Industry Report

The first of our new industry-centric editorial series focusing on macro themes influencing aesthetic trends.

While inspiration for bathroom design continues to be drawn from hotels and spas, there is now a focus on more quirky individualism, with palette preferences to match.

Applications for ceramics beyond their traditional home in kitchens and bathrooms is a growing trend, responding to both aesthetics and changing environmental factors.

Recently, several enterprising design houses have avoided exhibition halls and commercial spaces, instead opting to show collections in apartments. Could this new domesticity be a sign of fatigue with status and a desire to make design more relatable?

As landfills bulge, not just with fast fashion, but also with furniture, a sense of disquiet is growing.

The importance of lighting in Scandinavia cannot be understated and is seen as a fundamental factor in the region’s physical and emotional wellbeing.

As spa-like themes lose their novelty, bathrooms look to the bold, colourful and optimistic energy of the 70s, or embrace an inner goddess aesthetic for a bit of unapologetic, cinematic glamour.