The Integrated Home

We’re delighted to bring you the voice of a client and an influencer for the very first time on the show, with Louise Boyce joining the show, better known on Instagram as Mamastillgotit.

We find out her views on home technology, how they’ve changed and how technology has been deployed on her project, Home of Boyce. We also hear from her integrator, Adam Wolfe of Art of Integration about his experiences of working on this home and with a well-known social media influencer.   

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How and why do takeovers happen? What challenges do they produce? And how do you deal with them? We're joined by Paul Mcken of Electric Frog, and Durgesh Sinh of Nucleus AV as they delve into the world of takeover projects. Learn how they expertly navigate the difficult paths of ‘Hostile Takeovers’ in this episode of The Integrated Home podcast.

We thank our partners, DbM and Integrated Systems Europe for their support.

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How does adding a magician to the project team influence the home automation for a property? Find out in this episode from Rob Hulse, Design Manager at London-based integrator, SMC, as we discuss their CEDIA award-winning project, The IO House. 

Learn how this scheme frequently raised the bar for SMC and the technology that they employed to meet a particularly exacting brief.   

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In this episode, we talk AI and its implications for the smart home integration community with two luminaries from the CEDIA Tech Council, Peter Aylett and Rich Green. 

Listen in to find out what they think about AI, what it means for home technology professionals and which Hollywood movie they believe most accurately describes our AI future. 

We thank our partners AWE Europe, Sony and DbM for their support. 

We support Together For Cinema. 

Health and wellness continue to be top priorities in residential design, according to the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). ASID’s 2023 Trends Outlook report identifies a growth towards holistic healthy living, and interior design that addresses both the mind and body. As part of this evolution, what role does home technology have to play in delivering a comfortable, healthier and mood-enhancing lifestyle at home?

In this episode, we talk to two CEDIA integrators, Damien Smith of New Wave AV and Abby Fox of LC-AV for their thoughts on how re-framing the conversation on technology can bring business benefits. 

Thanks to our series partners, DbM, AWE Europe and Sony. We support Together For Cinema.   

In this episode we hear all about RP22, the new Recommended Practice from CEDIA for the design of immersive audio within private entertainment spaces.

We sit down with Walt Zerbe, Senior Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA to look in detail at RP22, how its principles can be applied to the real world and what its impact will be for integrators and their clients.

Zerbe believes it will certainly make a splash, what do you think?

Thanks to AWE Europe, Sony and DbM for their support. We support Together For Cinema. 

In this episode, we are joined by Keith Jones from design service specialist, designflow, and James Taylor from integration firm, CEAV. They are here to discuss the importance of design and documentation in smart home technology projects. 

Keith and James shed light on why the design process is valued differently by clients and some integrators in the industry and explain the benefits of professionally documenting the design process for all parties on a project. Tune in to discover kernels of knowledge these professionals have picked up from their considerable time in the industry. 

Thanks to AWE, Sony and Distributed by Meridian for their support. We support Together for Cinema. 

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We're in Bristol to experience the new showroom of Cinemaworks. 

Business owner, Owen Maddock, talks us through the design of this impressive space, the challenges he faced in building and opening the cinema and how his collaboration with Fraser Besant Lighting works in practice. 

Thanks to AWE Europe, Sony and DbM for their support. We support Together For Cinema.     

We caught up with Ben Pratt from B Electrical and White Onyx Automation to hear about his journey from electrical contracting into the world of home automation installation and social media influencing. 

Recorded at ISE 2023. 

Thanks to AWE Europe, Sony and DbM for their support. We support Together For Cinema.     

We're at Integrated Systems Europe in Barcelona to hear all about the winner of the Best Integrated Home Level IV in the CEDIA Awards 2022, House BE. 

Jan Martins from multi-award-winning integrator, Woelf, talks with Jeff about the background to the project and how the company brings together KNX and Control4 technologies to deliver a stunning, contemporary home with an emphasis on comfort, convenience and well-being. 

Thanks to our series supporters AWE Europe, Sony and DbM. We support Together For Cinema. 

The Integrated Home is a Wildwood Plus production.