Design Trends 2024: What will be important for brands this year

2024 will also be the first year in which Artificial Intelligence is a natural part of our everyday lives. While we were in experimentation mode in 2023, more and more companies are asking themselves how they can implement the new possibilities into their processes.

The sounding board that brands use is therefore changing. Priorities are shifting. And so are aesthetic perceptions. What trends does this mean for brand communication and design? The brand and design agency Peter Schmidt Group has taken a closer look and published a compact presentation with the ten most important trends of the year. The clear conclusion: the hyper-realistic aesthetics of AI tools are becoming omnipresent. At the same time, however, they are triggering a countermovement: In order to form close emotional bonds, people need an equally human counterpart. Brands will harness this power and make targeted use of designs that are clearly handmade – i.e. human.

You can download the full PDF here. Of course, not every trend is suitable for every brand. The Peter Schmidt Group advises on this with an expertise from over fifty years of experience. The agency’s clients include international companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Linde and E.ON, as well as consumer, fashion, and lifestyle brands. It is one of the most successful design agencies in Europe and part of the BBDO Group Germany.