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Stanford researchers say that “AI is poised to be the most transformative technology of the 21st century.”
And its influence on design is rapidly taking root., turning human creativity into something new and more elaborate.
Seeing how fast AI improves and takes over the internet, there’s no doubt that AI is reshaping how designers conceptualize, create and deliver visual content.
But not all designers think the same way. Some are pro-AI in their processes, while others reject AI completely. Yet, one thing that everyone agrees on is that human qualities are still more important than anything AI can do.
That said, regardless of whether you fully embrace AI, use it selectively, or remain skeptical, you need to stay on top of the latest AI design trends. Understanding these shifts helps you stay relevant, adaptable and competitive.
In this guide, I’ll explore the latest trends in AI Design, backed by expert insights and industry data. I’ll also share practical examples you can implement right away.
Ready? Let’s take a look at what's actually happening in the field right now and what it means for your work.
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AI design trends matter because they’re so prevalent.
Over the years, design has gone through several transformations, from manual to digital and now towards AI. Every time, there have been early adopters who explore the possibilities, and the naysayers who refuse to join in. But with a change as big as this, it’s hard to ignore.
AI image generation was just the beginning; now, designers create videos, websites, applications, UIs, experiences, brand identities, social media posts and advertisements.
This ongoing change has clearly had a significant impact on designers’ work. According to Figma’s 2025 AI Data Report, 30% of designers strongly agree that AI significantly enhances the efficiency of their work. That number has grown since 2024 and is expected to keep increasing in the years to come.
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That’s why understanding AI design trends matters now more than ever. AI isn’t going anywhere, and how it continues to shape creative workflows will define the next era of design. The trends that truly make an impact won’t just fade away; they’ll become the new normal.
To compile this list of design trends, I:
As you browse the list, you’ll find insights from the designers and AI pioneers, real data and actionable tips on how to incorporate the trends into your own designs.
Most importantly, I also share the other side of the story. Many people, including creatives, are concerned about what AI will bring to the future of their work and livelihoods. That’s why the importance of AI Ethics only increases with time, and it would be extremely one-sided not to mention it.
*Disclaimer: The comparisons and competitor ratings presented in this article are based on features available as of October 17, 2025. We conduct thorough research and draw on both first-hand experience and reputable sources to provide reliable insights. However, as tools and technologies evolve, we recommend readers verify details and consider additional research to ensure the information meets their specific needs.
Before we dig into the juiciest part of this article, there’s something you need to have clarity on right away.
AI is improving constantly, and at an alarming rate. The content I share with you here is timely now, but will be “in the past” pretty fast.
The Visme content team and I will do our best to update the list regularly with the newest AI design trends and the design tools to help you achieve them.
The most powerful AI design trend for 2026 is the integration of multiple AI tools working in tandem. Each designer using this system has their own favorite combination and some have even created AI Agents for their peers to use.
Their reasoning behind this lies in the fact that one AI might excel at generating faces but struggle with hands. Another might create beautiful landscapes but fail at typography.
Justin Kramm from ShitShow Creative explained this phenomenon in relation to generating video with AI:
“Oh yeah. That’s how the best video is done. When they use like five different tools. It’s one thing I learned about AI that’s always better. It’s great cross-pollination. It’s like people. Each one brings different stuff.”
Vanessa Rivera, a professional graphic designer who rebranded her website with AI, walked me through her multi-tool process:
"I used ChatGPT to develop my brand strategy and messaging. Then Midjourney to generate initial visual concepts. I brought those into Photoshop and used Generative Fill to refine the details. Finally, I used Topaz AI to upscale the quality. No single tool could have done it all."
Designers aren’t the only ones noticing this trend. Small business professional, Caspar Matthews, from Electcomm Group sees this multi-tool approach as a breakthrough for businesses as well.,
“The trend that interests me most is the growth of multimodal AI tools that combine text, image, and video creation in one platform. For a company like mine, which often needs to communicate complex technical solutions in a simple way, this has huge potential. If the technology continues to mature, I believe it will transform how small businesses like ours present services without needing large marketing budgets.”
