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What will 2025 look like?

What will define interior design in 2025? We share highlights from recent forecasts and see what some designers have to say.

Spotlight on smart home technology and holistic design in 2025

Lighting design is increasingly intertwined with smart home technology, and Kalco Lighting and is navigating this carefully. Their award winning designer, Takayuki Ishii, is focused on blending advanced lighting technology with thoughtful design to meet the shifting demands of both aesthetics and functionality in modern homes.

Steal TikTok design star Julie Jones’ digital marketing strategies for interior designers

Want to transform your interior design business in the digital age? Julie Jones breaks down the exact strategies that helped her build a million-follower brand and nationwide design empire, sharing insider tips on leveraging social media, mastering virtual services, and standing out in a competitive market.

Loloi launches Joon Loloi: A new DTC ecom destination

Joon Loloi is a second-generation, family-owned home brand offering a broad assortment of high-quality furniture, decor, lighting, art, and textiles designed to help consumers create beautiful, personalized spaces. Born from the 20+ year legacy of Loloi Rugs, Joon Loloi builds on the family’s expertise in home design while expanding into entirely new product categories. The brand offers two distinct pricing tiers, one for consumers and one for trade professionals, with no crossover in products or pricing with Loloi’s traditional trade-focused business model.

Naoto Fukasawa’s study in simplicity

The Stone and Maru rugs represent a perfect synthesis of aesthetics and functionality, where luxury is no longer synonymous with opulence but with subtle elegance

Creating safe spaces

Trauma-informed design can create empowering, comforting spaces. And with experts estimating that 90% of the population has experienced trauma, the principles could be widely adopted.

Kravet Inc. announces majority investment by Dunes Point Capital, LP

Kravet Inc., the industry leader in to-the-trade home furnishings, announced today that Dunes Point Capital, LP (DPC) has acquired the majority interest in Kravet Inc.  The Kravet family will continue to lead the business and will maintain a significant ownership position.  

The radical design stylings of Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon’s unconventional, artful approach to interior design is unmistakably Venice, Californian. She packs a big punch with a small footprint, designing homes that feel expansive, yet perfectly tailored for modern living.

MR Architecture’s disciplined aesthetics and commitment to creativity

Whether renovating a flooding boathouse with ingenious pulley-based furniture or creating museum-quality interiors that seamlessly integrate art, MR approaches each commission as a distinct creative challenge. MR Architecture’s David Mann offers insights into the studio’s evolution, design philosophy, and his passionate commitment to creativity, art, and emerging sustainable technologies.

Champions of Design Entrepreneurship: Michael Mitchell

The Charleston, South Carolina-based designer, known for his “twisted traditional” style, is rebranding but staying focused on the mix of interior design, retail and philanthropy that keeps him busy — just the way he likes.