When stripping the creative process, we\u2019re also stripping away the necessary act of failing, learning and trying again that\u2019s required before mastering a discipline. \u201cThat time between knowing what you want to create and actually being able to do it is critical,\u201d Spencer says, \u201cit shapes perspective and gives work meaning.\u201d Perhaps, he ponders, the end result is stripped of worth if that time behind the wheel is removed. \u201cAs more people create instantly, the bar for excellence drops,\u201d Spencer says. \u201cThat\u2019s why supporting artists who bring a unique perspective, taste, and skill to their work is so important, these are people who know every decision matters, that art has power.\u201d<\/p>\n
This perspective is clearly shared, as illustrated by the 2026 Trend Report. In terms of photography, it outlines a broader return to maximalist and, equally, a grungier aesthetic, highlighting the proliferation of direct flash, distorted wide angles and surrealism, to name a few. Similarly, the design trends that Stills predict are also louder than the clean, stark, Swiss-like brands of trends past. Stills predicts more of a scrapbook-like, handmade aesthetic coming to the surface, with cataloguing and scribbling to boot. There\u2019s also an anti-minimalist contingent growing, heading in a Cyber Goth direction as well as, to Spencer\u2019s delight, a futuristic, Medieval one too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m tired of sterile, boring, hyper-polished, pixel-perfect imagery and, honestly,\u201d Spencer admits, \u201cjust lazy design being sold as minimal at this point.\u201d Instead, he champions Maximalism and Future Medieval as two trends that really stand out to him. \u201cEvery creative we spoke to brought up the same thing,\u201d he adds, \u201cthey want more color, and more personality,\u201d as is observable in the adorned and decorative nuances of futuristic, Medieval aesthetics, and how attention-grabbing the trend is as a result. \u201cEvery piece from the visuals, borders and illustrations pulls you in,\u201d Spencer says. \u201cWhen there are 1,001 ways to make something without thinking, shouldn\u2019t we as creatives take our time and focus on the details?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When stripping the creative process, we\u2019re also stripping away the necessary act of failing, learning and trying again…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-303117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}