5 Trending Spring Design Ideas to Boost Sales in 2025
The top spring merch design trends for 2025 - from coquette bows to fisherman-core vibes. Perfect inspo for your print-on-demand shop!
Earn some extra money this spring with these 5 trending merch designs!
Design trends like “fisherman core” and festival-friendly graphics are currently dominating the fashion market this season. They’re all over TikTok, retailers like Target are dropping these designs on the daily.
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Read on to learn more about the top design trends for spring!
Get Festival-Ready with Bold Prints and Fun Fonts
**Festival season **creates a huge demand for new fashion and personalized products. And merch plays an important part!
Think beyond typical concert merch with your festival designs. Speak to different niches and genres with your merch, particularly something you’re passionate about.
Use boho patterns, retro fonts, trippy graphics and vibrant color palettes. Festival-goers are looking for pieces that feel free-spirited and Instagram-worthy.
Festival design ideas trending for spring:
Psychedelic artwork and tie-dye-inspired prints
Sun and moon motifs with a mystical vibe
Positive affirmation quotes in vintage-style typography
Desert landscapes, cactus illustrations and western fonts
These designs are perfect for crop tops, oversized tees, bucket hats and tote bags. Festival merch is all about wearable art and self-expression. And that means people need personalized products that speak to them and their interests.
If you’re creating for this niche, lean into playful, feel-good energy. You'll wind up creating products that will be aesthetically-pleasing and social media-friendly.
Dainty Energy for Days: Bows, Florals and Ultimate Cuteness
The dainty, coquette aesthetic is all about reveling in ultra-feminine energy. Fall into romance, softness and subtle charm. Pastel color palettes, delicate bows, lace-inspired patterns and vintage-inspired graphics make for purchasable products.
Trending designs often feature:
Bows (everywhere!) - as icons, accents or all-over prints
Script fonts and handwritten notes that feel sweet and nostalgic
Hearts, florals, swans and other cutesy elements
Soft shades of pink, cream, lilac and baby blue
These designs have been trending for awhile now and are likely to stick around beyond spring.
We prefer them on crop tops and flowy tanks. Lean into versatility by adding these designs to tumblers and tote bags. Coquette-style merch is all about the little details that take designs to the next level.
If you're designing for this audience, lean into hyper-feminine visuals with a bit of playfulness.
We have plenty of free spring design options you can use to customize your products!
Go Bold with Quirky, Statement-Making Designs
Your spring merch doesn’t need to be all soft and pastel. Sometimes, you need to be bright and bold. This trend appeals to those who want to stand out. Oversized graphics, chunky fonts and playful icons are all trending staples for spring.
Best design tips:
Text statements in groovy or blocky fonts
Retro smiley faces, checkered patterns, lightning bolts and other fun, graphic icons
Unexpected color combos - electric blue with pastel pink, or kelly green and lavender
We prefer these designs on the back of hoodies, sweatshirts and oversized tees. A fresh twist many brands and retailers are replicating.
This is the new version of streetwear - designs that are playful and quirky.
Fresh Picks: Fruits, Veggies and Foodie-Inspired Designs
Food is back on the merch menu - especially when it’s cute, nostalgic and a little romantic.
A few seasons ago, the Tomato Girl trend made everyone dream of sunny kitchens, Mediterranean markets, and picnic lunches. Now in 2025, we’re seeing a fresh revival of that obsession with food-themed graphics and motifs, especially fruits and veggies.
What’s trending:
Strawberries, cherries, oranges, lemons - in soft pastels and bold vintage tones
Quirky veggie icons like peppers, carrots and mushrooms
Hand-drawn illustrations that are organic and artistic
Playful text and puns, like “sweet like a peach” or “homegrown energy”
These designs bring an earthy charm and look great on canvas totes, aprons, mugs and oversized tees.
Fruit and vegetable graphics are great for spring. You can find them in cottage core styles at the farmer’s market or in minimalist foodie designs. Customers love this fresh take on food-inspired fashion.
Fisherman-Core & Nautical Vibes: Coastal Cool for Spring
Set sail on a design trend that’s reeling everyone in - fisherman-core. It captures the charm of harbor towns. It combines practical elements with memories of the sea.
Think bustling fish markets at dawn, weathered docks, and vintage seafood shack signage. Now turn that into wearable merch!
Design elements that anchor the look:
Fish illustrations - from line-drawn mackerel to bold, stylized trout
Anchors, ropes, boats, buoys and classic maritime symbols
Old-school serif fonts like you'd spot on a fisherman’s rain-slicker or boat name
Weathered textures, nautical stripes, and ocean-inspired color palettes (deep navy, rust red, seafoam green)
This theme works well on oversized sweatshirts, hoodies, and heavy tees. It looks great with small chest graphics in front and full-back designs that remind you of a vintage seaside logo.
This trend is nostalgic with the right amount of kitschy. Especially for people dreaming of a coastal getaway or looking for a little sea salt in their style.
Want to make your own products with these trending designs for spring?