Today’s technology offers us a wide range of home and office entertainment, security, lighting and communications. Because technology is changing so quickly and because of its complexity, we really need help when we start trying to integrate (a tech term) new technology into our interior spaces.
I have years of experience in technology and the resources to approach whatever level of home or office technology you would like to engage in. Here are a few:
Home Theater Design
Once you cross the barrier from a simple entertainment center into the Dedicated Theater Zone, you have just entered into an arena that requires considerable planning and forethought.
Entertainment centers typically range from as little as $800 to $5,000. Dedicated Home Theater can range from $20,000 to infinity depending on your budget and space constraints. Forethought is a must in this arena, or you can be guaranteed disappointment, wasted dollars and high anxiety.
I have resources for the equipment, acoustic room design, construction, installation and furnishings specific to Dedicated Home Theater. Let me help you cross into “the zone”.
Special Lighting & Security
Its amazing that today’s technology is capable of accomplishing so much and integrating various aspects of home and office improvement into sensible solutions. Low voltage lighting and home security are related in that they can both work together offering control, flexibility and convenience.
Its not a technology to attempt by yourself. Professionals are available to help the integration process. My job as a designer is to help you in the planning stage to determine the scope of your utility requirements. We also don’t want to feel imposed upon by our own security system, or exposed by obtrusive lighting.
Lighting is a great opportunity to bring beauty and warmth into our homes. It can enhance the natural beauty of our interior spaces and it can add additional dimension and interest by creating visual environments with variation according to time of day and conditions.
Security systems can be wired and integrated with lighting in seamless ways that provide the security element without sacrificing style and privacy while at the same time offering control and efficiency.
Corporate & Home Office Computer & Communications Systems
New technology, economics and decreased cost have now made it possible for us to work in a corporate office or from home and communicate with the world in new ways we only dreamed about even ten years ago.
Much of this new tech stuff is accomplished on phone lines, cables and now, even wireless. Low voltage wiring, cables and antennas need to be planned in advance to achieve connectivity without the mess on the floor. The convenience to just plug and play – as they say.
Saving cost and frustration requires planning. I can design systems as simple as an in-home computer for entertainment and education for the kids. Or I can connect you to the world wide internet, immediate messaging, and now Web Conferencing and Webcasting – at the office or at home.
Now you can be on line with audio and video capabilities with as many people as you want anyplace in the world and share conversation, text messaging, presentation material, document sharing and management, calendaring, and more.
So when you are dreaming about your new office or home, be sure to invite me to show you the latest so you can plan for it and not get left out after the construction is finished.
In the Portland, Vancouver area we have professionals who have won national awards in these technologies. Washington and Oregon are actually on the 'leading edge' of technology in many ways. We have great resources.
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