Consumer Technology, at the end of the day, is a collection of products that are brought together with the sole intention of improving the end user’s life in some way. That concept is true up and down the various market segments of consumer tech, from headphones to TVs, laptops to major home appliances, and more. In covering the industry, we have the opportunity to attend trade shows of all shapes and sizes, and while getting hands on with a product inside of a company’s booth provides a great opportunity to engage with that product, it’s still a far cry from seeing it in action in a real-world setting.
That’s the very problem that CE Week 2019 set out to solve with the Connected Design Home experience at this year’s show.
With the careful planning and superb execution led by Michael Restrepo, the founder and owner of Restrepo Innovations, the Connected Design Home brought to life the technology that improves the in-home living experience—and it did so in a way that allowed visitors to see those products in their natural environment. Granted, the experience was still confined by booth-styled walls, you would be doing a major disservice to this experience by calling it a trade show booth. Restrepo and a team of manufacturers, designers, show planners, and more, came together to bring an almost-fully-functioning home to life right in the middle of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
