Living in a Smart World
Welcome to the smart world!
Now, you can say goodbye to keys for entering and leaving your home.
Now, you can control the whole house with your “mind”.
Now you can check your home at any time.
Now, you can already move the cinema home.
Now, you can have "Jarvis" do the housework for you.
Now, you can have your "guardian beast" watch over your home and yard.
Now you can control your home in Melbourne from London.
It is a wonderful feeling. Of course, the development of smart furniture has not been achieved overnight, in fact, it has been a dream of people, as far back as the 1930s. It is because of those once crazy ideas that we have today's smart furniture. Below, let's take a look at what kind of efforts and development have been made by predecessors, so that we can enjoy today's smart home life.
In recent years, the global smart furniture market has been booming. According to the Smart Furniture Market - Global Industry Analysis and Forecast Report released by MMR, the smart furniture market is expected to reach $779.9 million by 2029, with a compound annual growth rate of 18.5% over the forecast period. People gradually enter the smart world, and the way of life will be changed.
Resource: Maximize Market Research
Resource: Maximize Market Research
With the continuous maturity of artificial intelligence technology, the innovation of various novel smart furniture products enables individuals to better participate in day-to-day activities.
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With the development of smart furniture, the market demand for traditional furniture is decreasing, more and more consumers choose to buy smart furniture. Facing this situation, the problem arises. Will traditional furniture be replaced by smart furniture?
Here are some comparisons of traditional furniture and smart furniture.
Smart Mirrors
Smart mirrors have bluetooth, voice other functions. You can display everything you want. you wash up in the morning, you can check climate, health index, news, and other data through the touch screen. (Picture Resource: Zohi Interiors & Reddit Posts)
Smart Coffee Table
Unlike the traditional coffee table, which only has storage functions, the smart coffee table comes with a Bluetooth speaker, LED bottom light, 2 USB charging ports and 4 sockets, a freezer, and controls all of these functions through a touch screen on top of the tempered glass. (Picture Resource: Sobrodesign)
Door Locks
Smart door lock enable people to remote unlock from anywhere in the world, create a random code for one time use and create custom pin codes and control access times. You can also manage access authorisations (Picture Resource: Hiatt)
Multi-functional Bedside Table
The innovative bedside table features a wireless charging port, touch-responsive lighting, and a discreet lower safe box accessible via key or password. (Picture Resource: Costco & Ubuy)
What about traditional furniture?
In today's era of continuous progress in smart technology, there must be a reason why the traditional furniture market still maintains its unique charm and robust status. Through in-depth understanding of the audience of traditional furniture. Although the smart furniture market continues to grow, there are still a large number of consumers who love the classic style of traditional furniture, high-quality materials and collection value.
Smith Street Bazaar, located on 305 Smith Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065, has been open for 16 years. This store focuses on selling second-hand furniture at prices ranging from $50 to $50,000. Eryca Green was interviewed as the owner of this store.
Grandfather’s Axe, located on 360 Smith Street, Collingwood VIC 3066, has been open for about 15 years. This store focuses on vintage furniture. Tracy Grimsen was interviewed as the owner of this store.
When it comes to whether traditional furniture will be replaced by smart furniture, the answer from the traditional furniture store shows great confidence. They firmly believe that the traditional furniture market is here to stay and are optimistic about its prospects. However, they are also open to the arrival of smart furniture and believe that the two can coexist peacefully and develop together. They are willing to accept the challenges of new technologies and look forward to maintaining their advantages in the competition.
Jacasa Furniture Store, located on 160a Johnston Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065, has been open for one year. This store focuses on modern furniture with cheap prices. Andy Leung was interviewed as the owner of this store.
Andy Leung from Taiwan, China, plans to join the smart furniture market. In China, he gained extensive knowledge of the supply chain and market acceptance of smart furniture. He found that there are few smart furniture companies in Melbourne, and he believes that this is a business opportunity to introduce smart furniture to Melbourne for sale. He hopes to attract more young consumers and integrate smart furniture into the traditional furniture market through innovative product design and marketing strategies.
So under such a trend, why did smart furniture not become popular in earlier years? There are several reasons, high price, technical complexity, interoperability, functional requirements and other factors have a certain impact on its popularity. Michael Zhao describes his experience with smart furniture, reflecting some of the limitations of smart furniture.
As technology advances and the market matures, smart furniture is expected to overcome obstacles and solve problems of price, ease of use, and compatibility.
And traditional furniture with design, history and feelings will always have a place in the market.
Whether it is the pursuit of traditional texture consumers, or the pursuit of new technology users, can find their favorite home style between traditional furniture and smart furniture.
