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Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino

Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino is a London-based author, consultant, entrepreneur, and designer working across the internet of things, tech ethics, and climate change. She authored Smarter Homes: How Technology Will Change Your Home Life (Apress, 2018) and Creating a Culture of Innovation (2020), and is the founder of the Low Carbon Design Institute, which supports artists and designers in addressing climate change.
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Smarter Homes: How Technology Will Change Your Home Life

Smarter Homes: How Technology Will Change Your Home Life is a 2018 non-fiction industry guide by interaction designer and IoT thought leader Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, published by Apress, that traces the history of smart home technology and critically examines how consumer products for the connected home are designed, marketed, and shaped by dominant players such as Amazon, Google, and Apple — aimed squarely at product designers, R&D professionals, and trends researchers.

Reviewed May 12, 2026

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