Smart Gadgets For Stylish, Seamless and Simplistic Homes

In an interaction with Homes India, Shezaan Bhojani, Co-Founder & CEO at Design Cafe, shares how the current market of smart home gadgets in India has become a necessity in this modern era. Shezaan Bhojani is a seasoned architect and has been an integral part of the Indian Design ecosystem for several years. Shezaan received his MBA from Columbia Business School and began his successful design and architecture career. He was awarded the IIID (Institute of Indian Interior Designers) - a special mention for Design in the Hospitality sector in South India.

What are the smart home gadgets in the current market that have become a necessity in this modern era?

In today’s connected lifestyle, people rely so much on technology; that it’s difficult not to see smart gadgets as necessities. By using smart thermostats, you get intelligent climate control while saving energy. With these systems, you can set the home’s mood, manage things from afar, and use less energy. With video doorbells and security cameras, owners of properties have an easy way to watch their homes in real-time. Since voice assistants allow people to control other devices without lifting a finger, they are especially useful for those who want to be hands-free for many responsibilities. Using smart locks, you don’t need keys and you can manage them remotely, making your security system easier and more manageable. All these features are brought together by universal hubs which manage your devices with one easy system. By optimizing necessary resources, enhancing protection, and improving how things are handled at home, these devices help to make daily life easier. Thanks to ongoing development, these devices are becoming key parts of setting up efficient, secure, and connected homes.

How do you balance aesthetics with functionality when integrating smart home technology into interior design?

Making this balance is very important in luxury interiors. Here’s the secret: Use flush-mounted products, integrated systems, and wireless hubs to ensure the space retains its clean lines. When buying tech, think about design too, as Bang & Olufsen and Govee have smart devices that can enhance your space while serving their main purpose. Cabinets and woodworking can be customized to hide routers, hubs, and entangled wires in built-ins, ensuring the room doesn’t get messy. Choose tech hardware that blends with your home’s overall style, with matte black in modern industrial places and brushed metal in contemporary homes. Beyond Appliances is one example of a brand working to make even chimneys fit nicely with design trends in the home. Good design disappears into your environment, just like good tech should do. Being able to watch a smooth presentation doesn’t matter; it’s the success of the technology living quietly inside the design language that counts.

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How do smart furniture or built-in tech solutions work in luxury living?

With smart furniture, technology is now a natural part of modern luxury at home. You can turn on a motorized recliner, bed, or storage unit with your voice or remote control for easy, personal comfort. Now, you can charge your devices wirelessly on in-built pads on tables and dressers. Most wardrobes have lighting, scent diffusers, and humidity sensors to enhance the way you take care of your clothes. In the bathroom, using technology, some mirrors have touch sensitivity for lights, help fight fog, and provide live weather info. They make the home look elegant, without disturbing its existing convenience or luxury. Technology is designed to blend with our lives and make everyday living more pleasant.

What are some key considerations for adding voice control or AI systems into different living spaces?

It’s important to think about how the voice assistant responds to commands—it needs to be in a place with good acoustics and a wide microphone range. Also, it’s essential to keep your data safe, so find solutions that protect your data with good encryption and allow local control. Using multi-room zoning, you can control the lights in each room and even the music being played in different spots of your home. It’s also helpful to notice how voice devices can merge with the rest of your room’s interior. All smart devices in all rooms must work together through Alexa, Google Home, or Apple HomeKit. The technology should change with your daily routine, not change your routine to suit the tech.

How can smart home tech contribute to sustainable and energy-efficient interior design?

Smart technology can greatly reduce the effect a home has on the environment. Using HVAC zoning and smart thermostats lets you use less energy by precisely controlling climate. Lights and devices will automatically switch off with occupancy sensors; meanwhile, automated blinds allow for natural light and limit heat or air conditioning use. They only turn on if the weather data shows that plants need more water. Such systems give people information about their energy use, allowing them to stop wasting as much. All of these technologies, together, save users energy and lower their carbon emission levels while still keeping them comfortable and stylish.

What will be the future of smart home tech in urban households?

The future is hidden, natural, and AI-driven. Automatically adjusting things such as lights will become normal based on what the home sees or feels. Smarter sustainability will happen when energy grids cooperate with households to enhance efficiency and cut back on wastage. In space-starved urban settings, technology will fit into every crevice, wall, chair, and adjustable piece of furniture. A custom smart home can automatically change the lighting, temperature, and music according to everyone’s room preferences.  Home devices now depend on predictive comfort, rather than people having to set them manually which marks the real progress.