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Sweet ’16

The 6 Macro-Trends

 health & well-being: Individuals and organi-
zations are taking health and well-being into their

own hands. As a sub-trend, designing for healthy
behaviors focuses on how design can motivate

more physical activity. As the global health and

wellness/well-being economy hits the trillion dol-
lar mark – and with interior design having potential

impact on multiple key sectors – this trend places
high in the rankings. Thought leaders in interior de-

sign selected this as the third most-transformative

trend and the fastest-moving trend overall. They
also voted it as the most likely trend to appear in

design projects next year.

“Designers are now expected to solve increasingly

complex problems.”
— Randy Fiser, CEO of ASID

technology: Technology’s impact on design is predicted to

grow even more in the coming years, with the ability to con-
nect to almost everything, everyone, and everywhere. Are you

3D printing your design solutions yet? Immersive visualization
technologies – such as holographic technology and virtual reality

systems – provide a di erent, more immersive, way to experience

design concepts before construction begins. The Internet of
Things is a sub-trend identi ed by participants in the Think Tank

Challenge as one of the ve fastest-moving sub-trends overall
and second fastest-moving trend in technology. The Internet of

Things refers to technologies that connect items like the lock on

your front door, your refrigerator, or the temperature control of sustainability: Although it has been around for
your house to the Internet.
a long time under a variety of names, sustainability

continues to be relevant across all business sectors,
including interior design. A broader interpretation that

more closely links sustainability to designing for healthy

behaviors is expected to increase. In the ASID’s broad
analysis of trend reports, a majority included sustain-

ability as a top trend, and its panel of design experts
identi ed two sustainability sub-trends (higher sustain-

ability standards and energy optimization) as among

the ve most-transformative of all. Designing for
Healthy Behaviors – itself a transformative and fast-

moving sub-trend – is becoming increasingly integrated
into the concept of sustainability.

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