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Creative Bloq
Creative Bloq
Technology
Joe Foley

What is 2026's wilderkind trend, and how can artists and designers use it?

An image of a woman reclining in a forest demonstrating the wilderkind trend in art and fashion.

Ready to inject some natural influences into your art in 2026? While Pantone's colour of the year 2026 has been dubbed the hue of existential dread, an art trend prediction from Pinterest offers a much lusher prospect.

The social media platform has identified an emerging aesthetic for 2026 that seeks to capture Gen Z's desire to reconnect with nature. But what is wilderkind exactly? And how can artists create it? (for more on what we expect to see in the year ahead, see our roundups of digital art trends in 2026 and 3D art trends in 2026).

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