Collectible design furniture
Design Network News Editor in Chief Courtney Porter steps back from the month-to-month churn to identify the five themes that defined the design conversation in late 2025 — and will shape how interiors, furnishings and materials evolve in 2026. From indoor-outdoor performance luxury and contemporary chintz to nervous-system-driven spaces, collectible design as cultural R&D and the industry’s most credible experiments with AI, this quarterly briefing captures where taste, technology and client expectations are heading next.
We often think about objects like furnishings being acted upon (sat on, opened, moved), but this is a celebration of the designers who give their creations an autonomy of their own and the lessons we can glean from them.