13 Design Trends for 2026 (Don’t Miss These)

About this video

He breaks down Kittl’s 2026 design trend report, explaining each concept, building an example in Kittl with its fonts/elements/illustrations, and checking Etsy or Amazon for market examples, repeatedly reminding viewers to check trademarks/copyrights. The 10 main trends: 1) Naive design — childlike doodles/stick figures, suited to posters and mental-health themes; he cites Etsy kids-drawing examples with 132 and 21 sales. 2) Trinket design — encyclopedia-style collections/collages of objects like crystals, shells, food or fish. 3) Grainy blur — dreamy blurred florals, halos and soft-focus shapes as structure, suited to wall art and phone cases; he cites a blurred example making $80 in a month. 4) Type collage — layered mixed fonts, like DJ/event flyers, 90s/2000s flyers and streetwear. 5) Punk grunge — raw underground print: cutouts, ransom-note tape, graffiti, splatter and crowns, for hoodies and band flyers. 6) Signal graphics — loud, retro, screen-breaking 90s visuals. 7) Blueprint design — diagram/breakdown layouts for ramen, coffee, dogs, jets and cars, which he says has demand on Amazon. 8) Distorted portrait — stretched, big-head/big-eye faces; he cites a custom cartoon-portrait example with 133 sales a month. 9) Future medieval — blackletter type, mythical beasts and medieval-meets-future clashes. 10) Surveillance design — CCTV, X-ray scans, timestamps and facial tracking, drawn from spy/true-crime imagery. Honorable mentions: kidcore (80s/90s anime, neon, bubble letters, cluttered toy-like layouts), AI abstract (generative glitches and surreal errors as a style), and Frutiger Aero (glossy early-digital branding, blue skies, water droplets, round buttons). He closes inviting viewers to comment their niche for a trend match.

Key takeaways

• Workflow per trend: learn the Kittl concept, build it in Kittl, then validate with Etsy/Amazon examples
• Naive, trinket/collection, and blueprint/diagram layouts are presented as broadly reusable across niches
• Grainy blur, distorted portrait and AI abstract turn blur, distortion and glitches into the design itself
• Type collage, punk grunge, signal graphics, future medieval and surveillance design are distinct font/aesthetic systems for flyers, tees and hoodies
• Always double-check trademarks and copyrights, and look for demand/BSR/sales evidence before using a trend

Episode details: published December 10, 2025 · 30:57 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are RJ Martinez’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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