Michelle Ogundehin

Michelle Ogundehin is internationally renowned as a thought-leader on interiors, trends, style and wellbeing.

Originally trained as an architect and the former Editor-in-Chief of ELLE Decoration UK, she is the Head Judge on the BBC's Interior Design Masters, and the author of Happy Inside: How to Harness the Power of Home for Health and Happiness, a game-changing guide to living well.

She is also a regular contributor to many prestigious publications worldwide including Vogue Living, FT How to Spend It magazine and Dezeen.

"The irresistible draw of Bridgerton reflects our need for a new aesthetic"

Netflix TV show Bridgerton's interiors will lead to a return of the exuberant Regency style to distract us from our troubled times, says Michelle Ogundehin. More

Michelle Ogundehin | 24 March 2022 | Leave a comment
"Any period of sobriety is generally followed by heady abandonment"

Sustainability will be the focus of the year ahead, but coronavirus lockdowns will make way for "unbridled frivolity" in interior design, says Michelle Ogundehin in her trends report for 2022. More

Michelle Ogundehin | 21 January 2022 | Leave a comment

"It's time to reconsider the whole colour of the year carnival"

With its choice of a shade of purple, which it claims is blue, as colour of the year, Pantone has once again failed to use the opportunity to talk meaningfully about how colour reflects moments, says Michelle Ogundehin.
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Michelle Ogundehin | 10 December 2021 | Leave a comment
Ten interiors by architects that use internal glazing to create a sense of space and light

For our latest lookbook, interiors expert Michelle Ogundehin has selected ten examples of interiors with glazed internal windows, doors and partitions that create clever zoning and add privacy while still letting the light through. More

Michelle Ogundehin | 8 May 2021 | Leave a comment
"Why is the world so enraged by the refurbishment of Boris Johnson's flat?"

UK prime minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have given their 11 Downing Street flat a makeover, replacing the John Lewis furniture chosen by predecessor Theresa May. Why is everyone so angry about it, asks Michelle Ogundehin? More

Michelle Ogundehin | 4 May 2021 | Leave a comment

"The uncomfortable truth is that 2020 might just have been exactly what we needed"

After a turbulent 2020, this year designers should be braver and bolder, says Michelle Ogundehin in her interior design anti-trends report for 2021. More

Michelle Ogundehin | 20 January 2021 | Leave a comment
"Grey alone would be too depressing for 2021's colour of the year"

With its pick of two colours of the year for 2021, Pantone has tried to both reflect the depressing past year and predict hope for 2021, says Michelle Ogundehin. More

Michelle Ogundehin | 11 December 2020 | Leave a comment
"Let's talk about diversity"

We need to provoke discussion, not anger, when it comes to talking about diversity, says Michelle Ogundehin, who shares her personal experiences with racism, views on positive discrimination and ways in which individuals can make a difference. More

Michelle Ogundehin | 16 June 2020 | Leave a comment
"In the future home, form will follow infection"

The interiors of future houses will be designed to mitigate coronavirus, says Michelle Ogundehin who has outlined 11 ways the pandemic will impact the home. More

Michelle Ogundehin | 4 June 2020 | Leave a comment
Sexy eco, monochrome and plus-size furniture: interior design trends for 2020

Interior design will evolve, innovate, adapt and improve in 2020, says Michelle Ogundehin. Her trend report includes provocative collaborations, Ukrainian design and a rejection of digital technology. More

Michelle Ogundehin | 7 January 2020 | Leave a comment

"In choosing blue, Pantone has missed the mark once more"

Pantone played it safe and still missed the mark by picking Classic Blue as its colour of the year for 2020, says Michelle Ogundehin. More

Michelle Ogundehin | 10 December 2019 | Leave a comment
"Could all things 'green' be the glue that sticks us back together?"

Dulux chose Tranquil Dawn as its colour of the year for 2020, but something bolder would have better represented the year ahead, says Michelle Ogundehin. More

Michelle Ogundehin | 1 October 2019 | Leave a comment
Tactility, imperfection and a pale flush of colour: interior design trends for 2019

Interior design in 2019 will centre around wellbeing and comfort, says Michelle Ogundehin. Her trend report includes the tactile surfaces and humble materials of "soft Scandi", plus a splash of tangy mustard. More

Michelle Ogundehin | 11 January 2019 | Leave a comment

"Pantone's colour of the year harks of naivety, not optimism"

Pantone's Living Coral shade can't be a harbinger of positivity, says Michelle Ogundehin, when real coral reefs are being devastated by global warming. More

Michelle Ogundehin | 10 December 2018 | Leave a comment
"Appreciating the role of colour in architecture is a great missed opportunity of the Bauhaus"

It's a shame that, although colour theory was taught at the Bauhaus, it wasn’t significantly applied to architecture, says Michelle Ogundehin in this Opinion as part of our Bauhaus 100 series. More

Michelle Ogundehin | 29 November 2018 | Leave a comment