IDS15 Report: CUBITAT's Plug-and-Play Home for the Future

By Sonya Davidson 

Photo credit: Urban Capital/ IDS15

The Interior Design Show (IDS) in Toronto begins today and runs through the weekend at the Metro Convention Centre (January 22-25) and a few exhibitors are my radar. 

CUBITAT is one exhibitor that is truly inspiring and worth checking out. The Toronto based developers, Urban Capital (founded by David Wex and Mark Reeve) are renknowned for their innovative SmartHouse micro condos and architecturally striking River City - just two of their critically-acclaimed, "out of the box" projects. Now, they've climbed their way back "into the box" so that the inside is exactly where you'd most want to be. Inside the cube, actually. 

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Source: Mac Rumors

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Source: Google Docs Blog | Via: Engadget

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Source: Google | Via: Android Police