Emerging Pattern Trends in Design for 2025 Highlight a Bold Revival of Timeless Classics
In 2025, interior design trends lean towards incorporating timeless patterns with a modern twist to infuse warmth, personality, and richness into homes. Trends from the previous year, such as retro-inspired florals and geometric variations, have given way to new takes that integrate bold and minimalist patterns in a refined manner.
Popular patterns of 2025 bring statement-making style through a playful twist on familiar patterns. Classic patterns like polka dots and stripes are paired with new texture-forward patterns and maximalist animal prints. According to interior designer Kelly Zerbini of Dunnam Zerbini Design, such patterns contribute to a lived-in, storytelling atmosphere that homeowners crave.
1. Surreal Stripes
Rebecca Goesling, director of design and trend forecaster at the Goesling Group, posits that unreal times call for surreal styles. Surrealist decor, popular in contemporary interiors for its character and visual interest, provides an opportunity to add a bold twist to the classic stripe pattern. The surrealist approach introduces unexpected decor details and distorted, circus-like stripes that mirror Dali paintings while still maintaining a connection to wood grain patterns. So far, these stripes have primarily been featured in lighting, such as Anna Karlin's Urn Sconce, but they have the potential to make a statement in textile applications as well.
2. Subtle, Textured Stripes
Stripes remain a dominant pattern trend in 2025, appearing across various design categories from tonal linens to bold ticking pillows. However, they are not limited to the surrealist approach presented above. Compared to the previous year, stripes are now more minimalist yet structured, offering a modern take on the popular pattern. This minimal yet structured trend is ideal for layering soul, memory, and texture in interiors while maintaining a sense of calm. Applications of minimal stripes can be found in modern wall paneling and millwork, adding structure and dimension to understated spaces.
3. Polka Dots
The polka dot trend, inspired by the fashion world, has made its way into interior design. The whimsical pattern contrasts beautifully with dark-toned wood walls, creating visual interest without overwhelming a space. Highly refined style, springing from a love for the classic elements of architecture and imagination, favor polka dot motifs in furniture, wallpaper, and accessories.
4. The Moire Effect
Both texture-on-texture variations and the moire fabric trend are popular in interior design this year. The moire pattern, with its reminiscent rippling water appearance, adds movement and visual interest to surfaces. Classic silks and other materials create this optical illusion, which can be seen in both minimal and maximalist applications.
5. Gingham
Fashion-inspired patterns have made their way into interior design once again, and gingham is no exception. This classic checked pattern is being reinterpreted in more tonal and textured ways this year, creating a more refined and contemporary look. Examples of gingham applications in interiors range from upholstered bedroom furniture to unique tile patterns for bathrooms and kitchens.
6. Dedar's Tiger Mountain Print
Dedar's abstract tiger print, a luxury fabric label favorite, has been a frequent sight in chic interiors. The elegant and refined print adds an exotic flair to interiors, making it an ideal choice for those straddling the line between minimalism and maximalism. Bold animal prints are another pattern trend in 2025 that adds personality to interiors, with designs ranging from classic zebra and leopard to less common patterns like cow and fawn.
- In 2025, the stripe pattern, once considered conventional, is being revitalized with surrealist decor, offering a bold and unexpected twist that resembles the distorted stripes seen in Salvador Dali paintings while maintaining a connection to wood grain patterns.
- Minimalist yet structured stripes remain a dominant trend, providing a modern take on this popular pattern and offering an opportunity to layer soul, memory, and texture in interiors while maintaining a sense of calm.
- Polka dots, inspired by the fashion world, have made a significant impact on interior design in 2025, contrasting beautifully with dark-toned wood walls and creating visual interest without overwhelming a space.
- Both texture-on-texture variations and the moire fabric trend are popular in 2025 interior design, with the moire pattern adding movement and visual interest to surfaces through an optical illusion reminiscent of rippling water.
- Gingham, a classic checked pattern, is being reinterpreted in more tonal and textured ways in 2025, creating a more refined and contemporary look and ranging from upholstered bedroom furniture to unique tile patterns for bathrooms and kitchens.
- Dedar's abstract tiger print, a luxury fabric label favorite, has become a common sight in chic interiors, adding an exotic flair to spaces and catering to those who seek a balance between minimalism and maximalism.
- Bold animal prints are another pattern trend in 2025, adding personality to interiors and ranging from classic zebra and leopard to less common patterns like cow and fawn.
- As homeowners increasingly crave a lived-in, storytelling atmosphere, tile patterns are being incorporated into the design of kitchens and bathrooms, offering a unique layer of decorative detail and timeless style to these essential home-and-garden spaces.
