michelle kaufmann designs

The Smart Home: Green + Wired reopens today at the Museum of Science + Industry in Chicago. With the help of Midwest Living, the tech geniuses at WIRED magazine, and the amazing MSI team, the home is filled with all new sustainable products, materials and smart systems in this spectacular home that we designed.

The earthy palette of colors uses zero-VOC paint and the furniture is made from recycled steel, FSC certified or reclaimed woods and soy-based and recycled fiber cushions. Every square inch of the home and garden is tricked out with beautiful ideas, from home automation, energy and water monitors, rain catchment, gray water systems, green roofs,wind power, solar film,LED lighting, and edible earthboxes, off-site construction, and a whole lot more. For example, this dining room table is a luscious favorite that uses a mixture of reclaimed wood (from a tree that fell on the grounds of the museum) and concrete by Barefoot Design (www.barefootdesign.com).

To visit the house, check out the Musuem’s website
Modular construction of the Smart Home
Setting of the Smart Home
And even more

photos by JB Spector / Museum of Science + Industry