architecture and ethos behind Apple Park and
applying it to the way the rest of us live, similar
innovation could be with us in our own homes
in the not-too-distant future.
APPLE PARK IDEOLOGIES IN THE HOME
It doesn’t require the example of planting
thousands of trees for us to know that more
plant-life makes for a better planet. However,
“biophilic design”, whereby design mimics
nature (like recreating the Californian landscape
on a giant tech campus, for instance), will
hopefully become more mainstream as the
years go by.
And while most of us are still some way off
being able to follow Apple’s example and power
our own homes with 100% solar energy, the
technology is already there and people have
been buying into it for some time. However, it
could transpire that Ive’s less-is-more design
ethos, with essential equipment and features
hidden from view, also becomes central to how
we live.
The futuristic vision of entire walls comprising
modular digital screens remains a popular
prediction. However, with Siri and similar
‘virtual assistants’ already helping us to run our
lives from portable devices, it makes sense to
expect that artificial intelligence (AI) will one
day become integrated into the surfaces and
installations of the typical home.
There is also the growing trend of remote
working to take into account. One of the few
criticisms the people who helped to build Apple
Park have made of the campus is that in order
to provide ample parking to the thousands