Macro Trend: Emotional Worlds for Gen Alpha

A future-facing visual strategy guide for children’s publishing, licensing, and IP development.

This premium PDF trend pack explores the emotional design landscape shaping Gen Alpha’s media world. It features 3 high-confidence trends built around inner resilience, soft power aesthetics, and empathetic storytelling:

Microbiome Magic – The inner body as a glowing galaxy
Post-Kawaii Realism – Cute meets quiet melancholy
Kind Dystopia – Soft survival in a rewilded world

You’ll get:

• 3 fully developed visual trends
• Cultural and product applications
• Aesthetic codes, emotional drivers, and target personas
• Strategic insight tailored to creatives working in publishing, animation, and brand design

Ideal for: Editors, IP developers, licensing creatives, illustrators, and anyone shaping content for Gen Alpha.

Created by AD Future Lab
Angela Domenici — Strategic Creative Consultant & former Disney art director

Digital download (PDF)