Each year, the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) puts out a report examining the biggest trends in interior design for the coming year. The report, however, goes beyond fabric colors and sofa shapes. The ASID’s 2025 design trend report looks at new developments in a great many areas, including wellness, lifestyle, and technology. One thread they identified running throughout is an increased desire people have to find joy in today’s uncertain world. This year’s defining term, “demure”, will be replaced by 2025’s “manifest,” perhaps appearing in 2025’s design trends.
A few things considered improvements to the way we live include inclusivity for all, a focus on sustainability, an increase in multigenerational collaboration in the workplace, and a preference for artisanal craftsmanship over fast fashion and disposable goods.
Below are a few of the major trends we think are particularly important for the coming year.
The Biggest Interior Design & Lifestyle Trends for 2025
Mixing Styles & Cultural Narratives
Mixing styles is not necessarily new. However, this time around designers and consumers alike are looking for greater meaning in their home and work environments. They want to layer classic pieces with those representing places they’ve experienced.
Outdoor Integration
New and improved fabrics, rugs, and other materials allows designers and homeowners to create spaces where the line between inside and out is ever-more blurred. Large windows and doors allow people on either side to feel a part of the whole.
Artisan Craft Revival
Things made in traditional ways will again resonate with homeowners when they are choosing special items to include in their homes. People have tired of bland, popular offerings that mute the interesting or challenging aspects of great design: the Faye Toogood room in the cover image is an example of this.
A Multigenerational Workforce
For too long, offices had become a sort of playground for recent college grads, at the exclusion of anyone over 30. But there is a return to mixing ages and knowledge in both directions. We all have something to learn!
Smart Homes & Accessibility
Smart home integration was once prohibitively expensive; however, prices have come down and the technology is more energy-efficient, seamless, and adaptive to the individual needs of homeowners.
One great source for information about non-toxic and sustainable materials is the Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design in New York. They have an excellent directory of products ranging form building materials to paints to textiles and more. A comprehensive guide to setting up a smart home can be found in WIRED.
Sustainability and Joy
People are incorporating smooth shapes, pleasant, non-toxic colors, and eco-friendly materials into their homes and lifestyles in order to counter the effects of extreme weather. Materials that participate in a circular economy are gaining traction. People are shunning toxic paints and adhesives, and incorporating layered lighting for greater wellness.
Story by Stephen Treffinger
Photo by Genevieve Lutkin, courtesy of Faye Toogood
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