How we use manifesting to create our dream lives and living spaces

As Cambridge Dictionary names ‘manifest’ its word of the year, Irish designers tell Eve Kelliher how they put positive thinking into action

Stylist Grace Cahill and interior designer Amber Clery, top left, Amber + Willow/Styled with Grace, and right, the recent festive event in the Wilde in The Westbury they styled, and below left, artist Orla Orla Ó Regan, Orla O Visual.

It's official — the notion of manifesting is having a moment, again. Cambridge Dictionary has declared “manifest”, meaning to will or dream something into existence, its word of 2024.

As an adjective, manifest dates back to medieval times, indicating “obvious”. More recently, the spotlight has lingered on its newest meaning, as a verb centring on the power of visualisation.