EVERY ROOM WILL BE A LIVING ROOM
2027 Design & Interiors Forecast
Presented live online by Lidewij Edelkoort
Thursday, July 24th 2025
New York – 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
West Coast – 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
London – 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Paris – 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Tickets:
General Admission: $300 per person
Current Trend Union Subscribers: $195 per person*
* please email ragna@edelkoort.com to receive your discount code
“Every room will be a living room” was the answer that flapped out of Lidewij Edelkoort when she was recently asked what the future of the living room would be? Afterwards, she reflected on that impromptu response and understood she was on to something. And indeed, this trend forecast argues that all rooms will become living rooms, whether it is the walk-in cupboard or the water closet, the entrance hall or the windowsill, the hobby hub or the family room, the lounge patio or the swimming pool. Since the sky is the limit of our imagination, people will want to live in small niches and decorative doorways, in a private boudoir or an esoteric bureau, in a live-in kitchen or a competitive playroom. Giving life to all spaces, making life an exceptional style, introducing life to new designs, colours, materials and finishes for 2027 and beyond.
Programme (New York EDT times):
11:00 AM 2027 Design & Interiors Forecast, presented by Lidewij Edelkoort
12:00 PM 2025 Milan Report, presented by Philip Fimmano
12:20 PM Q&A discussion
12:30 PM Approximate end
Lidewij Edelkoort is arguably the world's most renowned trend forecaster, working in industries from fashion to food, design, architecture, tech, communication, automotive and retail. Founded in 1986, her company Trend Union produces trend tools for strategists, designers and marketers at brands from Zara to Prada. She is also a publisher, humanitarian, educator and exhibition curator. Edelkoort has been named one of the Most Influential People in Fashion and one of the Most Influential People in Design. Written in 2014, her much-talked about ANTI_FASHION Manifesto was the first to raise awareness about the shifts and upheavals currently experienced in the global fashion industry. From 1998-2008 she was Chairwoman of Design Academy Eindhoven before moving to New York from 2015-2020 where she was Dean of Hybrid Design Studies at Parsons, establishing an MFA Textile masters and New York Textile Month. In 2020, in response to the covid-19 pandemic, she co-founded the World Hope Forum as a platform to inspire the creative community to rebuild a better society. Edelkoort's latest publications include Proud South (2020), Uxua Utopia (2022), and Proud South Craft (2025), each of which celebrate the creative talent of the Global South.
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@worldhopeforum
PHILIP FIMMANO is a trend analyst and consultant at Trend Union, working in publishing and strategic studies for global brands in fashion, textiles, interiors, luxury and lifestyle. In the A&D sector, he has consulted for Mohawk, Tarkett, Interface, Rubelli and Obeetee, while in hospitality, clients include Belmond and Singita Private Game Reserves. As a design curator, he has created exhibitions for prominent international museums and biennales. In 2011, Fimmano co-founded Talking Textiles with Lidewij Edelkoort; an ongoing initiative to promote awareness and innovation in textiles through touring exhibitions, an annual publication, a design prize and educational programmes. He is the co-author of the design book A Labour of Love (Lecturis, 2020) and the co-founder of the World Hope Forum, a monthly online platform that inspires change through hope.
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@worldhopeforum