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.

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

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?

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.