In many ways, the new Smart Booo lighting system bucks current smart home technology trends. The tactile, pebble like interface (pictured above on the countertop) doesn’t offer control via a smartphone. According to Fernando Arias, CEO of Booo, it all stems from the company’s form-follows-function approach. “You don’t want to arrive home and have to take your phone out of your pocket,” he says. “You want a nice hardware device you can [easily] control. Technology doesn’t need to be intimidating. We call it ‘grandfather proof.’”
Image courtesy of Booo.Sensing the opportunities in the current wave of smart home technology, as well as the stale sameness of the classic light switch, Eindhoven-based custom lighting company Booo embarked on a three-year project to reimagine how we turn a light on and off. The resulting Smart Booo system delivers a radical departure in a tactile, design-savvy frame.
