"True trends always answer a need"

As TikTok and other platforms become increasingly flooded with home-styling ideas, Michelle Ogundehin shares advice on how to navigate changing trends in the era of ubiquitous social media. More

"Peach is the right colour, but for all the wrong reasons"

By choosing Peach Fuzz as its Colour of the Year Pantone has celebrated passivity – when what the world really needs in 2024 is bravery and honesty, writes Michelle Ogundehin. More

"Any period of sobriety is generally followed by heady abandonment"

Sustainability will be the focus of the year ahead, but coronavirus lockdowns will make way for "unbridled frivolity"  in interior design, says Michelle Ogundehin in her trends report for 2022. More

Ten interiors by architects that use internal glazing to create a sense of space and light

For our latest lookbook, interiors expert Michelle Ogundehin has selected ten examples of interiors with glazed internal windows, doors and partitions that create clever zoning and add privacy while still letting the light through. More

"The uncomfortable truth is that 2020 might just have been exactly what we needed"

After a turbulent 2020, this year designers should be braver and bolder, says Michelle Ogundehin in her interior design anti-trends report for 2021. More

"Let's talk about diversity"

We need to provoke discussion, not anger, when it comes to talking about diversity, says Michelle Ogundehin, who shares her personal experiences with racism, views on positive discrimination and ways in which individuals can make a difference. More

Sexy eco, monochrome and plus-size furniture: interior design trends for 2020

Interior design will evolve, innovate, adapt and improve in 2020, says Michelle Ogundehin. Her trend report includes provocative collaborations, Ukrainian design and a rejection of digital technology. More

"Could all things 'green' be the glue that sticks us back together?"

Dulux chose Tranquil Dawn as its colour of the year for 2020, but something bolder would have better represented the year ahead, says Michelle Ogundehin. More

"Pantone's colour of the year harks of naivety, not optimism"

Pantone's Living Coral shade can't be a harbinger of positivity, says Michelle Ogundehin, when real coral reefs are being devastated by global warming. More