Designing the Smart House Posthuman Domesticity and Conspicuous Production

• Published in: European journal of cultural studies Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 403 - 426
• Main Author: Spigel, Lynn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi SAGE Publications 01.11.2005; Sage
• Subjects: Architecture; Computers; Cultural change; Cultural studies; Cultures and civilizations; Design; Domesticity; Everyday life; Habitat; High technology; Home; Housing; Human ecology and demography; Industrial production; Information technology; Internet; Lifestyles. Everyday life; New technology; Product design; Sociology; Sociology of communication and mass media. Sociolinguistics; Sociology of knowledge and sociology of culture; Sociology of work; Telework; United States Of America; conspicuous production; posthuman domesticity; conspicuousre production; home office; performative communication; teleworker; Consumption; Home industry; Architecture; Accomodation; Portable telephone; Gender; State of the art technology; Production; Computer; Household implements; Habitat; Telecommuting; Household Space; Communication

This article analyzes recent architectural and product designs for computerized smart homes. The smart home is a sentient space where human subjects and domestic objects speak to one another via intelligent agents and internet connections. This article explores the industrial logic behind this new v...