I Became OBSESSED with Design Trends... Here’s What I Learned | 'Creatively Obsessed' Ep 2

Envato Tuts+ Guide 10 days ago

Description

Every few months, a new design trend takes over your feed. ASCII art. Liquid glass. Renaissance paintings. Frutiger Aero. But do they actually work - on real brands, with real constraints?

Grayson from @graysonsgraphics put them to the test the honest way: by redesigning his own brands. His studio identity, his newsletter, his clothing store, his Spotify page. Four trends. Four real-world applications. One very humbling encounter with liquid glass.

This is Creatively Obsessed - where we get into the psychology and process behind how designers actually think and make.

In this video:
00:00 — The trend problem (and why it's actually worth caring about)
00:20 — ASCII Art → Redesigning Grayson's Graphics
05:07 — Liquid Glass → Redesigning The Creative Brief newsletter
08:00 — Renaissance → Redesigning Paint Factory
12:40 — Frutiger Aero → Redesigning his Spotify page
15:00 — Final verdict: which trends have legs?Assets used in this video:

Fonts, backgrounds & graphics sourced from Envato → https://elements.envato.com/?utm_source=creativelyobsessedyoutube&utm_medium=LUTS&utm_campaign=creativelyobsessed

Creatively Obsessed is a series from Envato Tuts+ where industry creatives pull back the curtain on the obsessions, rabbit holes, and half-finished experiments that make their work tick.

🔔 Subscribe for new tutorials every week → https://www.youtube.com/@envatotuts