The rise of fast interiors: a brief history of disposable design

Interiors have not always moved at the pace they do today. The expectation that we might refresh a room every few years — or even every season — is a relatively recent cultural shift, and understanding how it happened helps us think more clearly about the choices available to us now. To understand how we arrived at a world of flatpack furniture, trend cycles, and regular room refreshes, it helps to look back at the longer history of design.