With
people spending more time at home than ever before, now is the time to act and
learn more about the way we experience and engage with our homes. The
web-based platform EverydayExperiments.com, launched today,
gathers some of the most interesting technology and design studios to showcase
a series of digital experiments that explore new ways of how we interact with
the spaces we live in. The project is initiated by IKEA and its research and
design lab SPACE10.
The
explorative, surprising and playful experiments can be perceived on the
platform, that demonstrates how our homes can be experienced in extraordinary
ways through the means of technology. Conducted by some of the world’s most innovative
design and technology studios*, the experiments focus on AI, Machine Learning,
Augmented Reality and cutting-edge Spatial Intelligence.
Technology
is part of almost every aspect of our daily life and a driving force for
innovation. But can we truly envision a world where tech helps us to live a
better everyday life at home? Imagine using your mobile device as a tool to
experience how sound moves around your space. What if you could turn your
furniture into living creatures, to spark your children’s imagination? And what
if you could control what spatially aware devices can sense and process in your
home while making sure they respect your privacy? It’s about taking the
everyday and making it extraordinary.
“The
future home should be about the people first. It’s a place for everyone to be
safe, to feel comfortable and in control. Technology is quickly becoming a
vital part of the IKEA customer experience and home furnishing offer. Being a
values-driven brand, we focus on people and planet. As we enter a new
digital era, we are also exploring new ways to create a better everyday life at
home, while protecting people’s privacy.”
—
Fredrik Axén, Digital Manager Core Business Franchise, Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
Through
projects with forward-thinking collaborators IKEA and SPACE10 aim to design
innovative solutions for tomorrow. EverydayExperiments.com is a platform where design and
technology studios come together to engage, spark discussions, challenge
convention and inspire action through new collaborations. The
collaborative experiments have been developed with the intention to create a
better everyday life at home.
Living
in the same space over years people become accustomed to their living
environments and lose sight of the potential of their homes. How could we use
technology to rediscover fresh ways of looking at our space to rethink our
environment?
“Home
– especially these days – plays an important role in how we develop our
everyday interactions and relationships. It is not only the place where we live
but the place where we work, teach our children and where we connect with the
world digitally. We believe, the more we learn about the next curve of
design and technological innovations, the more we can help people to make
tomorrow’s life at home, and with each other, even better.”
—Bas
Van De Poel, Creative Director at SPACE10
The Everyday
Experiments platform will launch on June 17th, 2020 and continuously
showcase technological and innovative design experiments to spark new ways of
looking at our homes and spaces we live in.
Watch
video here: https://vimeo.com/428990031/50f8dc489e
*participating studios and designers: Bakken & Baeck, Field, Random Studio, ManvsMachine, CIRG. Philip Pries Hennigsen, Strømlin, Set Snail, Alonso
Holmes and Timi Oyedeji