This week, the Convo By Design studio went mobile inside the VW ID.Buzz at CEDIA Expo and Commercial Integrator Expo in Denver—bringing you candid conversations with leaders shaping the future of smart homes, design integration, and resilient technology.
From energy resilience to invisible lighting, European design influences to smarter tools, these ride-along interviews capture the pulse of the connected design and integration industry. Join Soundman in the VW ID.Buzz for a road trip packed with insight, innovation, and the people pushing design and technology forward.
CEDIA & CIX Overview
CEDIA: The global association for home technology pros—advancing smart home, DenverDenverAV, networking, and integrated systems through education and advocacy.
CEDIA Expo: The industry’s largest annual gathering with hundreds of exhibitors, demos, and training sessions.
Commercial Integrator Expo (CIX): The companion event focusing on commercial AV, IT, and building automation solutions.
Designer Resources
Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home. Where excellence meets expertise.
Design Hardware - A stunning and vast collection of jewelry for the home!
TimberTech - Real wood beauty without the upkeep
LOME-AI.com, simple, inexpensive, text to video harnessing the power of AI to grow your firm, beautifully.
Buzz Delano | Delano Associates & Delano News Advance
Delano Associates
From hi-fi beginnings to decades of consulting and media leadership.
Why designers, integrators, and architects must align earlier.
The transformation of lighting into an invisible design tool.
AI’s role in personalized home automation.
Designing smart homes for resilience against wildfires and disasters.
Eric Nakkila | Selective Design
Selective Design
Bridging European manufacturers with North American design markets.
The evolution of CI from intercoms to invisible audio and lighting.
European influences: smaller spaces, longer product lifecycles.
The rise of hybrid products—speaker-lights, invisible speakers.
Tariffs, volatility, and what wireless power means for the future.
Joe Piccirilli | RoseWater Energy
RoseWater Energy |
CE Pro Masters Profile
A 50-year career spanning retail, distribution, and energy resilience.
Power quality as the hidden factor behind system failures.
RoseWater Hub: surge protection, solar integration, and backup power.
Energy systems in safe rooms, healthcare, and aging-in-place design.
Why the built environment needs an “engineering mindset.”
Andrei Matei | Robbox Tools
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