What is the future of the modern home going to look like" According to LG Electronics, it should be smaller, smarter, modular, and markedly more energy efficient (and of course, operated by their own ThinQ app). Such prognostication takes form in the LG Smart Cottage, a pre-fabricated residence fully stocked with the Korean brand’s line of premium appliances and high energy-efficient heating and cooling solutions.
LG Smart Cottage showcases the brand’s smart home appliances and integrated app-controlled features, with energy efficient heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC,) and solar energy solutions keeping the home comfortable.
Despite the decor and lifestyle associations attached to the word “cottage,” the LG interpretation more closely resembles other contemporary prefabricated structure rather than any countryside abode. LG did make efforts to give their hi-tech small home some invitingly homey details, using touches of warm hardwood, tile, and fabric finishes throughout to project the brand’s “gentle, stable, and refined” ethos, partnering with European timber prefab company Dan-Wood to bring the latest showcase home to life for the IFA 2023 technology show in Berlin. The structure itself is realized in a “Sea Ranch exterior meets Silicon Valley condo” aesthetic, and has been presented with both lighter and darker themed interiors and exteriors (the 2023 IFA showcase took on a more darkly themed int...