Ever since I’ve started back drawing by hand, I’ve wanted to stay more current with design trends. My usual style is minimalistic and clean. I’ve decided to step outside of my comfort zone though. One of the styles floating around for 2022 is, of all things, maximalism. In fact, I’ve read that minimalism is dead! RIP! C’est la vie. I mean, even the spell checker doesn’t recognize the word maximalism. Well, this is what we’re going to delve into.
A good place to start is a simple design for social media. With things like Canva it’s beyond easy to do this stuff by hand. That said, doing it by hand gives you control of every single element from concept to end product. You can create your own templates to keep from reinventing the wheel over and over again. Work smarter, not harder.
Maximalism isn’t even a word!
All that said, I gave myself about half an hour to create something loud and a bit out there. It’s out there for someone like me, at least. First of all, I chose two fonts that contrast each other. Gave those two fonts additionally contrasting colors. Geometric and abstract art seemed fitting so that’s the text as well. Popped in some shapes here and there. I used the dashed line to indicate where you might start and end. Topped it off with some busy backgrounds, including an old magazine page that I made to look torn, in a neat way. The cherry on top is the call to action to learn more about this place and what all you might find there.
I’ve read that 90s iconography is back in as well. All I have to say to that is “wow.” I lived through that and never thought I’d see the day that stuff made a comeback. Then again, everything comes and goes. Funny how it works like that. Maybe I’ll give the 90s look a try for the next design challenge, despite working quite hard to get away from it in the early 00s!