DESIGN TRENDS AND SOCIAL TRENDS GO HAND IN HAND. What we think and feel will always inform the objects and spaces we create. Last year left us feeling unsettled and atomised, and 2025 promises more of the same. As a result, the main thing we're seeking right now is connection: to each other, to our world and to our future. This shows up in a few different ways when applied to design – and these are six of the shifts we can expect to see over the coming year.
#1 MAINSTREAM REVIVAL
■ The first, and most fundamental, change we're experiencing right now is the resurgence of the mainstream. Since around the turn of the millennium, popular culture has become more and more fragmented – and looked down on. Now,…
