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design & innovation Trends

The New Flexible Home
16th December 2020

The increasing requirement for our homes to be flexible and [...]

Global Wellness Trends 2021
Wellness Trends for 2021
2nd December 2020

The Global Wellness Summit held in November this year brought [...]

The New Sustainable Home
25th November 2020

There is a growing interest in products, innovations and apps [...]

Post-Covid Trends: Healthy Homes
The New Healthier Home
26th October 2020

Post-Covid Trend: Creating a healthier home [...]

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Ikea Life at Home: The Big Home Reboot
24th September 2020

The Ikea Big Home Reboot report looks at how our [...]

Design trend: Biophilia and creating interior landscapes
9th September 2020

Biophilia, the trend for introducing plants into building design both [...]

Carbon negative
How being Climate Positive means going Carbon Negative
28th May 2020

Turning carbon emissions into raw materials is proving to be [...]

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Global Megatrend: Personalisation
1st May 2020

Personalisation is the tailoring of a service or product to [...]

Trend-Monitor-Kastus-Case-Study
Research Case Study: Kastus Intelligent Surface Technology
24th April 2020

Kastus used the Trend-Monitor Omnibus Service to provide key statistics [...]

Kitchen and Bathroom Trends Spotted at KBB Birmingham 2020
23rd March 2020

Eight key KBB trends spotted at KBB Birmingham previewing the [...]

Broken Plan Living Image by Foxtons
Design Trend: Broken Plan Living
10th March 2020

Broken-plan layouts offer solutions to the problems caused by an [...]

design trend: maximalism
Design Trend: Maximalism
20th February 2020

Image by Cerasa.it Maximalism is a design trend that has [...]

Tile trends from Cevisama 2020
Tile Trends Spotted at Cevisama 2020
19th February 2020

Eight key tile trends spotted by Trend-Monitor at Cevisama 2020 [...]

Riba Age-Friendly report
Embracing Ageless Design
21st January 2020

A recent report by RIBA highlights the need for ageless [...]

social and environmental trends influencing colour choices
Influencer Interview: Justyna Korczynska, Colour Consultant for Crown Paints
2nd January 2020

We talk to colour consultant for Crown Paints, Justyna Korczynska, [...]

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Pinterest 100 Trend Report
12th December 2019

This week, the social media platform Pinterest released their Pinterest [...]

Pantone-Colour-or-the-year-2020
Pantone Colour of the Year 2020
5th December 2019

Pantone has announced 19-4052 Classic Blue as the colour of [...]

Sleep and Eat 2019
Seven Design Trends Spotted at Sleep + Eat 2019
30th November 2019

Trends gathering pace in the hospitality sector often transfer over [...]

Trend-Monitor Influencer interview Chaline Church
Influencer Interview: Chaline Church – FreeSpace Design
16th October 2019

In this interview with Chaline Church, interiors architect and founder [...]

Urban Village Project
The Urban Village Project
8th October 2019

A vision of how we will live in the future [...]

Five Bathroom Design Trends from Cersaie 2019
6th October 2019

Running between 23-27 September 2019, this year’s Cersaie in Bologna [...]

100 percent design show 2019
Seven Interior Design Trends from 100% Design 2019
24th September 2019

Part of the London Design Festival, this year’s 100% Design [...]

Appliance design trends from IFA 2019
Appliance Design Trends Spotted at IFA 2019
13th September 2019

Trend-Monitor travelled to Berlin to join the 245,000-strong crowd of [...]

neuroaesthetics
Neuroaesthetics: The Study of How Design Impacts the Human Brain
2nd September 2019

As the Wellness trend continues to impact on all areas [...]

Trend-Monitor-Robots-in-the-home
Home Robots and The Trends That Will Drive Their Uptake
29th August 2019

No future home will be complete without a personal robot [...]

Trend-Monitor Surfaces as screens
Technology Trend: Surfaces as screens
14th August 2019

As technology enables all surfaces to become screens, the way [...]

Robotic Furniture
24th July 2019

Ikea and Ori Living are teaming up to produce a [...]

