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A New Multi-Hyphenate: Village
Design meets interior decorating meets technology meets social needs. Yes, it’s a mouthful, but Village does it all. The brainchild of Yejin Lee, Seohyun Park, Minji Kang, and Seunghyun Ko, this revolutionary projector/piece of furniture/social companion represents an auspicious attempt to address the rising needs of single-person households.
![Village installed in a window](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-27-at-11.18.33-AM.png)
![Village in situ connected to curtains](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-27-at-11.19.02-AM.png)
![Village in hand to show product size](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-27-at-11.19.12-AM-1024x553.png)
In Korea, nearly half of households are single-person households. Globally, single-person dwellings or “studio apartments” are on the rise.
![Design and color palette options of Village](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-27-at-11.21.32-AM-1024x553.png)
Village “aims to be a companion in the daily life of single households and create a richer life by utilizing limited space more effectively.”
![Village in hand](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-27-at-11.21.03-AM-1024x548.png)
This “living product” is proposing a new “lifestyle experience of ‘separate and together’ for single-person households.”
![Village product macro shots](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-27-at-11.17.25-AM-1024x398.png)
The concept of Village is based on the idea of the “furniturization of appliances.”
![Village product macro shots](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-27-at-11.20.54-AM.png)
As seen here, Village syncs with smartphones to open the curtains in the morning based on calendar timestamps.
![Village displaying user's morning greeting and daily schedule projected onto a made bed](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-27-at-11.18.14-AM-1024x550.png)
It projects recipes onto the countertop while you’re cooking and can be a companion during a workout routine.
![Village in the kitchen](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-27-at-11.19.28-AM.png)
![Village displaying text onto the countertop](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-27-at-11.20.24-AM.png)
It turns FaceTime calls into a “real-life” moment by projecting the person on the other end of the call onto your wall through its on-board projector. It’s as if your friend, your mother, your partner is right there with you in the room.
![Village projection encouraging social connection](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-27-at-11.20.33-AM.png)
Learn more about the mock-up process, the design itself, and the creators of Village here.
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