CMF

It’s easy to take the earth beneath our feet for granted, yet for many designers, soil is a springboard for a raft of ideas, from collaborating with insects, to reconsidering traditional burial practices. This is the CMF forecast for the 2027 design direction UNDER.

People are drawn to the cold as a means of escape from extreme heat and for health and wellbeing treatments. Increasingly, frozen landscapes are becoming a rich source of visual inspiration. In this report, you’ll find the colour, material and finish forecast for the 2027 design direction COLD.

Métaphores presents Fragments, a new capsule collection exploring texture, volume and colour through wool, cotton and linen.

Kettal's latest campaign, The Matter of Matter achieves more than a showcase of the brand's material language in highlighting broader shifts towards material-first thinking.

Czech glassmaker Moser's Axis is a limited-edition collection steeped in sophisticated tonal colour, developed in collaboration with Rotterdam-based designer Laurids Gallée.

A 12-part report on key material directions from Milan Design Week 2026, from cold metals and coloured stone to sculptural glass, paper, wax and inflated forms.

Charles Burnand Gallery presents The Ground of Things, a new exhibition by Dawn Bendick featuring her first body of rugs alongside new kiln-formed glass sculptures.

Studio Jesper Eriksson’s Carbon Capture series combines anthracite coal and Jesmonite in cast compositions that explore carbon, geology and material contrast.

Luxury car brand Range Rover continues to build on its alliance with craft and materiality by exploring new finishes, palettes and design principles at a recent pop up in Belgravia, London.