If you'd like a multimodal AI design agent that can handle lots of creative tasks, Lovart is one of the tools gaining attention.
In one conversation, it can generate a brand identity and then easily progress into a website UI, mobile application, product mockups, social media and video.
When fed clear prompts, each remains consistent with the original brand direction.
If you prefer not to use a pre-built agent, map your creative workflow and identify where different AI tools can contribute. Build a “tool chain” document that outlines which platform handles which stage. For example:
Save your most effective combinations as workflows you can repeat and refine over time. Or go further and create your own Creative AI agent!
Using AI for ideation is like having an infinitely patient brainstorming partner who can:
One thing that all designers and professionals I spoke with agree on is that AI is best at the ideation stage and not for final products. Everything I read, all the videos I watched and all the podcasts I listened to came to the same conclusion.
Everyone agrees AI will help you come up with ideas and even generate first drafts, but it will always need a human touch to reach completion.
According to Figma’s 2025 AI Report, 45% of product companies are investing in AI for initial concept exploration.
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The State of AI in Design from Foundation Capital reveals that 72% of designers say that AI enhances ideation for their design work.
For AI ideation to do its best work, you need to follow a clear structure like this one:
The context dump and divergent exploration will need a well-formatted prompt. Because the better your prompts, the better your results!
Here’s a prompt draft you can start with:
I'm designing [project type] for [target audience]. The goal is [objective]. The brand is [personality/tone].
Please suggest:
For each suggestion, explain why it might work and what makes it different.
AI video generation is one of the fastest-moving trends and is only making itself more valuable for content creators, designers and marketers.
That’s why it didn’t take long for Generative AI to progress from image generation to video generation.
The first videos were super short and often ridiculous. However, they can now be as long as a few minutes and in full HD. Editing AI clips together can help you create videos of any length.
Tools like Sora, Kling AI, Runway, and Google's Veo 3 can create high-quality video clips from text descriptions, transform still images into motion, and even generate synchronized audio, all without filming a single frame.
One of the best examples of how AI video has improved is the Will Smith eating Spaghetti meme.
Here, you can see the difference between the first bizarre and unsettling versions from 2023 and a version from early 2025.
The third video is the latest creation, complete with natural motion, better lighting and convincing audio.
AI models are continuously improving. On September 30, 2025, OpenAI launched its newest version of Sora, Sora 2. With this model, video creation capabilities are even better.
Ruben Hassid, an AI professional and content creator at How to AI, recently posted on LinkedIn about how he used Sora2 to generate a gymnastics video. The post shows a video from 2023 and his new video, made just a few days ago in 2025.
The AI design trend of generating photography and video with character consistency is extremely popular. Not only is it helpful for staying on brand, but it also saves a lot of time.
Generative AI has evolved to the point where you can create digital clones of any human (real or AI-generated). This means you can build an endless gallery of images and videos with the same person’s likeness.
The team at RoboVerse tested several tools and shared a video with their findings. They rated each tool according to characteristics like training requirements, final outputs, add-on features and price. In the video below, they recommend OpenArt as the best tool for this purpose.
Aside from characters with your likeness or someone else’s likeness, the option is also available for AI-generated stock photography, with Lummi. In this LinkedIn post, the Lummi team shares the exact steps on how to do that.
This AI design trend and its capabilities are so powerful that entire YouTube channels can be 100% AI.
Take, for example, Julia McCoy, who has a channel where all the videos are hosted by her digital clone.
The video below is her clone sharing real predictions for AI for 2025. This video is 8 months old, so some of the predictions are already happening in real-time.
I spoke with professional graphic designer Vanessa Rivera, about how she redid the branding for her new website, all with AI. The one thing that impressed her the most was this exact thing: being able to create images and videos with herself in them.
She used the multi-tool process to generate this image for her website’s hero section. I know Vanessa personally and can attest that it looks just like her, just more magnanimous.
In the process that Vanessa told me about, she mentioned that she needed to enhance the image output to make it perfect. She’s clearly not the only one doing that.
According to Exploding Topics, the search for the term “AI Image Enhancement” has increased significantly in the last few years.
