Barriers to Entry

Launch and learn

In our third in a series of pods recorded live at NeoCon 2024, Andrew and Bobby actually don’t outnumber the guest as they’re joined by both Annie Ming of HBF and Cosmo Kramer of Bitreel to talk about how visualization technology is helping HBF re-imagine how to launch their latest product line, the Firma Collection. The conversation dives deeply into the journey of both sales reps and designers to trace how this pair collaborated to define a new way to introduce and hopefully endear a product to its core audiences. Along the way, we steam up the NeoCon Podcast Studio with five bodies, over-plug SANDOW (just a little) and of course have a word or two on the state of ‘the metaverse’ in the worlds of furniture and design.

This episode was recorded in the NeoCon Podcast Studio Powered by SURROUND and Sponsored by SnapCab.

Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn: 

Bobby Bonett

Andrew Lane

Follow Annie Ming and Cosmo Kramer on LinkedIn

References and resources:

• Firma Table Configurator
• HBF
• Bitreel
• Kubi by Barbara Berry 
• NeoCon Design Scene by SANDOW

Related and referred BTE Episodes:

Josh Rubin and Evan Orensten from Cool Hunting - the only other double guest episode in pod history

Lisbeth Jimenez, Designer at MKDA, on the potential for 3D visualization

Get in touch with us with your questions on emerging technology, innovation and more at [email protected] or drop us a voicemail at the BTE Hotline at 1-917-934-2812.

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This episode of Barriers to Entry was produced by Rob Schulte.

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This week, Bobby and Andrew welcome a leader who’s obsessed with the intersection of architecture and technology and the evolution of the practice as a whole.  The founder of established firm, ICRAVE and more recently co-founder of innovative customer experience firm, Journey, Lionel Ohayon joins to share some powerful ideas on how everything is shifting.  Discussing everything how digital twinning can become the backbone of an architectural practice, to how talent needs to solve for ‘why’, to AI’s emerging role and even why he’s called his firm a “fish dog”, it’s a conversation you won’t want to miss.

Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn: 

Bobby Bonett

Andrew Lane

Follow Lionel Ohayon on Linkedin

References and resources:

• iCRAVE
• Journey
• Sphere
• Squint/Opera

Related and referred BTE Episodes:

Sarah DiLeo, Gensler on immersive design

Bill Mandara, Mancini Duffy on the evolving practice of architecture 

Yehia Madkour, Perkins & Will on innovation at scale inside firms

Get in touch with us with your questions on emerging technology, innovation and more at [email protected] or drop us a voicemail at the BTE Hotline at 1-917-934-2812.

Discover more shows from SURROUND at surroundpodcasts.com. 

This episode of Barriers to Entry was produced by Rob Schulte.

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Technology meets sustainability

This week, we’re back at the NeoCon SURROUND podcast studio with friend of the pod and two-time guest, Karli Slocum for the second of our 3part (see what we did there?) NeoCon ‘live’ broadcast specials. Bobby and Andrew hear an update from Karli on a range of exciting processes that 3form is implementing to make production more sustainable and how they’re pushing the conversation through both innovation as well as education. As Bobby points out, Sesame Street can be a great place to start in understanding the exciting advancements happening in the space, so you won’t need to be a full-fledged scientist to tune in and enjoy.

This episode was recorded in the NeoCon Podcast Studio Powered by SURROUND and Sponsored by SnapCab.

Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn: 

Bobby Bonett

Andrew Lane

Follow Karli Slocum on Linkedin

References and resources:

• 3form
• Varia
• Molecular Recycling at 3form
• Mechanical Recycling explained [Video]
• 3form Virtual Showroom
• SANDOW Design Scene at NeoCon
• Sesame Street Recycling Short [Video]

Related and referred BTE Episodes:

• Karli Slocum’s first visit to the pod at NeoCon 2023 talking about 3form’s Virtual Showroom
• Avi Rajagopal, Editor-in-Chief, METROPOLIS, on the intersection of technology and sustainability
• Patti Carpenter, Trend Ambassador, on the importance of sustainability in design

Get in touch with us with your questions on emerging technology, innovation and more at [email protected] or drop us a voicemail at the BTE Hotline at 1-917-934-2812.

