Our increasingly wireless, digital and networked world is changing the look, feel and function of our homes.
Just as the advent of television created the rec room in the heady '60s, helping to bring the family together for frozen meals and the Ed Sullivan Show, modern technology is now leading us to demand openconcept living spaces and instant connections to the world -- anywhere, anytime.
It's down with walls and up with wireless devices and touch screens.
The television -- the centrepiece of rooms for the last half-century -- may be on its way out. Hand-crafted and mixed-media designs are on their way in to decorate our openconcept, multi-use rooms.
So say some of the thinkers and designers gathering for Canada's largest contemporary design fair. The Interior Design Show (IDS), set to run in Toronto from Jan. 27 to 30 will feature 300 exhibitors and their cutting-edge design, as well as top designers and thinkers.
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