Visme comes packed with several AI, including one that helps with image enhancement:
Once you've generated your AI images with character consistency, you'll likely need to refine them to perfection. That's where Visme's AI Edit Tools can help:
There’s an unfortunate downside to this trend of character consistency, and the fact that it continues to improve, though. And that’s widespread use of deepfakes. In fact, deep fakes were the first thing we saw in terms of character consistency with AI.
Deepfakes have been around for a while, long before the advent of AI. However, they’re now much easier to make and can cause real trouble. This is one of the reasons why AI Ethics has become a much bigger conversation..
Professionals on LinkedIn aren’t staying quiet about it either.
AI branding is another huge design trend because it saves entrepreneurs and small businesses a significant amount of money and time.
There are two AI Branding routes;
The first is to use a professionally designed brand and train a Gen AI tool or AI Agent to create branded assets from business cards to websites.
The other approach is to use AI from the outset and instruct it to generate a brand logo from a text prompt and inspirational images.
Logo generators have been around for a while before AI. But they’re mostly template-based, so the final output tends to be generic, overly detailed, or already in use by another brand.
What AI design generators can do for branding now is more elaborate. Using ChatGPT, Midjourney, Lovable or a combination of several, you can generate logos that are more unique.
Traditional branding is expensive. A professional brand identity package can cost anywhere from $ 5,000 to $50,000 and take several weeks to complete. AI tools can deliver a complete, customized identity in much less time for a fraction of the cost.
But there’s a downside. Although AI can generate logos and brand assets, it still requires significant human input.
Jacob Cass, a well-known branding professional, is one of the designers who embraced AI in their processes.
In a conversation with Mike on the Mike:ON Podcast, Jacob shared:
"Logo design is one of my true passions... I was trying to use different tools to get different ideas for logo designs and whatever came out at chat GPT was just like so complex and it just didn't fit the bill... so I created my own bot that had some variables that kind of fitted my style that was simplistic and clever and flat and minimal and memorable and it yielded much better results."
Jacob isn’t the only one with thoughts on this matter.
Chris Do, a highly acclaimed branding designer, recently published a video on his channel about what human creatives need to do to stay relevant.
In regard to branding, he had this to say,
"When it comes to branding per se, branding is built on emotional connections, not just visuals. Most of our decision making is based on our emotional state. So, when we're helping to guide a client to build relationships with the customers in a rebrand, we're trying to understand through experience and intuition what emotion is going to trigger them to take action. This is why AI cannot replace you in this regard because it lacks the emotional empathy because it has never lived a life…AI can't sit in a client meeting and sense the nuance behind the brief. They can't read the micro expressions. It currently cannot see subtle shifts in body language which we are naturally wired to pick up."
Here’s the key takeaway. AI Branding can be inexpensive, but it can also be generic and lack nuance. Both Jacob and Chris use AI for ideation. But when it comes to creating the final design, they take the time to use their human expertise.
If you already have a brand identity, using AI tools like Visme’s Brand Wizard is a great way to save time on content creation.
All you have to do is input your website UR and the tool will pull in your brand assets (logo, fonts, colors).
Once you go through the steps to confirm your assets, the AI saves them in your brand area and also generates a large collection of branded templates, including presentations, documents, social media graphics and more.
Here’s a video that shows you how it works.
People have been using ChatGPT to draft textual business communications since its release. But now you can generate full visual documents, reports, proposals, newsletters and more with both written content and professional design in a single workflow.
This technique isn’t meant to replace your brand voice with robotic corporate speak. It’s more about letting AI handle the structure, format and page layouts. That way, you can focus on strategy and personalization.
What you can do, though, is train Visme’s AI Writer with your brand voice guidelines and values. Then you can prompt it to write short text that aligns with your brand tone and messaging.
Using AI to draft business communication is rapidly turning into a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and Visme can help you drive positive change in that direction.
To create visual business communication with Visme AI, open the tool from your dashboard, upload your written content or add a descriptive prompt.
