# Playful Smart Home Concepts IKEA's Space10 Everyday Experiments Explore Next-Gen Smart Home Tech By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2021-05-27 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/everyday-experiments References: [designtaxi](https://designtaxi.com/news/414165/IKEA-Imagines-A-Future-Smart-Home-That-Turns-Devices-Into-Fun-Roommates/) & [space10](https://space10.com/project/ee-privacy-trust/?utm_source=DesignTAXI&utm_medium=DesignTAXI&utm_term=DesignTAXI&utm_content=DesignTAXI&utm_campaign=DesignTAXI) Everyday Experiments by [IKEA's](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/forever-meadow) [Space10](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kaleidoscopic-home) design and research lab is an ongoing series of digital experiments that play with the role of technology in the home. Invisible Roommates takes a look at how devices in the home communicate with one another and visualizes their interactions. Space10's Everyday Experiments project also explores trustworthy and fun smart home concepts like the AI Digital Buddy to humanize complicated terms and conditions, as well as Sound Bubbles that look at how sound can be used to create localized silence. Chain of Traceability by FIELD.SYSTEMS is a concept that taps into the power of blockchain technology "to create digital twins of everyday items" so that people can see products and their environmental footprints differently. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.6/10 - Popularity: 21% | Activity: 76% | Freshness: 10% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/gadgets) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Next-gen Smart Home Tech:** There's an opportunity for innovation in creating smart home devices that prioritize playful, fun concepts to improve the user experience. - **Humanizing Smart Home Technology:** Designing AI digital buddies to simplify complicated terms and conditions can help increase user understanding and trust in smart home technology. - **Blockchain-enabled Traceability:** Integrating blockchain technology with everyday items can help consumers better understand their environmental impact and encourage sustainability efforts. ### Where This Applies - **Smart Home Technology:** Companies in the smart home technology industry can benefit from incorporating playful design concepts into their products to create a more enjoyable user experience. - **Artificial Intelligence:** The AI industry has the opportunity to develop digital buddies and other intelligent agents that can help humanize technology and improve user understanding. - **Blockchain Technology:** Companies in the blockchain industry can explore the concept of digital twins of everyday items to provide greater traceability and transparency to consumers. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Experimental Design Pop-Ups](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/space10-launched.md) - [Decor-Disguised Smart Products](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smart-home-product-concepts.md) - [Social Experiment Virtual Apartments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/uncanny-spaces.md) - [Expressive Smart Home Displays](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smart-pad-concept.md) - [Smart Ambient Lighting](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ikea-varmblixt-smart-lights.md) - [Accessible Smart Home Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ikea-smart-home-sensors.md) - [Omni-Compatible Smart Home Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ikea-smart-home.md) - [AI Interior Visualization](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sikea-ai.md) - [Tactile Smart Home Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/from-design-concept.md)