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Kitchen Trends

kbb Birmingham 2022
Returning to Trend-Spotting at kbb Birmingham 2022
16th March 2022

As the first big industry trade show since lockdown two [...]

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Has Covid really changed anything?
10th March 2022

This article was originally published in the kbb Birmingham Special [...]

JKMR Overview Report on the UK Fitted Kitchen Market 2021 Edition
4th January 2022

JKMR’s UK Fitted Kitchen Overview Report is used by major [...]

WRAP Food Trends and KPI Survey 2021
6th September 2021

The Food Trends & KPI survey is a bi-annual survey [...]

4GenKi – The Multigenerational Kitchen
5th March 2021

In answer to the growing demand for multigenerational living spaces, [...]

The New Flexible Home
16th December 2020

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

Life after lockdown – a ‘new normal’?
11th December 2020

Research by the ONS highlighting the lockdown behaviours that have [...]

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 [...]

JKMR Overview Report on the UK Fitted Kitchen Market 2020 Edition
21st October 2020

2021 EDITION IS NOW AVAILABLE JKMR’s UK Fitted Kitchen Overview [...]

12 Very Good Reasons To Use our Insight Management Service
28th September 2020

The new Trend-Monitor Insight Management Service is a systemized approach [...]

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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 [...]

Food and drink trends 2020
Food Trends: Kindness, Compassion and Simplicity
16th September 2020

The latest food and drink trends report from supermarket Waitrose [...]

The Houzz Home Renovation UK Study 2020
21st August 2020

This survey by home renovation platform Houzz investigates UK home [...]

Refill is the new recycle
Consumer Trend: Refill is the New Recycle
6th July 2020

The new supermarket strategy for cutting plastic packaging is good [...]

JKMR UK Luxury Kitchen Market Report 2020
2nd June 2020

Find out more > [...]

Post Covid-19 KBB consumer confidence survey
Post Covid-19 K&B Consumer Confidence Survey
29th May 2020

For Part Two of our Five Part Plan to support [...]

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Global Megatrend: Personalisation
1st May 2020

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

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Mini-Poll: Lockdown Concerns
30th April 2020

Our latest mini-poll finds that over a third of us [...]

Trend-Monitor Mini-polls
Mini-Poll: Working Remotely from Home
8th April 2020

Our latest mini-poll found that 31% of people working remotely [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Wellness Trend: Indoor Microgreens
12th February 2020

Our desire to get both healthier and closer to nature [...]

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The Structure of Families and Households in the UK
10th February 2020

Updated based on 2019 figures from the Office for National [...]

Global megatrend - Urbanisation
Global Megatrend: Urbanisation
3rd February 2020

The rapid rise in the number of people living in [...]

Photo by Daniel Hjalmarsson on Unsplash
Five ways kitchens will become carbon-neutral in the future
27th January 2020

As consumers become more aware of the effects of climate [...]

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

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

Photo by Michal Balog on Unsplash
Social Trend: Single Serve – Catering for Those Living Alone
15th January 2020

As the number of single-person households rises, more products are [...]

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Food Trend: How Eating Got Complicated
8th January 2020

The trend for following different diets is a booming industry [...]

JKMR MDA market report 2019
JKMR UK Integrated Major Domestic Appliance (MDA) Market Report 2019
15th December 2019

Find out more > [...]

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Pinterest 100 Trend Report
12th December 2019

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

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Pantone Colour of the Year 2020
5th December 2019

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

Dark Kitchens and their impact on kitchen design
‘Dark’ Kitchens and their impact on kitchen design
18th November 2019

As increasing numbers of us turn to our phone apps [...]

rising trend for young adults to live with parents
Demographic Trend: More young adults are living with their parents than ever before.
11th November 2019

Recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have [...]

Jayne Barber Interview
Influencer Interview: Jayne Barber, Founder-Director of JKMR
4th November 2019

In this interview with the kitchen industry’s best kept secret, [...]

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Demographic Trend: Falling UK Birth Rates
1st November 2019

The UK birth rate has fallen dramatically – why does [...]

Urban Village Project
The Urban Village Project
8th October 2019

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

Things people do in kitchens
Five things you didn’t know about consumers and their kitchens
1st October 2019

We surveyed over 1,000 UK householders to find out about [...]

Cecile Poignant interview with Trend-Monitor
Influencer Interview: Cecile Poignant – Trend Forecaster and Consultant
18th September 2019

This insightful interview with trend forecaster, Cecile Poignant, identifies some [...]

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Mini-Poll: Washing Machine Noise Levels
13th September 2019

15% of UK households have a washing machine that sounds [...]

Trend-Monitor-Secondary-Research-Library-Houzz-2019
Houzz & Home Renovation Trends Study UK 2019
13th September 2019

Findings from a survey of 6972 UK homeowners on Houzz [...]

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 [...]

Trend-Monitor Influencer Interview
Influencer Interview: Nathan Maclean, MD of Virtual Worlds
9th September 2019

Nathan Maclean, Managing Director of 3D and 4D design software [...]