A sales proposal AI creation flow would look like this, for example:
1. Upload a URL or document with the exact content you want to use. Remember to have it in a clear outline with H2s, H3s and bullet points for the AI to understand. You also have the option to start with a prompt. Write a prompt with more client details, expected tone and messaging style. Also, ask the AI to create an executive summary and include it in the design.
2. The chatbot will show you several style options for you to choose from.
3. Then Visme AI will generate a first draft of your visual proposal structure.
4. Customize the branding, add data visualizations, and finalize the copy with your human touch.
5. Invite the sales team to the workspace so they can review and personalize key sections.
6. Sends the proposal to the client via a live Visme link.
Using Visme AI for business communications is easy and fast. It’s so practical that our users recommend it on Reddit subreddits, like the one below, where a commenter shares his answer to the question:
'Has anyone here experimented with AI-generated presentations for client pitches?'
“Yeah, we use Visme for this. The AI presentation design is good for putting the slides together all at once - and then I go in with a fine-tooth comb and make adjustments as needed. Overall, it's a pretty good timesaver.”
Designing apps and websites with AI is another fast-growing trend. It’s so popular that it has its own name: Vibe Coding coined by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy in early 2025.
Vibe coding describes a development approach where designers and developers guide AI through natural language prompts to create functional applications, without manually writing code.
The concept is simple: you describe what you want your app to do, and the AI generates the code in real-time, rendering it on screen. The process feels less like programming and more like having a conversation with a creative partner who understands both design and development.
Even though vibe coding is quickly reshaping software development by making it faster, more accessible and collaborative, the issue is that it’s not perfect and can break at any time. If you don’t know how to code well, you won’t know how to fix it.
Amar Ratnakar Naik, an AI leader at Telus, shares succinctly in a LinkedIn article,
“The future doesn’t belong to those who can just prompt an LLM, it belongs to those who can fix what the LLM broke.”
He continues with his thoughts on a major myth: AI will replace engineers.
“No,” he remarks, “AI will replace the engineers who never learned how things actually work. Meanwhile, those who understand protocols, patterns, observability, and scaling? They're about to become the most expensive hires in the room.”
If you’re ready to try vibecoding, here are some of the most popular tools:
UI/UX Designers are also leveraging AI for their work, saving a significant amount of time in the process. AI flows in UI refer to using AI agents to map out user journeys, from wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes, while maintaining consistency across screens and states.
Instead of manually creating every variation of a button or modal, designers describe the system once and AI generates all the necessary components and states. One of the latest tools that helps with this trend is Figma Make, an AI agent inside Figma.
One of the biggest voices for learning and improving UI flows is Zander Whitehurst from Memorisely. One of their latest videos is a perfect example of how designers can incorporate AI into their flows, without it taking away the human element.
Creating social media designs used to mean hours in Adobe platforms or customizing with templates one by one. Now the process is easier than ever with AI.
These tools are changing how marketers, designers and social media managers create scroll-stopping content like videos, graphics and ads.
The constant pressure to post consistently across multiple platforms lies heavily on creative social teams. This has made AI increasingly practical for their day-to-day work.
According to Hootsuite’s Social Trends Report,
“What fueled this growth is the perpetual need for more content. Because today, an always-on social presence is vital for staying competitive and delivering ROI.” In fact, research conducted by Hootsuite and Critical Truth indicates that brands should be aiming to create and post between 48 and 72 posts per week across platforms.
As I mentioned earlier, it is now more common to use multiple tools instead of a single one.
For example, here’s a LinkedIn post explaining how social designers are creating ads with the help of AI workflows.
The video shared in the post was created by Shlomo Genchin for one of his clients.
Aside from generating numerous social media posts in the same dimensions, AI also assists with reformatting and repurposing for different sizes and purposes. Visme’s social media and community manager, Chelse Hensley shared her thoughts on this during a podcast with Mike Allton from Agorapulse.
"Even though you're reformatting them, just make sure you put the soul back into it. I've been a social media manager for over 10 years now. I don't want to lose the soul of what it's supposed to be... with the growth of all these AI tools, every post may start to look the same. So even though you're reformatting them, just make sure you put the soul back into it."
Just one more bit of proof that in the end, no matter how much AI can help, it still needs the human touch or soul, to reach final completion.
