Will Biophilic Interior Design Be Dominant In 2025?

As 2024 draws to a close, articles on what the next big trend might be in 2025 are not hard to find. This is as true of interior design projects as it is of fashion and much else.

However, while some forecast new trends that will emerge and capture the imagination, others might advocate ideas that already have some traction - and are therefore more likely to be accurate forecasts.

According to Apartment Therapy, Biophilic design is just that. It explains that, despite how the name sounds, it is not about your home being festooned with plants and creeping vines, but rather a more subtle but deliberate establishment of a “harmony between our homes and nature”.

It notes that this can be created in multiple ways. These include natural materials, “earthly” colours, lots of natural light, and “outdoor-inspired motifs.” More significantly, however, it noted that this is “more than just a fleeting trend” and is embedded in all kinds of new style trends.

Indeed, the predominant finding of the website’s State of Home Design survey was that “arboreal motifs” are likely to be the single most popular pattern of 2025. It suggested that this will focus initially on furnishings like curtains, throws and pillows, but will also involve wallpaper in particular.

By its very nature, wallpaper is something that you need to be in fashion for many years, otherwise it can look very much in vogue when you first get it, but soon look dated and irrelevant. But if biophilic design is now well established, this will not represent such a risk.

There have been plenty of ideas that have come and gone swiftly over the years. Pink décor had a moment when the Barbie film and its associated notions of powerful womanhood were front and centre in 2023, aided by the fact that both that year and this one, the Pantone Colours of the year were pinks. But these themes may mean little in 2025 and beyond.

That is why if you want an interior theme that stands the test of time, biophilia may be the best bet.