Discover more shows from SURROUND at surroundpodcasts.com. 

This episode of Barriers to Entry was produced by Rob Schulte.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A Designer and Product come together This week, Bobby and Andrew are live from NeoCon with a guest who’s lived the majority of last two decades at the intersection of design and technology, Canoa CEO and Co-founder, Federico Negro. A world-class storyteller, Fed takes the guys through his early startup ethos of “buildings equal data”, his time leading design through the explosive growth of WeWork and how a chair sitting beside a freeway changed everything and eventually led to the creation of Canoa.  

This episode was recorded in the NeoCon Podcast Studio Powered by SURROUND and Sponsored by SnapCab.

Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn: 

Bobby Bonett

Andrew Lane

Follow Federico Negro on Linkedin

References and resources:

Canoa

Canoa Circle Student Cohort

WeWork

Related and referred BTE Episodes:

Amanda Schneider, President of ThinkLab, on the impacts of technology on the design industry looking forward

Greg Lindsay, Urban Tech Fellow at Cornell University on the intersections of technology with urban design

Get in touch with us with your questions on emerging technology, innovation and more at [email protected] or drop us a voicemail at the BTE Hotline at 1-917-934-2812.

Discover more shows from SURROUND at surroundpodcasts.com. 

This episode of Barriers to Entry was produced by Rob Schulte.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Looking back and forward It’s a conversation wrapped in nostalgia when Bobby and Andrew welcome Mancini Duffy’s Bill Mandara to the pod. From remembering childhood aspirations through to the aspirations of the present, the conversation is one focused on being authentic and being willing to try new things. Bill shares how he and partner Christian Giordano have re-thought their business at Mancini Duffy to transform the firm into a multi-disciplinary practice that lifts up intrapreneurs and embraces new tech and ways of thinking at every opportunity. As a bonus, this episode also features BTE’s first ever ‘hat day’ as well as - after months of talking AI - our first Skynet reference.

Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn: 

Bobby Bonett

Andrew Lane

Follow Bill Mandara on Linkedin

References and resources:

Mancini Duffy

Careers at Mancini Duffy

TSX Broadway

Bill on Spotify

The Anti-architect Podcast with Christian Giordano

Skynet 

Related and referred BTE Episodes:

Innovating and evolving at a large architecture firm with Eran Chen, ODA

Bringing clients into virtual experiences with Keith Fine, S/L/A/M Collaborative 

The future of architecture in 3D spaces with Lisbeth Jimenez, MKDA

Get in touch with us with your questions on emerging technology, innovation and more at [email protected] or drop us a voicemail at the BTE Hotline at 1-917-934-2812.

Discover more shows from SURROUND at surroundpodcasts.com. 

This episode of Barriers to Entry was produced by Rob Schulte.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Influencing the Sphere

If finally happened.  After months of name dropping, Bobby and Andrew finally visited the Sphere and they brought along a new friend to talk about it.  Kelly Knapp has been at the forefront of immersive experiences for much of her career and she joins the pod to talk about the process of creating projects like Sphere, where she was a pre-launch creative lead, as well as a host of other exciting work she’s been a part of around the world.  From planning experiences no one has ever experienced before, to the search for talent and even (of course) some hot takes on the role of AI in the creative process, this conversation has it all.  Join us as we kick off Season 2 of Barriers to Entry!

Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn: 

Bobby Bonett

Andrew Lane

Follow Kelly Knapp on Linkedin

References and resources:

Sphere

Sleep No More 

Robot Butlers

Related and referred BTE Episodes:

Sarah DiLeo, Studio Co-Director, Digital Experience Design, Gensler

David Schwartz, Founder Partner, HUSH

Get in touch with us with your questions on emerging technology, innovation and more at [email protected] or drop us a voicemail at the BTE Hotline at 1-917-934-2812.

Discover more shows from SURROUND at surroundpodcasts.com. 

This episode of Barriers to Entry was produced by Rob Schulte.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.