WHAT INTERIOR DESIGN IS TRENDING?

What interior design is trending?

Once upon a time, we relied on the paper magazines Living Etc, Wallpaper* and Elle Deco to tell us what interior design is in style. These glossy bibles were a feature of every interior design studio and decor-conscious dwelling but we had to wait monthly for news from manufacturers and decadent locations.

 

Now we have the power of the internet – simply type ‘what interior design is trending?’ into Google and off you go…..if only it was that simple. While magazines used to bring us a carefully curated selection of luxury home interior design ideas, search results can run into their millions, bringing with them a sense of overwhelming design paralysis.

Interior designers are the bridge between a design drought and an overload of information. It’s our business to attend trade shows such as 100% Design, KBB, the London Design Fair and Decorex. If I’m lucky, I may even find myself attending Maison & Objet in Paris or IMM in Cologne. It’s at these shows where interior design fashions are forecast, styles crystalised and ideas taken away.

One trend that is beginning to filter through is ‘new luxury’, with different iterations to suit different tastes. Uber luxury marries fine crafts with new technology – think LED threads, silk combined with copper and fully-connected yet beautifully crafted sofas. Lux populis is another emerging area, fed directly by pop culture and social media. With the latter, expect the unexpected – Mickey Mouse depicted as a golden sculpture and limited edition Banksy prints instead of Old Masters.

Another interior design style burning bright is biophilia – an unmistakable pull towards nature. While 2021 was the year of the house plant, luxury interior design is moving flora and fauna up to the next level. Designers will amplify our connection with the natural world by using bold botanical prints, specifying furniture made exclusively from natural materials and keeping colour palettes light, all while retaining the real life ferns and fig trees.

Finally, curves are back. After years of acute angles and sharp edges, our interior design studio in London is embracing soft contours and circular sweeps. A nod to the trend can be as subtle as an oval gilded mirror, rounded corners to worktops or an arched headboard in a principal bedroom suite. We can also see dramatically-curved drop ceilings and undulating kitchen islands featuring in our summer design plans.

If you would like to discuss 2022’s design direction, get in touch. Rudolph Diesel Interiors works with a combination of mood boards, computer generated images, social media and yes, even coffee table magazines to create on-trend schemes.