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Connecting Tech + Design with Katye (McGregor) Bennett
by connectingtechanddesignpb
Connecting Tech + Design is a show for those who live at the intersection of tech & design
Episodes
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Design + tech take center stage at the WOW!house at the Design Centre London
In this episode of Connecting Tech + Design, host Katye McGregor Bennett speaks with Andrea Harvey, the new Director of Design and Build Outreach for CEDIA. They discuss the exciting event WOW!house 2026 taking place June 2-July 2, 2026, at the Design Centre London, and the role of technology in...
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Designing for All Abilities: A Conversation with Toni Sabatino
In this episode, host Katye McGregor Bennett sits down with interior designer, and construction consultant Toni Sabatino of Toni Sabatino Style to explore how technology becomes true infrastructure when we design for all ages and all abilities. We unpack the mission of the Construction Education...
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Illuminated Lighting Design with Lynne Stambouly, The Light Lady, and Bruce Clark, the Lighting Sherpa
Illuminated Lighting Design. What's all about? In this episode, recorded during ISE 2025 in Barcelona Spain that also appears on the AV Trade Talk pod, Katye chats with Lynne Stambouly, The Light Lady, and Bruce Clark, The Lighting Sherpa, discuss their new design partnership — Illuminated…
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KBIS 2025 Preview With Jason McGraw
KBIS — the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show — is the annual gathering of the kitchen and bath industry where brands showcase what's new and experts in the field share their knowledge and insights. Co-located with IBS, the International Builders Show as part of DCW — Design and Construction Week —…
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KBIS 2023: What Interior Designer Molly Switzer is Excited to See at the Show
Interior Designer Molly Switzer (Portland, OR) returns to share what she's excited to see and experience during KBIS 2023, the annual tradeshow for the professional kitchen and bath industry, co-located with the International Builders Show, the National Hardware Show, and Design & Construction...
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Wellness watch: RePure indoor air + water quality and the role of the PureTech Alliance
Air and water quality in the home is something that should be front-of-mind for us all. Thankfully, companies like RePure have brought solutions to market that make it easy to do it right. Learn what they do, how they do it, and how to improve air and water quality by utilizing their products and...
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Interior Designer Spotlight: Alison Strickland, Narratif Design founder & design director
“Every building holds a narrative, the story of the house and those who live in it. This is where I find the inspiration and the purpose behind my architectural design work,” says Alison Strickland (B.Arch MRAIC), Founder & Design Director of Narratif Design based in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. In...
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Tech Talk: What the residential tech integration community is excited to see at CEDIA Expo 2022
CEDIA Expo is the annual gathering of the residential technology community brands, integration firms, associations, and those who support the industry. This trade-only event takes place this week in Dallas, TX. Tune in to hear what the residential audiovisual industry is eager to see, learn, do,...
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Tech Talk: Savant’s Vegas Modern 001 Home
Savant's smart living showcase, referred to as Vegas Modern 001, was brought to life in partnership with Las Vegas-based design-led firm, Blue Heron, and technology integrator Eagle Sentry. The ultra-modern 15,000-square-foot home was designed with the latest technology advances, all brilliantly...
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Concealing tech has never been easier or more beautiful
Concealing tech is easy when the right products are used. Learn how easy it is with Wall-Smart, whose products enable a clean look that lets design aesthetics remain at the forefront. Visit www.wall-smart.com to see the company's full lineup and how to become a brand partner.
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Editor’s POV: Standout products and programming from KBIS 2022
KBIS 2022, part of Design & Construction Week, had record attendance. Hear about touchless tech, voice control, and other hot trends, new products that stood out, some of the talks that took place and everything else that contributed to the show's success from Chelsie Butler, Executive Editor,...
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Stop listening to me! How Josh makes voice control and home automation secure, private, and fun.
Josh is a voice-controlled automation system that was borne from the notion that your home should inspire, embolden, and delight you and the people around you. Utilizing advanced AI technologies, including natural interfaces like voice and touch, Josh orchestrates the technology in all aspects of...
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Tradeshows are back! Exploring KBIS, IBS, and Design & Construction Week
The annual gathering of the design-build-construct industries is back! Veronika Miller, CEO of Modenus Media and Host of Design Uncut walks us through the talks, panel sessions, and DMMtalks Lounge discussions taking place during KBIS, and host Katye McGregor Bennett shares what's happening…
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Chef Nick Shares Turkey Feast Hacks, Favorite Holiday Traditions, and How the Right Appliances Make All the Difference
Chef Nick, as he's known in the Napa, CA food world, shares a few Thanksgiving feast hacks, some of his favorite holiday traditions, and ways to simplify the often-arduous meal. Ever Weber-grilled your bird for the big day? Nick walks us through it, step-by-step. We also discuss sous vide cooking...
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What exactly is a high performance home?
What exactly is a high-performance home? Chris Laumer-Giddens of Atlanta, GA-based Architecture & Design firm LG Squared talks about high performance and off-grid homes and what it takes to make a home more efficient, no matter how old (or new) it is. We also talk about the term "high…
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Creating The Ultimate Outdoor Entertainment Area - Ramsin Khachi Shares His Fave Finds
Ramsin Khachi, principal of KHACHI Design + Build, designer & custom home builder, and host of the YouTube series Bespoke in the Burbs shares some of his favorite finds for fabulous outdoor entertaining environments and ways homeowners and design-build pros can create an outdoor living space…
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Discussing the Correlation Between Design + Emotional Wellness
Is there a correlation between interior design and emotional wellness? You bet there is! Laura Muller, CEO of Four Point Design Build, Inc. shares some of her professional and personal experiences as well as some fascinating examples of what works, why, and ways the design-build and tech...
