The Philips Simplicity Event, from the electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands, held recently at Earls Court in London is a showcase for new and innovative design concepts aimed at delivering solutions for the anticipated needs of their cutomers today and in the future and is based on their “sense and simplicity” brand.
The theme at the 2007 Simplicity Event of “caring for people’s well-being” builds on ongoing societal trends that Philips has been tracking closely: populations are getting older, healthcare is increasingly consumer-driven and business travel is now more extensive and hectic. In light of these trends, Philips employed the creativity and expertise of anthropologists, sociologists, designers, engineers and business leaders to come up with design concepts that address these converging trends. The result: Philips will present concepts that take a holistic approach to healthcare, in which health and wellbeing touch on all aspects of a person’s daily life. Focusing on relaxing, healing and providing enjoyment, design concepts at the show explore the role of simplicity in Philips three core businesses – healthcare, lighting and consumer lifestyle.
All the details are available in a press release available at
http://www.newscenter.philips.com/…simplicity_event_release.page
and further background information is available at
http://www.newscenter.philips.com/…simplicity_event_backgrounder.page
Daylight explores natural, rewarding ways for hotel guests to experience light and ambience in the comfort of their rooms. One item shown is the window where you can control the view and the amount of light that enters the room simply by moving your hand. A pattern superimposed over the window will become denser by moving your hand to the left (blocking the light), moving to the right makes the pattern less dense allowing more light to enter the room.
A collaboration with the Citizen M hotel group provides a prefabricated hotel room packed with gadgets
Also on show was the new Aurea Ambilight LCD TV.
I noticed a video recorded at the event; Episode 23 from megawhat.tv can be viewed at
Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite
Tagged: Ambilight, Gadgets, Healthcare, Lifestyle, Lighting, Philips, Simplicity
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