Smart Spaces: Integrating Technology into Interior Design
Learn to integrate smart technologies into interior design, enhancing comfort, efficiency, and style for future-ready spaces.
Continuing Education Approval
- 1 IDCEC CEU | CC-124585-1000 (Your CEU will be reported to IDCEC on your behalf.)
Description
Smart home tech isn’t just a trend, it’s a game-changer that adds value, comfort, and efficiency to every project. Examine how to seamlessly integrate innovations like automated lighting, climate control, and entertainment systems into your designs. Learn to elevate both form and function while meeting the evolving expectations of today’s clients. Whether you're working with tech enthusiasts or first-timers, you’ll gain practical strategies and the confidence to design spaces that are intuitive, stylish, and future-ready. Stay ahead of the curve and walk away with tools to create interiors that truly think for themselves.
GATHER 2025 live program recording of session held August 18, 2025. This in-person workshop included audience activities and interactions which have been edited out as appropriate.
What You Will Learn
- Identify current smart home technology options for the home.
- Select appropriate technology solutions for different client needs.
- Discover design strategies for integrating tech seamlessly into interiors.
- Effectively communicate the value of smart solutions.
Access Period: GATHER 2025 Virtual Conference Package CEUs available to complete through February 28, 2026.
Bryan Mills
President, Mills Technology
Bryan is the President of Mills Technologies, a third-generation Chicago-based firm specializing in the integration of premium technology into homes and businesses. Since joining in 2009, he has more than tripled the company's size, strengthening relationships with Interior Designers, Architects, and Lighting Designers. With a background in product design, Fortune 500 operations, and small business consulting, Bryan brings a unique perspective to the thoughtful aesthetic integration of technology. He has spoken at regional and national AIA events and served on multiple industry advisory boards. Bryan holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Northwestern and lives in suburban Chicago with his wife and four children.
This CEU is registered with the International Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC) for continuing education credits. This credit will be accepted by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), International Interior Designers Association (IIDA) and Interior Designers of Canada (IDC).
The content included is not deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by IDCEC of any material or construction or any method or manner of handling, using distributing or dealing in any material or product.
Questions related to specific materials, methods and services should be directed to the instructor and provider of the CEU.
This program is registered for 1 CEU value. The IDCEC class-code is: CC-124585.
Attendees who do not belong to ASID, IIDA or IDC and do not have a unique IDCEC number will be provided with a Certificate of Completion after this CEU.
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