Journal

HistoricApril 2025

“Lantern Lit” at Taliesin West: Lutron Creates Magic

This Spring Break, Amplified and some of their collaborators made a pilgrimage to Scottsdale and Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West. Lutron invited them to see their innovative installation of Ketra's lighting system. Wright, a pivotal 20th-century architect, built Taliesin West as his winter camp in 1937. The Desert Studio educated students through apprenticeship and hands-on…

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Take 10sJanuary 2025

Take 10 With Jorge Flores Jr.

Amplified Lifestyles' smart home projects range from historic mansions in Pacific Heights to a tropical oasis in the British Virgin Islands. The results can appear magical because these systems integrate elegantly into the design. If you peek behind the curtain, a team of outstanding Amplified technicians installs and maintains the systems while providing technical support.…

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Collaborator ProfileDecember 2024

Collaborator Profile: Designer Jay Jeffers

For the third in our Amplified Lifestyles Collaborator Profile series, we had the pleasure of interviewing interior designer Jay Jeffers. The Texas native founded his San Francisco-based firm in 1999 and has expanded to New York. Putting the client first, he and his team create luxurious yet livable homes that feel collected, blending interior architecture,…

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Collaborator ProfileOctober 2024

Collaborator Profile: Peter Lau, FMA Builders

FMA Builders is one of the high-end residential builders Amplified Lifestyles collaborates with. One of their principals, Peter Lau, has a career that spans the esoteric of apprenticing with a Japanese master temple carpenter to the practical of running world-class projects for international developers. He started at FMA in 2000 as their first project manager,…

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Out and AboutSeptember 2024

Amplified Out and About: CEDIA Expo Round-up

Amplified Lifestyles recently attended CEDIA Expo 2024. The Colorado Convention Center in Denver, CO, hosted the three-day event in September, during which attendees experienced cutting-edge innovation. The team explored new products from hundreds of technology brands. One of their favorites was  Samsung's latest additions to its MICRO LED portfolio of video walls. With a bold…

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