Design could see "long overdue shift" in 2026

Rough-around-the-edges design could emerge as a key trend in 2026, experts have told Dezeen.

Oakland-based designer Nick Foster has spent his career exploring the future for companies including Apple, Google, Nokia, Sony and Dyson.

Pondering the year ahead, he made a plea for less polish in 2026.

"A kind of homogenous gloss"

"I have a desperate yearning for design to loosen its collar," he told Dezeen. "For years we've been drowning in grids, immaculate renderings,...