Not all design is serious business. For individuals with a sense of comedic creativity, AI is one of the most entertaining tools available today. Ideating and creating absurd visuals for the sake of comedy is my favorite trend on this list.
Comedy and virality are intimately connected. Now that everyone scrolls past polished ads and content riddled with sameness, absurdist AI content makes people stop, laugh and share. Brands and creators that embrace this chaotic energy connect with audiences on a human level because we all need a laugh.
Take, for example, the crazy mashups with funny names like Tung Tung Tung Sahur, Tralalero Tralala and Ballerina Cappuccina. These AI creations, known as Italian Brain Rot, are among the most viral trends powered by AI.
Fabian Mosele, an early pioneer of the Brain Rot universe, shared in a Medium article,
"At first, it was all just a joke. We were pretending and laughing at the absurdity of characters like Trallallero Trallallà and Tung Tung Tung Sahur. These creations were never meant to fit into a conventional cartoon. Italian Brainrot couldn't have existed in a non-AI format."
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Italian Brainrot was just the beginning, though. Since then, tons of absurd and comedic AI creations have been posted online.
For example, Garth Manthe, a creative AI director, posts his AI mashups on LinkedIn regularly. Technically, his creations are AI slop, but they look really well-made and with good taste. So, up to you if you consider it slop or not. This is one where he combined SMEG appliances with Croc Shoes.
One of the professionals I talked with, Justin Kramm, runs a creative agency that openly promotes the fact that they use AI to create.
A few days after we talked, he published a promotional video for his company, ShitShow Creative.
It’s a trailer for Planet ShitShow and it’s all made with AI. His brand aligns with the crazy and interesting things that AI can make; that’s why it works for him. Take a look at the video below.
So, how do you prompt these creations?
Here are some ideas, just fill in the spaces like a Mad Libs game:
Visme’s AI Image Generator can help you create absurd and funny images for fun, or for your shitposting on social media. Here’s one example I made: a lemon drinking coffee on the subway.
Finally, the last trend is precisely the opposite of all the others. Anti-AI, or not using AI at all.
What’s the reasoning behind Anti-AI? Aside from the people who are simply against change, the sentiment is based on how AI stole work from designers, illustrators and artists to train the models.
Looking back at how AI image generation started, the developers fed the system with millions of pieces of art, design and general information. They essentially gave AI free access to everything that existed on the Internet.
The designers and artists who were affected by this mass event are the first ones to tell you that AI is evil, and that they refuse to use it. The Reddit subreddit r/antiai has over 300,000 visitors and 20,000 shared posts.
It’s not just about not using AI directly, but some are tired of seeing mostly AI-generated visuals when doing visual research, looking for references and stock photography.
Sites like Pinterest were so overloaded with AI-generated content that they created an AI label for visitors to distinguish between authentic and AI-slop.
Rachel K, a digital marketer and content manager, recently shared her sentiments on the subject on LinkedIn.
Turns out she’s not the only one.
I wanted to gain a clear understanding of people's thoughts, so I conducted a poll on LinkedIn asking, “Where do you stand on the use of AI for creative tasks?” The results were interesting. Anti-AI is prevalent, but what people are really saying is that creatives need to find a balance between human and AI.
We can all attest that AI itself is no longer a trend in its own right. AI is here to stay and has taken its place in the designer toolbox.
The 11 AI Design trends we examined here are only going to continue evolving and shaping graphic design trends.
Looking to the future of AI in design is exciting, as long as you keep one thing in mind. To always add a good dose of human touch to any project created with the help of AI.
But what about the sentiment that many designers share?
The consensus among industry leaders is clear. AI won't replace designers who adapt, but it will redefine what design means. The future belongs to professionals who can integrate AI tools while bringing irreplaceable human qualities, such as strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, cultural awareness, and authentic creativity, to every project.
Tom May, professional design writer, explains,
“In an ideal world, AI would be used only for the repetitive, mechanical work of design: things like writing alt text and producing basic website wireframes.
