Kim Williams Design – Mzansi Life & Style by Mishkah Roman-Cassiem

We live in a world where our homes and living spaces have transformed into sanctuaries of solace, where safety, self-soothing, vibrancy and personal expression are pride of place. As we prepare to step into 2024, this holistic approach to design is likely to continue – blending a harmonious balance between aesthetics and well-being in our homes.

Following her very recent visit to both the highly anticipated International Design and Architecture Awards 2023 in London, top Cape Town based interior designer Kim Williams stayed on to visit the Paris Design Week 2023, hosted by Maison et Objet, a 10-day design fair hosted as part of the 22-day France Design Week 2023.

After attending this event, Kim shares the top five trends that will dominate the design landscape and shape our living spaces in 2024:

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Mindful Living Botanics by Sphere Studio

The homes of 2021 and 2022 have shifted to reflect our new practices of holding the home at the centre of our lives. Through incorporating our memories, technology and nature we have created spaces that are sanctuaries for our souls to rest and recharge and spaces where we can express important aspects of ourselves that make us so unique.

Creative behavioural strategist focused on designing interior spaces, Kim Williams, shares her top insights into the trends that will influence our world in 2022 and the behavioural motivators behind them.

Kim Williams Design – Framed By Claire Photography

Rise of virtual reality

Biophilia Sustainable Living Room make over by Koala Furniture – The Design Files

The last year has seen a massive increase in our need to make virtual connections as we try to substitute our social nature in a time where connecting in person is not necessarily safe. Our need to connect our online behaviour with our physical space is evident in the new technologies that help integrate these two worlds, such as the increase in AI in our domestic spaces.

Existing in these new virtual realities for more of our time every day has also given us new insights into our own behaviour thanks to the tracking algorithms they are built on. This is leading to a higher degree of self-reflection – especially among businesses – than ever before.

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