Page 1 / How do you welcome people into your home? One & Co explored a series of concepts that can enrich and enhance the ceremony of visiting a home. The Chime Doorbell allows guests to compose and customize their personal ring tone. Once composed, the guest can send to the host and also save for future use. Never a dull arrival.

	Page 2 / Using inexpensive LCD technology, LCD door allows the guests to preview the festivities going on inside. Host can 'open their home' by switching the door from opaque to translucent.

	Page 3 / The Marquise is virtual red carpet and ambiance enhancer. Collapsible, it hides in the door frame, then deploys on both inside and outside the door, generating a visual transition from the impersonal outside world to a warmer interior. The transition is enhanced by a sequence of materials and lighting: from a decontaminating cold light, to a transitional high gloss white, and finally, to more traditional home materials (wood, chrome).

	Page 4 / The Digital Guest Book takes portraits of arriving guests and accumulates them on screen to display the current party makeup. The essential party accessory also keeps track of returning visitors and how their appearance has changed over time. Afterwards, photos can be automatically emailed to guest.

	Page 5 / The Multimedia Coffee Table is a digital juke box integrated into a coffee table. Due to its immediacy and accessibility, the table encourages guests to browse through musical libraries and select their favorites. Guests can also downloaded music from their portable music player.