However, I think it's inevitable that it will be increasingly used for the creative and craft side too, which means everything will look and feel the same. This already happened in the 2010s when websites and apps started looking and feeling very similar. And there is a benefit to the consumer because people now instinctively know how to use an app, for instance, without needing a training manual. However, it has robbed design of a lot of its creativity and imagination, and I think AI will push design further in that direction.”
Chris Do, an exceptional branding expert, also has a lot to say about AI and how important it is to learn the skills that will help you always stay on top. The video below is definitely worth watching.
The integration of AI into design is reshaping how the next generation learns and practices the craft.
Elizabeth Lin, in a conversation on the Design Better podcast, highlights that design schools are now grappling with how to incorporate AI literacy while maintaining core creative principles. The challenge isn't just teaching students to use AI tools; it's preparing them to think strategically about when and how to deploy these technologies.
Platforms like Coursiv are filling this educational gap, offering courses specifically focused on AI-assisted design workflows. Meanwhile, content designers are exploring how their role evolves in an AI-powered world. They’re striving to strike a balance between automation and human creativity.
Despite the ongoing advancement of AI into the design space, the human-AI balance will remain critical.
Interestingly, recent ad campaigns from both Anthropic and OpenAI emphasize AI as a collaborative tool rather than a replacement for human intelligence. This message resonates with designers who view AI as augmenting rather than replacing their expertise.
According to Superside's analysis, enterprise design teams are finding success by establishing clear guidelines on when to use AI and when human judgment is non-negotiable. The most effective teams treat AI as a junior designer: great for exploration and iteration, but requiring senior oversight for final decisions.
Now and in the future, there will always be a generational divide in AI adoption. Gen Z designers, who are entering the workforce with AI as a native tool, approach design fundamentally differently than their predecessors.
As explored in an analysis of how Gen Z uses AI, younger designers don't see AI adoption as optional; it's simply another tool in their kit, like Figma or Adobe Creative Suite. They're more comfortable experimenting, failing fast with AI, and iterating rapidly.
This generational perspective suggests that debates about whether to use AI will soon feel as dated as arguments against digital design tools in the 1990s. The future of design isn't human vs. AI, it's about designers who can fluently collaborate with both.
The latest AI trends for 2025-2026 include:
Gen Z design embraces maximalism, bold experimentation and seamless integration of AI tools in the creative process.
They favor authentic, imperfect aesthetics over polished perfection. Their creations mix retro and futuristic elements and prioritize accessibility and inclusivity. Over 70% of Gen Z use AI weekly for creative work, treating it as just another part of their toolkit.
There’s no single design trend currently trending. Design trends typically rise alongside others. So, as of October 2025, some design trends include:
Yes, absolutely. AI is dissolving entry-level tasks but elevating the role of experienced designers. According to Figma’s 2025 AI Report, 30% of designers strongly agree that AI significantly enhances their efficiency and that number is steadily increasing.
The future belongs to designers who use AI as a powerful tool while bringing human creativity, strategic thinking and cultural understanding that AI cannot replicate.
The combination of multiple AI tools in unified workflows (AI Agents) will be the defining trend of 2026. Rather than using one platform, designers will continue to orchestrate several specialized AI tools for ideation, generation and refinement. They’ll continue to create results impossible with any single tool alone.
Yes, ChatGPT can do graphic design but it depends on your prompt. The custom GPT, Graphic Designer can create acceptable design renders from your prompts. The GPT asks you lots of questions to generate the best design possible for you.
That said, a graphic design created with ChatGPT will still need human input to be the best it can be. Only AI is not enough.
The future of design isn't about choosing between human creativity and artificial intelligence; it's about mastering the collaboration between both.
As we have seen, the AI creative design trends shaping 2026 reveal one overarching truth: AI amplifies human potential when used strategically.
So, whether you're leveraging AI in product design trend developments, exploring AI in modern web design trends or implementing AI website design trends for your clients, the key is finding the right balance.
The designers who are thriving aren't the ones using the most AI tools or avoiding them entirely. They're the ones who understand when to ideate with AI, when to generate with AI, and when to step in with irreplaceable human judgment, emotional intelligence and creative vision.
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