Ikea has launched a range of smart lighting kits – challenging the notion that intelligent lighting has to be expensive.

Ikea has announced it will partner with niche fragrance brand Byredo on a forthcoming project that explores how scent can be used creatively within the home.

A newly retired group of citizens in Lyon joined together to create the Chamarel retirement cooperative to provide sustainable, affordable living space.

PassivDom is a Ukrainian startup that has designed a fully autonomous house, requiring no plumbing or pipes and that generates its own electricity and power.

Consumers are increasingly looking to protect both themselves and their families from the effects of pollution by preventing toxic air entering the home.

Wireless charging has been emerging as a key technology for the past few years, and is slowly being embraced by furniture and homeware companies looking to integrate functionality into design led products.

The Bring Together Collection by LA based designer Megan Lin is a set of furniture and fixtures that aim to enhance a sense of calm and wellbeing by bringing nature indoors.

Sony's Life Space UX collection promises a whole new viewing experience, with two throw projectors that cater to various viewing needs.

The average customer experience when buying home appliances is at best an over eager shop assistant, and at worst a trawl of reviews online.

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Guglielmo Poletti set out to research material boundaries and the essence of objects in his furniture collection Equilibrium, debuted at Dutch Design Week 2016.

As well as eliminating the panicky feeling of not knowing whether an appliance has been turned off or not, Wonder Tech Lab’s Switch Bot helps make life easier in general.

Architectural design is increasingly flexible and modular to reflect the fast-paced, mobile nature of our societies.

Smart, flexible living spaces like a worldwide lease and architectural robotics used in micro-homes are helping people globally live more comfortably with smaller environmental footprints.

Life Space UX – Sony’s collection of holistic home entertainment products – includes two new wireless speakers that aim to transform living space through harmonised light and sound.

Swedish homeware retailer Ikea has developed a new line of small scale indoor hydroponic gardening kits.