Connected-home integrators, more than ever before, are in a unique position to be able to deliver all the top-tier technologies for their clients that will make soldiering through these times as comfortable as possible. And so, our Fall issue is filled with examples of the best approaches to lighting, security, networking and home climate design, presented by the most skilled practitioners in these fields. During this period, they show us how well-being and home beauty can be successfully combined by experts like yourselves to make hunkering-down for homeowners not just a comforting experience, but also an aesthetically rewarding one. In the Fall 2020 Connected Design, we give you all the intelligence you need to help you sustain and even grow your businesses in this singular (and, it’s hoped, short-lived) stretch of time. Plus, we offer our customary examples of sterling projects – tales from the installation trenches about how some of the most seasoned integrators continue to draw upon all of their know-how to make their clients’ wishes – and beyond – come true. We hope this issue proves helpful in helping you, as you strengthen and re-imagine your businesses in new and invigorated ways, so that you can continue to prosper in whatever the post-COVID future holds.

All our best…