(BPT) - By KM Ahn, head of the Design Laboratory, LG Media Entertainment Solution Company at LG Electronics
When LG Electronics (LG) debuted the Wallpaper TV in 2017, it posed a simple question: How quietly can a TV exist in a living space? Ultra-thin and mounted flush to the wall, the Wallpaper TV challenged long-held perceptions of what a TV needs to be — shifting attention away from the object itself and toward the space around it.
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