Getting rid of products now seems as exciting a design challenge to Fukasawa as inventing new ones. His studio is conducting a research project, called Intelligent Walls, to redesign the home by replacing existing objects with modular wall panels, each of which will fulfill the same function as, say, a sound system, radiator or TV screen. “The air conditioner attached to your wall right now and the refrigerator, eventually they will blend into the wall,” says Fukasawa. “Perhaps it will even reach the stage where the walls control temperature and humidity.” And hopefully, with considerable environmental benefit.
From designing for the inevitable - alice rawsthron, nytimes, 2008
