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The design trends to know for 2025, from Pantone’s Mocha Mousse to quiet luxury

The Year of the Snake also brings opposing views in home decor this year

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Sustainable fabric by Kieffer, made of jute (cultivated without chemicals) and recycled cotton, at Altfield Interiors. Photo: Courtesy of Altfield Interiors

Published: 9:15pm, 20 Jan 2025

Given that trend forecasters anticipate consumer buying habits, businesses, especially, have major buy in. For this the Pantone Colour Institute is the gold standard, its highly anticipated colour of the year influencing a broad spectrum of goods and services spanning fashion, home furnishings, branding and more.

While we, the consumers, tend to follow trends, driven in part by FOMO, professional trend projections are grounded in analysis of market research and consumer data.

As for where home interiors trends are heading in real life, Hong Kong-born, London-based interior architect and artist Pal Pang takes his cue from the BLT Built Design Awards and the International Architecture & Design Awards, on which he is a jury member.

According to Pang, founder and chief creative officer of Another Design International, we are in for a shake-up: “2025 is a year for designs that go beyond aesthetics,” he predicts. “Trends that inspire hope, sustainability and creativity are transforming our living spaces into expressions of optimism.”

Entrance hall with feature wall in Mocha Mousse, Pantone’s 2025 colour of the year. Photo: Laskasas

What he has noticed – and applauds – in the award entries is innovation.

“Over the last few years, since [Covid-19] lockdowns, we haven’t seen any big changes in interior design,” says Pang. “Everyone’s been conservative, sticking to the ‘safe’, the basics, with the pervading white, grey and minimalist mindset hanging around.