Designing for Smart Homes - When Internet Fails
summary
IKEA Homesmart builds and tests real hardware and UX: a wireless dimmer (2016) with accelerometer that works without internet, an app onboarding that becomes near‑perfect after switching to one-action-per-screen onboarding, and a privacy pattern that uses ephemeral location in gateway for sunrise/sunset. Development moves from polished mockups to fast prototypes and developer-implemented experiments (a 3x blend of design thinking lean and agile). The core claim is practical resilience: an escalator not elevator—features continue to work when internet fails.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:28History of smart homes
- 3:25Democratizing the smart home
- 5:22Don’t design for the ideal
- 6:47It sucks before it rocks
- 9:53Data is nothing without research
- 13:46Find meaningful solutions
- 15:58Key takeaways
- 17:45Closing
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