What’s New in 2025?
Five Design Trends Making the LUMI Edit
LUMI Interiors is known for its London-inspired aesthetic, infused with international references to meet the tastes and lifestyles of its ultra-luxury client base.
Whilst LUMI believes taste is timeless and style is eternal, the team stays up to date with the latest design trends, and where relevant, makes subtle references to these within client projects.
Here are five key design themes that will make LUMI’s mood boards this year:
Texture, Art and Natural Fibres
This 2025 trend is all about infusing the entire interior scheme – from fabrics, furniture, mirrors and lighting to accessories – with a tactile, earthy quality, to achieve depth and luxurious warmth. This trend is tied to a focus on sustainability and a celebration of the organic and natural, and sees a resurgence in the use of ceramics, clay-based pieces and natural plasters which are increasingly taking centre stage. The theme is also about treating each design item in the home as a functional, yet beautiful piece of art in its own right, whether it’s a table or a fireplace surround. To this effect, LUMI expertly brings together designed items with curated art collections to tie the entire scheme into an immersive, highly personalized space.
Earthy tones & browns - Pantone's 2025 colour: Mocha Mousse
As with the previous trend, a sense of grounded warmth is making its comeback in 2025, with Pantone’s 2025 Colour of the Year, ‘Mocha Mousse’, leading the way. Alua loves the luxurious richness and glamour of this shade – a world away from the humble brown – and its ability to anchor a scheme. It works particularly well in the UAE, echoing the desert landscape and pairs effortless with sophisticated creams, beiges and taupes for a ’stealth wealth’ look. According to Pantone’s colour experts, the popularity of this shade reflects a desire to connect more closely with the natural world, representing ‘thoughtful indulgence’.
Hybrid Homes
In 2025 homes are expected to be highly personalized reflections of their occupants in terms of their lifestyles – and this includes their hobbies. LUMI is adept at creating spaces that cater to an array of personal passions, whether it’s an art studio, an extended garage for a luxury car collection, kids play area, wine cellar or collector’s showcase. High on everyone’s agenda are wellness spaces, which are no longer seen as a luxury, but as a vital part of daily rituals. Alua and the team are adept at creating private areas within family homes that match the personalities of all its inhabitants, noting that spa areas are often created with designated ‘his and her’ areas and designed to embrace all five senses; sight, sound, taste, smell and touch.
100 years of Art Deco
Alua is a huge advocate of the Art Deco era, which has been an important source of inspiration for her over her career and which is enjoying its 100th year in 2025. Art Deco’s signature motifs include geometric patterns, rich materials, and symmetry in exotic veneers, which have the ability to elevate contemporary interiors to new levels of sophistication. Alua notes, ‘I love the Art Deco style, and for me it never really went away as a trend. However, I’m delighted to have a reason to revive the period in the year ahead and find new suppliers for antique or bespoke items.’ She continues, ‘For me, Art Deco works just as well in modern interiors as with traditional ones, and I particularly love its principle of using the finest materials in combination with skilled craftsmanship. We rely on Art Deco in our choice of lighting, and floors, as well as drawing on subtle geometry in cushions and even wall coverings.’
Architectural Softness
As with the embrace of natural fibres and rich browns, it makes sense that a general feeling of softness and a human-centric approach is prevent in 2025. For LUMI, this means consideration of rounded edges, fluid lines and sensual curves over stricter contemporary lines. This celebration of the organic feels very of the moment, and works very well well designing comfortable family homes, where LUMI works to create spaces that are cozy and inviting. Having the design freedom to relax the rules and soften the edges is a welcome move from a traditional interpretation of ‘modern’ design, and also represents the popularity of spaces that nurture well-being, reflecting a collective need for harmony and emotional balance in design.