Envision a transformed ecosystem of smart home products seamlessly integrating into your home and lifestyle—flexible, scalable, and ready to evolve with you. With conversational AI at their core, these products offer natural, intuitive interactions. Designed for a younger, mobile generation of renters, they prioritize portability and minimal installation. Easy to move and adaptable, this ecosystem grows with your needs, keeping your home smart and efficient no matter where life takes you.
Create a cohesive platform that utilizes Matter
Home Products, AI assistance, luxury
The first 10 weeks of our process were dedicated to an intensive research sprint. We were fortunate to host representatives from Apple, who shared their design philosophy with us. They explained that Apple’s approach goes beyond solving immediate problems—it’s about envisioning the future, identifying opportunities, and working backward to the present. This proactive method combines trend analysis and historical insights to design with intention and foresight.
Our first exercise built on this philosophy, starting with a “day in the life” map of current routines. Participants then envisioned their lives 5-10 years ahead, exploring how technology could create meaningful improvements beyond mere convenience.
OPPORTUNITY
We drew insights from our research that followed trends of cost of living for Gen Z and Gen A. Identifying the need to customize your rental living space.
PROPOSAL
Create a suite of products utilizing new device to device communication protocol to create an open ecosystem to improve user quality of life.
SPEECH TO TEXT
To keep up with expectations set through mobile phone experiences, we included speech to text features such as voicemail transcription.
CONFERENCE CALLING
Around the time we launched our Beta, Covid-19 was widespread and remote working and conference calls were becoming more important to the average workforce. So we put considerable effort in creating a conference calling experience for our users.
AUTO ATTENDANT
In call centers and larger enterprises, effectively organizing your auto attendant is a crucial capability for management. Our design prioritizes visual clarity, impactfulness, and intuitive navigation through hierarchies and connections.
The senior show was a resounding success, with the midcentury modern home providing a seamless and natural setting for the products, as if they had always belonged there. This unique and interactive showcase invited the audience to explore the research freely or engage in conversations with students stationed throughout the home. SCAD leadership remarked that this event set a new standard for future senior studios to aspire to.