The Sainsbury’s Future of Food Report: What we will be eating in 2025, 2050 and 2169
22nd July 2019

Jellyfish chips, 3D printed snacks, and home-grown cultured meat are [...]

Recipes for building a food capital
Recipes for Building a Food Capital: A Vision of London in 2026
17th July 2019

An exhibition of projects that integrate food production into architecture [...]

Trend-Monitor-DnaNudge
DnaNudge: technology just got even more personal
25th June 2019

The personalisation mega-trend has given rise to a new innovation [...]

Bathroom Design and Innovation Trends Report 2019
Bathroom Design and Innovation Trends Report 2019
20th June 2019

FREE DOWNLOAD. Find out more > [...]

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How hotels are influencing the way we design our homes
17th June 2019

When it comes to interior design, hotels have become a [...]

Trend-Monitor air quality technology
Air Quality Technology
6th June 2019

Concern about the air we breathe is giving rise to [...]

Design trends from Clerkenwell Design Week 2019
Clerkenwell Design Week 2019
28th May 2019

Clerkenwell Design Week offers a unique opportunity to see innovative [...]

Trend-Monitor-interview-Aldous Hicks
Influencer Interview – Aldous Hicks, ReCircle Recycling
21st May 2019

Aldous Hicks, CEO and Founder of ReCircle Recycling, talks to [...]

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Influencer Interview – Poppy Szkiler, Founder and MD of Quiet Mark
26th April 2019

Poppy Szkiler of Quiet Mark talks to Trend-Monitor about the [...]

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Bathroom Design Trends Spotted at ISH 2019
26th April 2019

Eight important design trends from ISH 2019 [...]

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Water Security – a new approach to water efficiency
18th April 2019

Water security - the new approach to water efficiency [...]

Grohe’s 3D printed tap technology is pushing boundaries for production
18th April 2019

The new 3d printed tap technology that's enabling Grohe to [...]

Trend-Monitor-UB1-Compact-bathroom-solution
UB1: The Revolutionary Compact Solution for Bathrooms
10th April 2019

The UB1 is a compact bathroom solution that is [...]

Trend-Monitor-anxiety-Tech
Anxiety tech: How the latest smart products aim to settle our unease
27th March 2019

Anxiety tech is a new wave of products that allows [...]

Trend-Monitor-Kitchen-Design-Innovation-report
Kitchen Design and Innovation Trends Report 2019
13th March 2019

FREE DOWNLOAD. Find out more > [...]

Trend-Monitor-interview-Elena-Corchero
Influencer Interview – Elena Corchero, Futurist at Unruly
8th March 2019

Elena Corchero, talks about key trends from CES 2019 [...]

Trend-Monitor-What-Happened-to-the-future
What Happened to the Future?
5th March 2019

The latest exhibition at the Design Museum asks: ‘What happened [...]

Trend-Monitor-wabi-sabi
Wabi Sabi: The new consumer trend that celebrates imperfection
3rd March 2019

Forget Hygge – there’s a new social trend that’s increasingly [...]

Trend-Monitor-Surface-Design-2019
Key Surface Design Trends Spotted at Surface Design 2019
28th February 2019

Four key surface design trends from Surface Design show 2019 [...]

Trend-Monitor-Future-Kitchen-Display-LivingKitchen-2019
The Future Kitchen: Alfredo Häberli’s vision for LivingKitchen 2019
18th February 2019

What does the kitchen of the near future look like? [...]

Trend-Monitor-indoor-smart-gardens
Indoor Smart Gardens
17th February 2019

So much technological innovation is being devoted to keeping food [...]

Trend-Monitor-Cabin-Spacey-Minimal-House
The Cabin Spacey Minimal House
13th February 2019

Is the Cabin Spacey ‘minimal house’ what the home of [...]

Tend-Monitor-Unruly-Future-Home-visit
The Unruly Future Home
10th February 2019

Trend-Monitor visits the Unruly Future Home to find out how [...]

Trend-Monitor-Pop-Up_my_bathroom-ISH-2019
Influencer Interview – Jens J. Wischmann, Curator of Pop up my Bathroom at ISH 2019
10th February 2019

Jens J Wischmann explains why colour is such an important [...]