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Unpacking Josh.ai's big reveal — Meet Nano, Core, and more!
Josh.ai CEO Alex Capecelatro shares details about Nano, the world's first Architectural Microphone, and Josh Core, an elegantly designed server that acts as the central brain for this truly remarkable voice-automated home technology ecosystem. This changes the voice control and automation game...
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Smart Women, Smart Homes, Smart Design Panel Session
Smart Women, Smart Homes, Smart Design Panel Session revisited. Hear how three women working in the design-build, technology integration, and luxury integration fields have risen in the ranks and how their careers evolved, how technology plays a role in the lives of their customers and what some…
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The next BIG opportunity: Smart shades & screens for indoor and outdoor enjoyment
People are spending time at home now more than ever and as they do, they're finding they want a better entertainment environment, they want to control light, and they want to take advantage of the outdoors — which can easily be accommodated with smart shades and projection screens made for indoor…
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Human-centric design, e-Design, and ways technology plays a critical role in the modern home.
Katye chats with Laurence Carr of Laurence Carr Design, NYC. The episode kicks-off with a chat about human-centric design, wellness, and how e-Design is booming and goes on to explore the timing of each trade's involvement in projects, how interior designers and architects define their role and...
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KBIS 2020: Discussing the Annual Kitchen & Bath Industry Show with Designers, Architects, and AV Integrators
A fun chat about KBIS 2020, where tech made an appearance or was the centerpiece, and the type of connected kitchen and bath experiences and environments homeowners are looking for in 2020 and beyond. Guests talk about trends, what they saw at KBIS, and how they experienced the show through…
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Tech Talk: Hosts from the KBTalks, CEDIA Podcast, AV Trade Talk, and Connecting Tech + Design podcasts and a couple of AV integrators share tech shown at CEDIA Expo 2019 and trends they're following
Special mashup show combining CEDIA Podcast hosts Ed Wenck and Walt Zerbe, KB Talks substitute-host Molly Switzer, AV Trade Talk and Connecting Tech + Design host Katye (McGregor) Bennett, with special guests integrators Joe Whitaker of Thoughtful Integrations and Gordon Van Zuiden of cyberManor...
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Tech Talk: Tangram Interiors
Mark Coxon is not only a veteran of the AV industry but an approachable, knowledgeable, skilled salesperson with some great insights for AV integrators, designers, and architects to consider when selling tech or integrating it into their designs. Fantastic suggestions provided throughout the...
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What's new @ CEDIA Expo and with Emerald expositions
It's been 2 years since Emerald Expositions acquired CEDIA Expo and much has changed or evolved, as Brian Pagel, Executive Vice President of Emerald Expositions discusses with Katye in this episode. From the Design + Connection pavilion and tour, to the Smart Stage sessions like TechBites and...
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Tech Talk: Getting Outdoor AV right
Instead of bridging the gap between design and technology Séura is focused on eliminating it, both indoors and out. In this episode Katye talks with Tony Blodgett, sales manager for Séura, about outdoor AV and how to optimize the entertainment experience. Tune-in and learn how Séura is working to...
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Tech Talk: How Southtown AV approaches tech integration (comm'l & residential) and what owner Heather Sidorowicz was eager to see during InfoComm19
Buffalo, NY-area's Southtown Audio Video approaches commercial & residential tech integration with a straight-forward, consultative approach. In this episode Katye talks with owner Heather Sidorowicz about this, what she recommends and what she was eager to see during InfoComm 2019, where this...
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Tech Talk: Listen Technologies Shares InfoComm19 Plans
Episode 6: Kim Spencer and Sam Nord of Listen Technologies share what's new in the Pro AV space and the attractions, venues, and hospitality markets and ways Listen Tech's offering has evolved to meet the needs of both facilities managers and guests, fans, and attendees. Sam and Kim also talk…
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Design Insights: A Designer's Perspective on Smart Homes and Exceptional Experiences @ Home
Episode 4: Discussing Portland, OR interior designer Molly Switzer's recent smart Home projects and how she's working with tech integrators to achieve the client's vision as well as tech trends in the kitchen and bath and how that's now driving more whole-home focus for her as a designer.
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Design Insights: Modern Modular, Integrating Tech into Contemporary Residential and Commercial Spaces
Episode 5: Discussion about modern modular design with Danny Forster, designer, television host, film and television producer, director, professor, and speaker.
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KBIS 2019: Discussing the CEDIA Design Connection Panel, Show Highlights, and Emerging Trends
Episode 3: Guests: Ryan Herd, Joe Whitaker, Toni Sabatino, Molly Switzer, Robin Fisher, David Van Wert
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Tech Talk: Talking To Your House — How Voice Control, Automation, and AI Interact to Make Life Easier and More Entertaining
Episode 2: Discussing how voice control, automation, and AI interact, how homes are made better and more entertaining, a round table w/ Robin Fisher, Alex Capecelatro, Chris Smith and Bruce of Cloud9 Smart.
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Design Insights: How Connected Kitchens and Baths are Driving More Thoughtfully Connected Homes and Lifestyles
Intro & Preview episode discussing how we live and work at the intersection of tech and design and therefore, why we're launching Connecting Tech + Design. Guest (and show inspiration) Toni Sabatino of Toni Sabatino Style in NYC shares a little bit about herself, her work, and types of projects…
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Connecting Tech + Design is a show for those who live at the intersection of tech & design
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