After years of identikit homogeny, electrical appliances offer a wealth of colour options to accessorise homes. Key directions include richly pigmented earthy reds and purples, and verdant, nature-inspired greens and blues. Whimsical pastels and calming neuroaesthetics-aligned neutrals offer mood-boosting benefits, while primary brights and modern monochrome styling lean towards gaming culture.

While traditional stainless steel remains a kitchen and utility room staple, brushed metallic appliance surfaces are ushering in a new feeling of soft, quiet luxury. Elsewhere, glossy chrome finishes add a touch of otherworldly glamour, and interesting mixed-metal combinations add vintage personality.

With retro-modernist nostalgia, enigmatic colour and playful eccentricity driving interior aesthetics, the fast-evolving home appliances market offers opportunities to inject emotionally resonant, enduring design into seemingly ordinary objects – see Beautifying the Everyday. From fluted glass and polished wood to raised pattern and chic matte black finishes, decorative surfaces create texture and depth.

As larger home appliances become more compact, streamlined and AI-enabled, sleek, minimal design and flat-fronted fascias help them blend seamlessly into rooms. Connected smart surfaces and discreet control panels offer touchscreen and light-up functionality, with intuitive icons and images replacing numerical settings.