Distinct golden threads weave through WOW!house 2026, as designers explore ideas that reflect and shift through time: past, present, future. Refracting the past through a new lens, WOW!house 2026 designers maintain a reverence for craft and collaboration with expert artisans and specialists, while embracing media as a form of expression, and technology as both experience and function. With a heightened focus on technology, many designers have deployed lighting systems, audio systems, smart screens…and not just in the Immersive Room.
Fluidity is another of these threads – look for more curved walls and round spaces as a counterpoint to rooms grounded with classical proportions and straight lines. Interior architecture that contributes to a sense of movement – and potential for change.
Cocooning, with layers of fabric all around, materials chosen to support comfort and a sense of safe haven – and walls designed to embrace. Spaces that reveal themselves slowly offer up surprises – look for hidden doors, special alcoves, little niches, rooms within rooms. Culture, celebrating creativity in a wider societal context, refining ideas and reflecting currents in art, collecting and interiors with refinement, honouring historical precedents and embracing how they move forward.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Hotel Designs.
