Jane Englefield

🏡 Interior design in 2025 leans towards art deco, celebrating statement objects designed to last, shifting from previous minimalism. Dorothée Meilichzon, Dezeen's 2024 interior designer of the year, advocates for dreamy, grand interiors with a twist of old-school design. Designers predict a move beyond monotone and single-material spaces, calling for authenticity and connection. Art deco's 100-year anniversary highlights a focus on quality and sustainability, countering rapid consumption. Localisation of resources is suggested to preserve culture and minimize transport. Designers envision multi-functional spaces and a trend towards personal expression, with an emphasis on craftsmanship and rich textures. Critics suggest the concept of trends is becoming obsolete, as the value of design is in uniqueness and cultural storytelling.

🎧 Listening bars, first emerging in Japan during the 1920s, have become a global trend. Kioku Bar in London's OWO hotel, designed by Pirajean Lees, offers a bespoke wood turntable for guests to play Japanese records. Bar Ton in Bucharest, created by Anda Zota and Muromuro Studio, merges historical architecture with modern design, featuring marble mosaic floors and a central DJ booth. In Sydney, the JAM Record Bar by Akin Atelier aims to mimic the interior of a pink speaker box and holds a library of 15,000 records. Brooklyn's Upstairs lounge, part of Public Records, is shaped for acoustic excellence. Goodbye Horses in London, by Leopold Banchini Architects, is crafted from a single oak tree, while Anima in Berlin is designed by Grzywinski+Pons with a focus on music lovers. Space Talk in London, by EBBA Architects and Charlotte Taylor, offers an eclectic interior with distinct sound and light zones.

🏡 Dezeen magazine showcases a selection of luxurious members' clubs from around the world. Highlighting venues such as Soho House São Paulo – the first South American Soho House in São Paulo's Italianate early 20th-century Cidade Matarazzo; George in London's Mayfair with its bronze dachshund and art-deco style bar; Annabel's in Mayfair with its "fantasy" ambiance, pink onyx basins, and one of London's first nightclubs; House of Koko, also in London, offering a "timeless" members' club with retro train carriage vinyl rooms; Soho House Mumbai in India, adorned with regional materials and textiles; Allbright London, a women-only club in Mayfair with art by female creatives; Làlia in Palma, Mallorca, with a jewel-toned palette inspired by local architecture; and Chief Los Angeles in the USA, a club for influential women in business set within a 1940s puppet theatre with interiors designed by AvroKO.