November 2024 / The Future of Consumer Goods


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In this edition of Trendease we preview nine consumer goods 2025/2026 trends and their corresponding color stories to be staged next year. Learn about the materials, hues, overall design directions, and lifestyle shifts impacting the worlds of interiors, home accessories, fashion, and holiday décor. Sustainable, nature-inspired design, blending craftsmanship with eco-friendly innovation is celebrated to inspire connectedness, optimism, and meaningful change in modern design. Get inspired with the November edition!

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REPORTING TO INSPIRE,
Jennifer Castoldi,
Chief Creative Director

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Features and Articles

Jennifer's November Notes

Frankfurt — Ambiente, Christmasworld, and Creativeworld trends for 2025 spotlight designs that inspire connectedness, optimism, and responsible creativity. Messe Frankfurt’s February showcase will reveal themes such as DEEP, REAL, and EASE, emphasizing sustainability, natural materials, and imaginative color schemes, offering varied, fresh perspectives in product design.

Adagio by Ronan Bouroullec for Mutina

Traditional Craftsmanship Reactivated

Frankfurt — This trend enriches home living with serene, nature-inspired designs that celebrate traditional craftsmanship and elemental influences like water, fire, and earth. Authentic materials—wood, ceramics, glass, metal—are highlighted in soothing colors, with subtle metallics adding a tranquil, atmospheric glow.

Hana-arashi by Nendo for Paola Lenti

A Place Full of Lightness and Joy

Frankfurt — This design direction for 2025/2026 uplifts interiors with a vibrant mix of fabrics, yarn, and lively colors paired with soothing hues. Playful textiles inspire innovation through embroidery, patchwork, and 3D knitting, crafting sustainable designs. Creative blends of glass, paper, and ceramics offer tactile, textured surprises. The sentiment of lightness and joy is abundant.

Encouraging Positive Change

Frankfurt — This movement champions sustainable, straightforward design that fuses functionality with creativity. Driven by eco-conscious choices, 3D-printed surfaces and recycled materials—from aluminum to ceramics—embrace waste as a resource. Rich yet subtle colors shape this trend’s timeless aesthetic, promoting meaningful, lasting change in design.

Standing Light Metamorphosis by Allegra Hicks

The Fleeting Becomes Permanent

Frankfurt — Here nature’s fleeting beauty is captured, giving it permanence through refined craftsmanship and serene, timeless design. Embracing introspection, this design direction creates tranquil home retreats that honor nature’s resources. Soft nocturnal hues combine with muted metallics, offering reflective light and festive elegance even in winter’s grey.

Handcrafted papers from Tudi Billo

Creativity Sparks Cheer

Frankfurt — Festive creativity is embraced with playful, vibrant patterns and inventive designs that spark joy and promote sustainability. Familiar decorations gain new life through recycled materials and imaginative transformations. Radiant colors convey optimism, filling spaces with a light, modern charm that celebrates creativity’s transformative power.

Everything Aims at Improvement

Frankfurt — This trend prioritizes lasting, resource-conscious designs, combining minimalist forms with practical, recyclable materials for a refined holiday ambiance. Durable products and eco-minded technologies like digital tactile surfaces meet warm, authentic hues, evoking sustainability and a deep connection to nature and timeless quality.

Let Us Take a Walk

Frankfurt — “A walk in the city, the garden, or the forest allows us to immerse ourselves in another world for a while. We become silent observers and explorers of our surroundings. A walk inspires and encourages creativity, which gives rise to new ideas,” says Claudia Herke, trend expert, Stilbüro bora.herke.palmisano. Walks inspire the trends for Creativeworld 2025.