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News
Case Study: WSDG brings World-Class Acoustics to Domaine de la Cavalerie’s New Listening Salon
The exceptional high-end listening environment at the historic Luberon estate features a Burmester audio system integrated into the 17th-century architecture.
CEDIA Show
CEDIA Expo/CIX Serves as the Convergence Point for Design, Architecture, and Technology
Show offers design-build professionals purpose-built experiences for smarter, greener, safer, and more comfortable projects.
Features
Five Practical Tips for Designing a High-Performance Entertainment Space
The trick is to get involved in the design process early.
News
Designer Andrea Harvey Tapped to Lead CEDIA’s New Design & Build Outreach Department
The new department will enable CEDIA members to grow their businesses by forging strong partnerships with interior designers, architects, and builders.
Features
Superior Sound, Stunning Look, Tight Space
Interior designer Maria Deschamps teams with Grimani Systems and AVA Systèmes to create a stylish, high-performance home theater out of a difficult space.
Features
Ask the Interior Designer
Designer and general contractor Lauren Lerner discusses working with technology and the people who supply it.
Features
The Inner Beauty of Home Security Systems
An integrator’s style guide to security installations that look as good as they perform.
HTA – What to Lead With to Win Architects + Interior Designers Faster (Members Only)
From “AV Guy” to Design Consultant: What to Lead With to Get Pulled In Early Trade partners bring consultants in early. They bring subcontractors...
News
Lighthouse Design Studio Adds Sales Rep Firms, Announces Lightapalooza 2026 Sessions
Atlantic Integrated, Sound Tech Marketing, Momentum Marketing, and F.B. Sales Inc. to represent the outdoor lighting design firm.
News
Lutron Shade Visualizer Added to the Lutron Luxury Experience App
Allows dealers to showcase the variety of Lutron shade styles, demonstrate how light transforms a space, and save and share selections with the project...
CEDIA Show
Technology Designer’s Day of Discovery 2025 Returns to CEDIA Expo
Featuring a keynote on the business of lighting and curated tours of CEDIA Expo’s Show Floor.
Features
Design Week: Working With LiquidView
Brighten up basements and interior rooms with these virtual windows that provide 24-hour, high-def views of some of the world’s most dazzling landscapes.
Blogs
Design + Integration: A Boise Meetup That Got It Right
A recap of the recent NKBA Big Sky and Mountain States Spring Meeting.
Automation
Wall-Smart Debuts New Flush-Mount Solutions for Josh.ai, RTI, and Vantage
Wall-Smart has created keypad and touchscreen mounts for recent product introductions and will be showing them at CEDIA Expo.
Blogs
2024 CEDIA Shares: Wall-Smart
Wall-Smart gives Residential Systems readers a sneak peek at what the company is planning for its CEDIA Expo 2024 exhibit.
Lighting & Shades
SI Releases Origami Shade Series for Different-Shaped Windows
Come in a variety of shapes that can be mix-and-matched to meet every project need.
News
The Cinema Designer Launches TCD 2.5 Update
Update includes Trinnov Waveforming, heat maps, additional surrounds, and more.
Features
Better Than Guessing
Eight rules of thumb in addressing the most common topics covered in a home theater meeting.
Features
Helping Clients to Visualize
Here are some new ways to present to architects and interior designers that might move the needle in your favor.
Features
The Home Theater Dream Team
The challenge of successfully blending design, acoustics, and technology teams to create the ultimate private cinema.
Behind the Business
2024 Technology Design Trends
There is an abundance of tech available today that is very easy on the eyes — even if it is not meant to be...
News
Coastal Source Outdoor Lighting and Audio Showcased at the Pacific Design Center
Manufacturer teams up with AV Interiors’ new California showroom to demo Coastal Source products for southern California designers and dealers.
Features
The Scalable Path to Luxury Cinema
Even in the world of high-end theater design, there is room for good, better, best options.
Features
Being Present, Pleasant, and Supportive
Design professionals want to include tech and are eager to learn, but are still leery of the lingo.
News
Legrand Debuts New Dealer Demo Case for Designer Series Decorative Brackets
Allows dealers to showcase the Shading Systems Designer Series Decorative Brackets and matching hembar endcaps to their customers.
Technology
Leon Releases New Studio Frame for Sony’s Bravia XR TVs
The Studio Frame attaches around existing XR models to transform the Bravia’s 4K ultra-HD display into a framed work of art.
Features
Home Theater Week: Navigating Through Entertainment Seating
Not all seating is created equal.
News
Modus VR Introduces New Presenter Mode; Adds Seven Manufacturer Partners
Presenter Mode empowers on-screen presentations and non-VR participants to Join a live VR session on any meeting platform from anywhere.
Technology
Audio Advice Releases Interactive Projector Throw Distance Calculator
Expands free home theater design offerings with an interactive tool to help consumers and installers find optimal screen size and throw distance for projectors.
Features
Home Theater Week: Elevated Expectations
Proper speaker elevation in an immersive sound system needs to consider all the speaker groups in the room.
Features
Home Theater Week: Sense-sational Theater Design
How technology and interior design of screening rooms relate to the fundamental senses.
CEDIA Show
Modus VR to Giveaway $10,000 in New MaaS at CEDIA Expo 2022
Integrators can enter to win $1000 worth of Modus VR specialist design services, including consultation, live design sessions, and project deliverables.
Lighting & Shades
New Designer Shade Fabrics from Legrand Shading Systems
With this latest release, Legrand now offers 753 fabrics in its portfolio.
Features
Are You All In to Win?
Going all-in with the design/build community means making them feel welcome with your words, website, and work.
Features
Building the Best Team
It takes an incredible amount of talent and professionals to create the right private cinema experience.
Awards
Leon Announces Winners of 2021 Install of the Year Contest
Winning installations feature creative applications of Leon’s range of design-forward AV solutions.
Features
Five Things I’ve Learned About Designing for Luxury Clientele
A look inside the mind of an ultra-high-end client.
Features
Commercial Design Quickly Making Its Way Home
Far more than a catchy term, “resimercial” is a multi-faceted trend that’s not just here to stay but one that’s influencing how we approach...
News
Salamander Designs Unveils Online Configurator
New self-service tool brings ability for integrators and reps to design, price, and order entertainment furniture in real time with customers.