Trend-monitor-connected-home-report
The Dawn of the Connected Home
28th January 2019

Smart home devices are becoming ever more present in UK [...]

Trend-Monitor-Bathroom-Colour-Trends-ISH-2019
Colour is back on the bathroom agenda for ISH 2019
28th January 2019

Colour has been making a comeback in kitchen design for [...]

Trend-Monitor-interview-with-Leatrice-Eiseman
Influencer Interview – Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director, Pantone Color Institute
28th January 2019

Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute, explains [...]

Trend-Monitor-influencer-interview-Margaret-Talbot
Influencer Interview – Margaret Talbot, Marketing Manager, VitrA
17th January 2019

In this interview, Trend-Monitor talks to Margaret Talbot, Marketing Manager [...]

Trend-Monitor-Tackling-Food-Waste
How the Kitchen Industry is Tackling Food Waste
14th December 2018

With food waste and saving the pennies high on the [...]

Trend-Monitor-Pantone-Colour-of-the-year-2019
Pantone Colour of the Year 2019
6th December 2018

Pantone has announced 16-1546 Living Coral as the colour of the [...]

Trend-Monitor-hexagonal-trend
The Psychology Behind the Popularity of the Hexagon
6th December 2018

Could the trend for the hexagon shape in interiors stem [...]

Trend-monitor-interview-with-sian-parsons
Influencer Interview – Sian Parsons, Senior Lighting Designer, John Cullen Lighting
4th December 2018

Trend-Monitor talks to Sian Parsons to find out more about [...]

Lochside House RIBA house of the year 2018
Lochside House – RIBA House of the Year 2018
29th November 2018

Lockside House, a beautiful new home in the West Highlands, [...]

Trend-Monitor-Sleep-eat-2018
Bathroom Design Trends Spotted at Sleep+Eat 2018
29th November 2018

It was a big year for the Sleep + Eat [...]

Trend-Monitor-influencer-interviewe-carina-buhlert-grohe
Influencer Interview – Carina Buhlert, Senior Design Manager Brand Environments at Grohe
23rd November 2018

Carina Buhlert tells Trend-Monitor about the trends that Grohe is [...]

Trend-Monitor-Kitchen-Handles-are-back
The Return of the Kitchen Handle
20th November 2018

At the start of 2018 interiors magazines hailed the ‘maximalist’ [...]

Trend-Monitor-the-new-home-in-2050
The New Home in 2050 – NHBC Foundation
11th October 2018

This guide, prepared for the NHBC Foundation by Studio Partington, looks [...]

Trend-Monitor-Mimica-Touch
Mimica Touch Freshness Indicator
27th September 2018

The average UK household loses an estimated £470 a year [...]

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Interior Design Trends spotted at 100% Design 2018
25th September 2018

100% Design is the cornerstone event of The London Design Festival. [...]

Trend-Monitor-Surface-Design-Trends-2018
Surface Design Trends 2018/2019
24th September 2018

At 100% Design this year, we were lucky enough to [...]

Dulux Colour of the Year 2019
4th September 2018

Dulux names ‘Spiced Honey’ as their Colour of the Year [...]

Trend-Monitor-Smart-Speaker-Market-UK
Smart speaker ownership doubles
30th July 2018

Smart speaker ownership among Britons has doubled since last autumn, [...]

Trend-Monitor-International-Bathroom-Exhibition-2018
Bathroom Trends Spotted at Salone del Mobile 2018
31st May 2018

The International Bathroom Exhibition at Salone del Mobile in Milan [...]

Trend-Monitor-Eurocucina-logo-2018
Kitchen Trends Spotted at Eurocucina 2018
31st May 2018

Eurocucina is the international showcase for all that’s coming next [...]

Trend-Monitor-home-of-the-future
What will the UK’s homes look like in 5, 10 and 20 years’ time?
2nd May 2018

With the government pledging to build 300,000 new homes a [...]

Trend-Monitor-bathroom-duck
Top 10 Innovations for the Bathroom of the Future
28th March 2018

A recent survey has revealed that 68% of people believe [...]

