“People are creating ‘dumb homes,'” the VP of research at the Global Wellness Institute, tells the web site Axios.
Some are swapping NASA-style setups for old-fashioned buttons, switches and knobs. Others are designing digital detox corners — all part of a bigger “analog wellness” movement…
The return to analog hobbies and spacesis about more than nostalgia for pre-internet times, researchers say. A home where “technology is always in the background, working and listening, feels anxiety-producing” instead of restorative, architect Yan M. Wang tells Axios… Design media brand Dwell named the decline of smart homes a top trend for 2025 and beyond.
Wealthy Los Angeles house hunters have started shunning WiFi-enabled, voice-activated appliances “to escape the $100 billion home-automation industry,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Meanwhile, landlines have found new fans — many of them parents who want to keep their kids off screens, the Washington Post reports.