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 Press Release
Press Release: Trend-Monitor unveils new Kitchen Behaviours & Product Usage Report
30th August 2019

UK market analyst Trend-Monitor has unveiled its latest research, based [...]

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Consumer Trend: Premiumisation
29th August 2019

The ability to offer customers extra luxe, a personalised service [...]

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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 [...]

Kitchen Behaviours and Product Usage Report 2019 Edition
1st August 2019

Find out more > [...]

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 [...]

Trend-Monitor-Hometail-Retailing
Hometail: The new Experiential Retail Strategy
15th July 2019

Providing consumers with a blended experience of retail and hospitality [...]

Trend-Monitor-Sainsburys-future-of-food
Sainsbury’s Future of Food Report
27th June 2019

The world has changed immeasurably over the last 150 years [...]

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

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

Trend-Monitor-mini-poll
Mini-Poll: which kitchen appliance couldn’t you live without?
18th June 2019

This week we asked our consumer panel which kitchen appliance [...]

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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 [...]

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-JKMR-kitchen-worktop-report
JKMR UK Kitchen Worktop Market Update Report 2018/19
23rd May 2019

Find out more > [...]

Trend-Monitor-UK-Kitchen-Sink-Market-2019
JKMR UK Market For Kitchen Sinks Report 2019
22nd May 2019

Find out more > [...]

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

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

Trend-Monitor-do-it-for-me-trend
‘Do It For Me’ takes over from DIY
17th May 2019

As consumers increasingly turn to ‘Do It For Me’ rather [...]

Trend-Monitor-interview-with-Will-Higham
Influencer Interview – Will Higham, Consumer and Behavioural Futurist
10th May 2019

Will Higham talks to Trend-Monitor about the consumer trends he [...]

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The Sandwich Generation – Caught in the Middle
9th May 2019

The Sandwich Generation is aged between 35 and 54 years [...]

Trend-Monitor-Flexitarianism
Is the future of food Flexitarian?
30th April 2019

With vegetarianism and veganism becoming more mainstream, a new study [...]

Trend-Monitor-Water-Saving-Week-2019
Why we should all get behind #WaterSavingWeek
29th April 2019

From 29th April until 3rd May Waterwise is hosting its [...]

Trend-Monitor-Flexitarian
YouGov: Is the Future of Food Flexitarian?
27th April 2019

This report is an analysis of Britain’s dietary habits and [...]

Trend-Monitor-interview-with-poppy-szkiler
Influencer Interview – Poppy Szkiler, Founder and MD of Quiet Mark
26th April 2019

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

Trend-Monitor-The Rise-of-the-renting-economy
The Rise of the Renting Economy
23rd April 2019

The changing consumer mindset regarding ownership is set to disrupt [...]

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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-Future-Cooking-Trends
Five ways future food trends will impact on kitchen design
17th April 2019

New home cooking trends and changing consumer attitudes to food [...]

Trend-Monitor-waitrose-food-and-drink-report-2019
Waitrose Food & Drink Report 2018-2019
16th April 2019

This latest food and drink report by Waitrose looks highlights [...]

Trend-Monitor-Smart-Recycling
Smart Recycling – a way to navigate the recycling maze
5th April 2019

Smart bins that use image recognition to determine what material [...]

The Pet Pound
5th April 2019

Updated The growth of the Pet Pound shows that pet [...]

Trend-Monitor-co-living-one-shared-house-2030
Co-Living: What will ‘home’ look like in the year 2030?
20th March 2019

Ikea researches the concept of co-living in their One Shared [...]

Trend-Monitor-Cevisama-2019
Tile Trends Spotted at Cevisama 2019
15th March 2019

Eight key tile trends spotted at Cevisama 2019 [...]

Trend-Driven Innovation
14th March 2019

Putting the consumer at the heart of your design and [...]

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-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? [...]

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Future Kitchen: Alfredo Häberli’s kitchen vision
18th February 2019

At the LivingKitchen show in Cologne 2019, designer Alfredo Haberli [...]

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-Kitchen-Purchasing-Trends-2018
Kitchen Purchasing Trends, Consumer Insight Report 2018
3rd February 2019

Find out more > [...]

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-hot-water-tap-trends
The Social Trends behind the Meteoric Rise of the Hot Tap
24th January 2019

Recent research into kitchen purchasing trends by Trend-Monitor highlighted the [...]

Trend-Monitor-interview-Richard-Bradbury
Influencer Interview – Richard Bradbury, Managing Director, Hard Surfaces trade show
18th January 2019

Hard Surfaces is a new trade show for 2019.  Co-locating [...]

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-kitchen-purchasing-trends
Influencer Interview – Helen Lord, Founder of the Used Kitchen Exchange
10th December 2018

Helen Lord talks about the kitchen purchasing trends that are [...]

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 [...]

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-average-kitchen-size
The Size of an Average Kitchen in the UK
9th October 2018

At Trend-Monitor we are often asked the size of an [...]

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