IKEA Director of Home Design: Technology drives new changes in the future of home

China Paint Network
: society in the development, science and technology in progress, our concept of the home is also changing. But have you ever imagined what a future home would look like? Recently, the fastcompany website interviewed Magnus Engman, IKEA's director of home design. He made some predictions about the future of home.
Missable space
we usually divide our homes into fixed areas, but as urbanization accelerates, more and more people will live in small spaces, blurring the boundaries of different regions. To this end, furniture should also make corresponding changes. 'The sofa was once the most important piece of furniture in the bedroom, but that's changed, ' says Mr. Engman. In a small apartment, people eat on the sofa or use it as a bed. "We've seen more people start buying sofa beds than sofas," Engman said. In many people's homes, he argues, tables will be the most important piece of furniture: a versatile piece of furniture that can work, eat, play and socialize.
more versatile furniture
when people have less living space, they use less furniture, and the rest of the furniture will take on more functions. "It's possible that a stool will be one of the most important pieces of furniture in your home because it does a lot of things," he says. When not in use, many stools can be stacked together. The
of storage is
a place to store all kinds of things. Now that's changing. "There's less to store," Engman said. People don't have that much storage anymore, and music, movies, books, and so on are in the cloud. However, people always want to show off their belongings. In the future, storage methods will change, such as open shelves or glass cabinets, both functional and displayable.
smarter furniture
recently, Ikea showed off a new type of luminaire that can charge a device. In Ikea's view, furniture will become smarter, but it doesn't want to be a device manufacturer. "Our job is not to sell electronics, but to figure out how to make family life smarter and more convenient." Engman said. In the future, people may find that by downloading a software update, their furniture will add new features.
Touch sense
people spend a lot of time on touch screens. Engman said. He thought it was a boring thing. The home of the future is touch-satisfying, full of quirky fabrics and custom materials, in contrast to the phone tablets we touch all day.