The pioneering trend authority for the lifestyle, hospitality and interiors industries.

Fashion isn’t the only industry affected by rapidly changing consumer taste. Today, regardless of what industry you work in, you need to know what’s next.

Interior Design & Inspiration

Our expert editors scour the globe to bring you unparalleled insight, updates and forecasts to help you develop a confident approach to colour, buying and design.

  • 200+ trade shows covered in-depth every year
  • Bi-annual colour reports with sector and region specific edits

Retail Intelligence

Up-to-the-minute news, executive briefings, global retail and VM trends and trend confirmations are all covered here to help hone your strategies for retail, customer communications and business.

  • Uncover up-and-coming trends, in-depth reports on marketing strategies and experience design
  • An annual calendar to help you plan for the most important industry events

23 Product Categories

We cover 23 different product categories offering in-depth insight, trends and product development tools for every home décor category plus all the key categories in the wider lifestyle market.

  • Automotive
  • Bed & Bath
  • Colour
  • Consumer Electronics
  • Decorative Accessories
  • Experience Design
  • Fashion Connection
  • Food & Drink
  • Furniture & Lighting
  • Garden & Outdoor
  • Hospitality
  • Interior Style
  • Kids’ Room
  • Kitchen & Tabletop
  • Materials & Surfaces
  • Paper & Packaging
  • Pets
  • Print & Pattern
  • Seasonal Gifting
  • Textiles
  • Vintage & Craft
  • Walls & Floors
  • Wellness

Design Tools & Resources

Not only do we offer insight and inspiration but we give you the tools to put all your research into action. With WGSN Lifestyle & Interiors, you can view, organise and share your images, plan research trips and kick-start your design process with our easy to use functionality.

  • Colour Play – create your own palettes using full Pantone, CSI, CNCS colour libraries
  • Clip images from anywhere on the web and add to your own library
  • Plan your research trips with our expert City by City Travel guides

Meet the experts

Lisa White

Creative Director; Director, Lifestyle & Interiors

A future thinker with over 25 years of experience, Lisa is an expert in lifestyle and design and has predicted key long-term trends such as experience design and the home hub. Her industry knowledge, creativity and cutting-edge eye drive WGSN’s future innovation and macro trends, as well as product development forecasts.

In demand as a speaker, Lisa curated the 2019 International Design Biennale in Saint-Étienne, France. She has been quoted in numerous publications, including the WSJ, Le Monde, Corriere Della Sera, and the South China Morning Post.

On weekends, Lisa can be found working culture into horticulture, and vice-versa.

Gemma Riberti

Head of Lifestyle & Interiors

Gemma leads our design and product development directions, overseeing how consumer macro trends impact the interiors industry across categories and market levels. She has 15 years’ experience in trend forecasting and design research, and her knowledge of colour and material applications makes her integral to WGSN’s global colour team.

Gemma consults for brands, retailers and manufacturers around the world, and speaks at industry events to discuss trends in residential and commercial environments. Her experience includes roles at A+A Design Studio in Milan and Studio Contrepoint in Paris.

Gemma likes cycling to green corners to picnic with family and friends

Jenny Clark

Head of Colour

Jenny is a skilled colour forecaster with an in-depth knowledge of conceptual colour development. She identifies emerging colour trends and tracks their evolution across multiple industries.

Having trained as a woven textile designer, Jenny went on to lead colour forecasting in the automotive and footwear industry for 20 years, working at Nissan and advising clients such as Patagonia and Merrell. Her process is driven by creativity and strategic thinking, and she is always seeking the perfect colour for the right product.

Jenny is a home crafter who currently quilts with recycled denim and experiments with natural dyes.

Sarah Housley

Senior Strategist, Lifestyle

Sarah has 10 years’ experience in trend forecasting, spanning product design, materials innovation and technology. She specialises in lifestyle futures, design innovation and consumer tech trends, and is part of the macro forecast team, who distil reams of global research into future trends each season.

Sarah has spoken on design trends worldwide. She has worked with clients to teach trend forecasting workshops and consulted on topics from CMF innovation to the future of water.

She is a big fan of WWE wrestling and vegan cooking, a combination that plays havoc with Instagram’s algorithm.

Allyson Rees

Senior Strategist Interiors

A passionate researcher and journalist, Allyson tracks retail, lifestyle and interior design directions, paying special attention to growth areas in the home, decor and gifting markets.

Allyson is frequently called to comment on the latest ongoings in interiors. She has written for publications including WWD, Fashionista and The Impression, and has consulted for Fortune 500 brands and retailers around the world, helping them distill high-level trends for the mass market.

A lifelong performer, Allyson applies her theatrical talents to consultancy deliveries, presentations and panels. In her free time, she explores Los Angeles’ food scene and binge watches The Real Housewives.

Claire Dickinson

Strategist, VM and Interiors, Lifestyle & Interiors

Claire’s forecasting work focuses on spatial and experience design, as well as emerging innovative store design concepts and global visual merchandising trends. She is an expert in the strategic design of spaces and how both residential and commercial interiors can adapt to evolving consumer mindsets.

Frequently attending and reporting from art fairs, biennales and design weeks, Claire is an accomplished photographer with a strong eye for impactful visuals.

Claire has a keen interest in interior design, travel and culture, which informs her expert content and inspires her personal Instagram account, which is carefully cultivated to reflect her experiences.

Harriet Kilikita

Strategist, Lifestyle, Lifestyle & Interiors

With a background in cultural strategy, Harriet's understanding of how emerging lifestyle trends affect product design and development enable her to create actionable, data-driven reports to inspire clients. She covers a wide range of lifestyle topics, with particular focus on the impact of wellness, hospitality and dining trends.

Harriet has worked on bespoke projects and presentations for major global brands, and her trend insights have been quoted in publications including the Washington Post, Grazia and Vice.

When not exploring lifestyle trends, Harriet can be found with her nose in a novel or trying to find a forest to walk in.

Bonnie Pierre-Davis

Analyst, Interiors, Lifestyle & Interiors

Bonnie’s expertise in textiles, print and pattern drives her enthusiasm for creating innovative and inspiring content for the interiors industry. With a degree in textiles and an MA in material futures, she contributes expert research to facilitate product design development with a keen eye for sustainability, material, craft and print techniques.

Bonnie’s role also entails collaborating with the WGSN Fashion team and external print archivists to align trends and source inspiring original artworks.

Outside of work, Bonnie enjoys free-style embroidery, baking and discovering new countries and cultures.