Microsoft’s naive vision of the future home (ZDNet)Microsoft wanted by 2010-ish a home where wallpapers were digital, kitchens were revolutionary and houses which were entertainment factories. Did vision become reality? Article

The joy of International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York ‘” which takes place over four days each spring ‘” is its folly. A Japanese furry robot seal shares floor space with banana-scented wallpaper and Shaker brooms. Just when a simple oval bath vessel might soothe your eye at Kohler, there’s a riot of tangle-y colored wool on the floor at Patricia Urquoia’s rug booth.Folly at the center of contemporary furniture fair (San Jose Mercury News)