I love meeting with people who create. It is truly special hearing their stories, how they see the world, insights to their process and getting a glimpse in to how they manifest the objects we enjoy every day. I had a chance to sit down the Focal’s CI Business Development Manager, Nicolas “Nico” Debard for a discussion. Smith: How did you…
It’s a privilege to have friendships with industry veterans and all around characters. One of my favorites (and known character) is Noah Kaplan of Leon Speakers. I sat down for a conversation about the intersection of design and performance. Chris Smith: When you thought about starting Leon Speakers, in terms of design did you see a void around aesthetics and…
Photography by Alice Schmatzl When Azione announced their Spring 2022 conference as the “New Dreams in New Orleans” I was hopeful that with COVID seemingly in the rear-view, integrators riding 30 percent year-over-year growth, facing a shortage of both products and labor to fill the increased demand, that integrators wouldn’t be too “busy” to focus on their businesses. A dream…
Trying to describe art — or an artist — in written or verbal form is tricky. It’s an assimilation at best and nothing beats the first-hand, in-person experience. The same can be said for the effect of tunable lighting and how it changes everything you see, including art. We also have psychedelics, which are definitely better experienced than explained. Interestingly,…
Gareth Mahon, RLA, LEED AP, Principal at landscape architecture firm RKLA Studio (New York City), shares his approach to exterior spaces in an interview with Chris Smith, Principal and Founder of TheCoTeam.
I always love a great conversation and opportunities to network with people in architecture and technology. I recently sat down with an informative group in the space and am excited to share our conversation. Participants include Drew Lang, the founding principal of Lang Architecture and Brick and Wonder. Lang earned a Masters of Architecture from Yale University and is a…