Ceramics at monumental scale, glass that seems to boil, and a rising tide of purple: the standout designers and objects from this fall’s Maison&Objet and Paris Design Week.

Explore a Pittsburgh home full of eclectic decor like handmade art, vintage finds, bold colors, and unique personal pieces.

For an interior designer who spends her workdays immersed in what’s new and what’s next, Colleen Simonds never chased trends when it came to decorating her Pittsburgh home. Nearly a decade later, she still wouldn’t change a thing. The secret to her pick-and-stick decisions? Trust what you love, design for how you want to feel, and commit to choices that can go the distance. Although nine years in, she might be rethinking that ice maker.

At Milan Design Week, the annual international design fair, color and style forecaster Judith Van Vliet found a shift toward interiors that soothe and restore, with hazy transparency, gentler color pairings, and tactile textures creating a refuge from the world.

Textile designer and trendspotter Saana Baker traveled to the world’s leading design fairs to suss out what’s shaping interiors for 2027. Her takeaways: goodbye bland, hello decorative excess, unruly botanicals, custom-looking textiles, and patterns packed with history and meaning.