Kitchen Purchase Behaviour, Consumer Insight Report 2016
18th February 2018

An updated edition of this report is now available [...]

Trend-Monitor-Pantone-Colour-of-the-year-2018
Pantone Colour of the Year 2018
8th February 2018

Pantone has announced 18-3838 Ultra Violet as their colour of [...]

Riba House of the Year
RIBA House of the Year 2017
5th February 2018

This year’s RIBA House of the Year is a ‘brave [...]

Joseph Joseph’s new bathroom accessories range
15th January 2018

Twin brothers, Richard and Antony Joseph, founders of the eponymous [...]

Six Design Trends Spotted at Sleep 2017
20th December 2017

Sleep, Europe’s hospitality design and development event, is the place [...]

100% Design 2017
Design Trends spotted at 100% Design 2017
4th October 2017

100% Design is the showcase for leading contemporary design and [...]

Trend-Monitor-Feature-Image-IFA-Logo-2017
Four Smart Home Trends Spotted at IFA 2017
19th September 2017

IFA, the international trade show for consumer electronics and home [...]

Furniture trends from Salone del Mobile 2017
Furniture trends spotted at Salone del Mobile 2017
26th June 2017

As must-do events for designers and trend-spotters go, Milan’s Salone [...]

Kitchen of the Future
Report: Global Kitchen, a study about the kitchen of the future
7th June 2017

A fascinating report by the The Silestone Institute, which looks [...]

Unruly Home of the Future
Welcome to the Home of the Future
24th May 2017

Ad-Tech company, Unruly has unveiled Home, a 2,000-square foot apartment [...]

Smart Home Technology
Will 2017 be the year of the Smart Home?
18th April 2017

Smart Home technology has reached a pivotal point in its [...]

ISH bathroom trends 2017
Spotted at ISH 2017
27th March 2017

TREND-MONITOR went bathroom trend-spotting at ISH 2017, which was held [...]

kitchen surface trends 2017
10 Kitchen Surface Trends for 2017
16th February 2017

At the Surface Design show in February, Houzz, the online [...]

UK sleeping patterns
Bathroom habits are keeping us awake
7th February 2017

According recent research by sanitaryware manufacturers, Geberit, the call of [...]

RIBA House of the Year
RIBA House of the Year 2016
16th December 2016

The winner of the 2016 RIBA House of the Year [...]

Greenery Pantone Colour of the Year 2017
Pantone Colour of the Year 2017
8th December 2016

Pantone has chosen Greenery  – PANTONE 15-0343 – as it’s [...]

Sleep Event 2016
Spotted at Sleep 2016
23rd November 2016

TREND-MONITOR went trend-spotting at Sleep 2016 which was held at [...]

100% Design
Spotted at 100% Design 2016
25th September 2016

TREND-MONITOR went trend-spotting at 100% Design in Olympia London which was [...]

Dulux Colour of the Year 2017
Dulux Colour of the Year 2017
9th September 2016

Dulux has chosen Denim Drift as their colour of the [...]

Hydrao by Smart & Blue
12th April 2016

Hydrao by French company, Smart & Blue, is an environmentally [...]

Smeg Dolce Gabanna fridge
The Coolest Fridges in the World
8th April 2016

These fridges are a collaboration between two iconic Italian brands [...]

The UK Timber Construction Market Reaches New Heights
29th March 2016

As the world’s oldest construction material, timber is enjoying something [...]

Ecobuild 2016
Spotted at Ecobuild 2016
9th March 2016

TREND-MONITOR visited Ecobuild at Excel London which was held between [...]

KBB Birmingham 2016
Spotted at KBB 2016
7th March 2016

KBB Birmingham is the UK’s largest trade exhibition of international [...]

Ikea Space10
Ikea Explores the Future of Urban Living
25th February 2016

Swedish retail giant, Ikea, has set up Space10, a future-living [...]

Designed for Millennials
Homes designed for Millennials
5th February 2016

A new neighbourhood in the Henderson, Nevada, USA is being [...]

Meet AMIE
28th January 2016

AMIE, short for Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy, is a model [...]

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