SpottingTextile Design Trends | Spring 2022

Last year I dove into Spoonflower's textile design contests. 

Although I have fun making the designs I enter, I'd say my most favorite part is scrolling through all the entires. It's amazing to see how differently each of us expresses each contest theme. One thing I started to pick up on were trending styles. As I'd scroll I would see 6, 7, or more of the same style of design and even though a lot of these contests have thousands of entries, I found myself thinking about these trends and I thought I'd post about them occasionally. 

​Below are the trends I've spotted in recent contests. 

Flora/Fauna Art Deco

This trend follows the shapes of a popular art deco pattern of fan shaped objects set in a half brick repeat but expands to natural elements like wild flowers and grasses.

Grass Lace on Creme by avika

Neutral Botanicals Palms by garabateo

Frosted Nature Damask

Wild flowers, insects, forest creatures, and more. This nature driven damask style keeps popping up with slightly different creatures and flowers but always a frosty white over a more colorful background solid. 

Wildflower Botanical Damask Pattern Neutral Grey by denesannadesign

Neutral Botanicals by atelirdorina

Bright Flowers with Dark Silhouetted Leaves

Old is new again with this simple floral trend featuring slightly detailed flowers paired with dark silhouetted leaves and a simple color palette. 

White Peonies by gabriela_simon

Vintage Lilies in Sage and Blush by handypanda

Retro Japanese Waves

Part psychedelic 70s design, part Japanese woodblock carved waves, this trend features circular shapes filled with rings of color reminiscent of undulating waves. I unknowingly participated in this trend with my design Lori that I created in 2012. I thought it would fit the color palette requirements of that particular contest where you had to feature Panatone's Color of the Year Very Peri.  

Psychedelic Peri by blauntdesign

Lori in Very Peri by dolphinandcondor