Concept · Academic · Smart home

Role
Designer, researcher and prototyper
Team
3
When
Jan to May 2026
Status
Planned

Haven, Smart Home 2.0

A smart home concept that reads intent instead of waiting for commands, and keeps every signal on the device.

  • 3person team
  • 4layer architecture
  • 6frame storyboard
P-07ScreensUndo Spectrum: four tiers of autonomy, from done automatically to fully manual

AskedJan 2026

Design the next connected home.

Design the next generation of the connected home.

Waking up without an alarm

TurnedFeb 2026

Design the inference, not the command.

Stop designing the command. Design the inference.

STARTYR 2YR 3YR 45 months on a shared four-year dialNo counts recorded yetNO COUNTS RECORDEDResearch: not part of this workRESService design: not part of this workSVCProduct design: practicedPRDStrategy & PM: not part of this workSTRGame design: not part of this workGAMESet aside: Cloud processing (all local)Set aside: Acting on social decisions (Haven proposes; you decide).The turn: smart homes organize commands to design the inference, not the commandWhere it landed: Concept with a hardware privacy interrupt and proximity UI.
Ring: time on a 4-year dial · Stations: practice · Field: evidence · Red: the turn · Dashed: set aside · End mark: where it landed
Mode transition: what you said, what I understood, what I am doing

MadeMar to Apr 2026

Four layers, a proximity interface and a hardware switch.

A four-layer architecture, a proximity interface and a hardware privacy interrupt, told in a six-frame storyboard.

Haven asking before acting

Set aside2026

No cloud, and no social decisions.

Cloud processing, and letting the home act on social decisions.

Details

My role
Designer, researcher and prototyper on a team of 3.
Proof
Literature review; four-layer architecture; six-frame storyboard. No testing reported.
Set aside
Cloud processing (all local). Acting on social decisions (Haven proposes; you decide).
Where it landed
Concept with a hardware privacy interrupt and proximity UI.
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P-03StoryboardThe kitchen anticipating the morning
P-04StoryboardComing home to a room that adjusts itself
P-05StoryboardThe reading room in the evening
P-06StoryboardThe evening with Jordan
P-09ScreensFirst pattern suggestion, with its evidence and confidence

ThreadsTrust in AIFeedback loops

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