first Apple Mac’s? Bit-graphics like pixel art were all around, designing your own icons, animations and websites on your own computer, not in the cloud, was really cool up until 2000. With the internet, hackers and especially movies figuring these ‘vigilantes’ were hot, and especially if epic is your thing, watch ‘the Matrix’. Who didn’t have a screensaver with all those symbols raining down on their screen? So, what did graphics and commercials look like; either very sharp, or fuzzy. And if made with a computer, mostly chunky, because 2D was easy, but for 3D you had to have a powerful pc.
Thanks so much for this massive throwback Mark- these all brought back so many amazing memories of the 90’s- what a bizarre decade it was full of massive technological advances, funky music and fashion trends- not to mention some awesome movies :).