Simple geometric shapes
Back to basics – why not. The simplicity of geometric shapes gives birth to new meanings and a new sound. The sum of parts combined to create something new. This trend in the new year gives you the opportunity to add and cut away all the unnecessary, animate, change colors and all this at the same time, preserving the essence. Strict adherence to elementary forms gives logos a look of calculated restraint, allowing designers to take liberties in something else, for example, in richly saturated colors.
Design Trends 2021 Simple Geometric Shapes
An additional feature of this approach is that layering simple shapes can create the illusion of structure and depth, which is a nod to the perspective trend discussed below. With a clean language of shapes, designers can create logos that are easy to break down into visual components, memorable, and cheerfully colored in bright, positive colors.
Logo Design Trends 2021 Geometric Shapes
Stained glass
Often logo designers look to and are inspired by the works of masters of the past. This year, many logo designers are finding inspiration in medieval stained glass.
Logo Design Trends 2021 Stained Glass
When it comes to modern design, breaking up images into fragments adds an abstract touch to ordinary concepts. This logo trend is often used in combination with beautiful views of nature. After all, we spent most of the year in self-isolation, and now our souls will be rewarded with wonderful views from the windows.
Perspective
Great design is born from simplicity and clarity. These two virtues allow logo design to effectively communicate a complex brand metaphor to the viewer. That’s why so many trends in the past few years have been based on minimalism and flat design.
Logo Design Trends 2021 Perspective
And while it’s clear that both designers and their clients aren’t abandoning the flat 2D style, they are looking to recapture some of the magic that was lost due to oversimplification. A popular technique this year is using perspective angles. By using linear perspective, playing with curvature or foreshortening, designers are creating the illusion of depth without complicating logo design.
Perfect symmetry
Everyone knows that harmony is one of the most important principles of design , and symmetry is perhaps its most striking expression. This year, we are expecting a trend for absolute symmetry in l