Interior design trends for 2024: tech, towels, terracotta, bold marble, faux nature, curves – experts and AI make their predictions

Technology plays a big part in 2024’s design trends, from smart furniture that can charge your phone to a solar-powered, Wi-fi enabled outdoor desk

An AI-powered online design platform has predicted more natural trends, including biophilic design, while marked marble and terracotta are tipped to be popular

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Published: 4:15am, 8 Dec 2023Updated: 7:55am, 8 Dec 2023

Given all the recent hype about the predictive capacity of AI – artificial intelligence – of course machines would weigh in on the next big thing in home interiors.

Say hello to Superdwell, an AI-powered online interior design platform built by Finland-based British techpreneur Tom Puukko. It’s tipping that soft forms, biophilic design and colour (neo-neutral and bold accents) will top the trend table in 2024.

It’s no surprise that the integration of technology ranks highly (in sixth place) in Superdwell’s prediction, curiously followed by a “soothing atmosphere”. Think aromatherapy coexisting with smart furniture that obeys commands and charges your phone.

What do real-life experts say?

YC Chen of design studio hoo predicts curves, like these, will continue to be a trend in 2024, although he believes they are on the verge of becoming a cliché. Photo: hoo

YC Chen, founder of design studio hoo, agrees that the soft forms of curves and arches will continue to dominate in 2024, although personally he’d like to see less of them.

After several years in the spotlight, curvaceous design language is, in Chen’s mind, “becoming too clichéd”.