It's that time of year again for every designer and accompanying lap dog AI to start dropping predictive hot takes on what design trends 2024 will bring in an attempt to appear more cutting edge than Jacobim Mugatu from Zoolander.

Timeless design philosophies aside, here's chatGPT's take on next year's trends.

Not a bad take! Not bad at all. Much "AI meets post-glassmorphism". Very "AI startup swoons investors with fancy visuals".

Let's crank it up a notch...

Ok, now we're going futuristic. The excessive gradients are strong with this one. Let's see how far we can take this...

If the designer reincarnation of Terence McKenna came up with his own UI Kit, this'd be it. Love it! So many ornamental embellishments. This'll surely attract attention and increase UI dev scope by a good 300%. But why stop here?

This looks like the last UI Kit before AI singularity drops. Let's iterate further...

Unremarkable typography aside, we now seem to be entering the realm of post-materialism. Warp drive engage...

Whoa!

We are not ready!

Perhaps in 2025.

In the meantime, there's always good 'ol minimalist and timeless design for those of us who prioritise effective over showy design, business impact over artistic veneer.