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Words to describe design style include references to specific design movements and general adjectives to describe how the style feels or what it achieves. This may consider opposites such as structured or organic, minimalist or complex, comfortable or stimulating, futuristic or traditional. It is also possible to describe your design style in an original way using figurative language such as metaphor. The following vocabulary may be helpful for describing a design style.
Abstract
Accessible
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
Artisanal
Artistic
Asymmetric
Avant-garde
Beachy
Beautiful
Bohemian
Bold
Classic
Clean
Clear
Coastal
Colonial
Colorful
Comfortable
Complex
Conceptual
Consistent
Contemporary
Craft-like
Creative
Crisp
Customary
Daring
Delightful
Detailed
Distinctive
Eclectic
Efficient
Elegant
Emblematic
Engaging
Engrossing
Established
Experimental
Expressive
Farmhouse
Feminine
Flamboyant
Flat
Fluid
Formal
Functional
Futuristic
Futuristic
Geometric
Graceful
Groundbreaking
Grunge
Hand-drawn / Handwritten
Handcrafted
Iconic
Illustrated
Imaginative
Immersive
Industrial
Intentional
Intricate
Intriguing
Intuitive
Inviting
Lavish
Layered
Legendary
Local
Luxurious
Masculine
Maximalist
Mediterranean
Memorable
Mid-century Modern
Minimalist
Modern
Monochromatic
Monotone
Natural
Nautical
Neoclassical
Nostalgic
Novel
Opulent
Organic
Original
Ornate
Playful
Polished
Pop Art
Postmodern
Prairie
Predictive
Prominent
Refined
Renaissance
Responsive
Retro
Retro-futuristic
Revolutionary
Rococo
Rustic
Scandinavian
Seamless
Shabby Chic
Sharp
Simplified
Sleek
Soft
Solid
Southwestern
Splashy
Sporty
Stable
Standard
Steampunk
Streamlined
Subdued
Surreal
Symbolic
Symmetric
Tasteful
Textured
Thoughtful
Time-honored
Timeless
Traditional
Trendy
Tropical
Unconventional
Understated
Unpretentious
Vibrant
Victorian
Vintage
Visionary
Warm
Well-crafted
Well-structured

Summary

Words to describe design include vocabularies for describing design movements, historical design periods, functions, philosophies, methods and overall character.
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