10 Newest and promising UI design trends

New neumorphism 🤯 pastels, geometry, helpful tips and more!

Recently, I’ve spent some time observing the directions in which UI design is heading. I’ve stumbled across a few very creative, promising and inspiring trends that, in my opinion, will shape the UI design in the nearest future.

Here are the 10 trends based on my observations:

Left to right: Fireart Studio, Ionutzamfir (IG), Dawid Tomczyk, Ui8net (IG)

1. New Neuomorphism

You’ve read it right! Neuomorphism is evolving and, I guess, it’s here to stay (whether you like it or not). It didn’t last long in its initial form, but it is changing towards more sophisticated and accessible direction. It’s almost like skeuomorphism, but with a fresh, modern, more aesthetic vibe.

Left to right: Dominik Bednarz, Mufidul.design (IG), Halolabteam, Ariuka_dsgn (IG), Sajon007 (IG)

2. Soft gradients

Gradients are not going anywhere! In fact, I’m seeing a lot of them, as backgrounds and on UI elements, such as buttons, cards and graphs.
Mixing more than two colors to create a colorful blurry background is also a thing!

Left to right: Victor.niculici (IG), Sun, Ashik, Interfacely.net, Halolabteam

3. Geometric elements

Both used as main background or theme, or just a detail to make the design look more interesting — geometric elements are getting more and more attention. They are often mixed to create a mosaic — and the result looks really cool!

Left to right: Emy Lascan, Zerotoone.de, DesigningUI.com, jajadesign (IG), Flowstudio.

4. Pastel backgrounds

I have to say I love this trend. 🥰 I’ve seen a lot of astounding, lightweight, aesthetically pleasing designs with very delicate, bright pastel color schemes.
It makes the designs look very…