I didn't make it across from LA to NYC this year for ICFF (here's our coverage from the show floor), but that doesn't mean I wasn't keeping an eye out for all the home furnishing developments on the horizon, especially those designs incorporating technology into unique form factors like this collaboration between designer François Chambord and computer manufacturer, Lenovo...

Anyone who has browsed the online neighborhoods of Tumblr and Reddit knows animated GIFs are a popular visual currency for amusement. But what if you could take your favorite image or animation from online and take them out onto the streets to share while pedaling your bike?

How many of us have to leave a beloved cat or dog at home while we're toiling away at work? The Petcube was designed to give pet owners a virtual connection from our beloved furred ones from afar, a pet monitoring device designed to connect to a home Wi-Fi network and allow pet owners to call out to their tailed companion, control a laser for remote entertainment, and even take and share photos of a pet to share with others while away from home...

Designer Il-Seop Yoon envisions the Voyager treadmill as an interactive experience, with a virtual reality running course display and smartphone integration to help let exercisers focus, rather than tune out, their workout.

I highly recommend if you live in Southern California, and even have a passing interest in the botanical, to make your way to the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens to see their current exhibition, When They Were Wild: Recapturing California's Wildflower Heritage, an ideal complement to the explosion of springtime flowers currently blanketing the region from coastline to desert. Similarly, those with a love of exploring the beauty of the floral may appreciate these botanical blueprints which offer a whole new perspective revealed by technology...

A few years back...ok, make more than a decade ago, I purchased my first dedicated home theater audio system. It was a glorious behemoth of a system, with left, right, satellite surrounds, center, and get this...two discrete subwoofers. It was fine and dandy when I was sharing a large home with a then girlfriend. But then we broke up right before I moved from LA after accepting a job in San Francisco where I found myself in a 300 sq. ft. studio, situating such a system proved challenging... 

Awhile back, I reached out to audio designer Victor Johansson after seeing some enticing preview images of an audio solution he was developing, a design-tantalizing ceramic stereo system utilizing wireless connectivity, all contained within a vessel of smooth earthenware and warm wood. He's finally finished his project to share with us...

The Apple rumors hamster wheels are at full tilt right now, with many speculating the Jonathan Ive helmed design division is working on a big overhaul of Apple's iOS, reportedly aligned with the trend toward flat, 2D user interfaces replacing the hallmark skeuomorphism of current iOS. If the updated iPhone user interface looks anything as clean and simplified as SimplyZesty's concept mockup, I'm excited...

Italian firm Digital Habits updates the average wall mirror well beyond version 2.0, offering users an opportunity to check their hair first, then charge their iPhone and control their playlist with a swipe of a hand afterward. The reflective motion detection design is also open source, which means those with the tools and skills could build their very own OPEN MIRROR...

Under-the-counter kitchen lighting can sound pretty ho-hum on paper, but the additional illumination can make a big difference for anyone preparing meals. The Klauf light bar is a multipurpose linear LED lamp with a remote phosphor upgrade (cool to the touch, lower power consumption, warmer color temperature) and a modular design which allows multiple units to be linked together into larger length lights, ideal for installation above or near food prep areas...