Our Mission
Design has become democratized and is accessible to just about everyone via websites and social media BUT that does not mean that all design projects are created equal. The difference lies in the execution, the red line that runs from initial concept, to sourcing, to project management and final installation.
Our mission is to provide Design Professionals with concise information about products and brands and offer technical insights into how things are designed, made, fabricated, installed, built or managed. Our goal is to help design pros steadily elevate their value proposition by increasing their technical knowledge in all areas of kitchen, bath and interior design.
“Knowledge is Profit – The more Design Pros know, the greater their value proposition”
Veronika Miller, CEO Modenus Media and Founder of Design Uncut
Lead Moderators
A former kitchen, bath and interior designer with a background in multi-national brand marketing, Veronika Miller works today with a focus on forging connections between influencers, specifiers and brands and on helping brands gain visibility in a busy digital landscape as CEO of Modenus Media and consultancy M2 Connect.
Modenus Media is internationally known for its design directory Modenus; influencer outreach and brokerage program Designhounds; the Kitchen + Bath Industry Group on Facebook and Design UnCut, the webcast program. Veronika is also the co-developer of product sourcing platform DesignLINK.
A 25+ veteran of the residential tech & AV integration industries, Katye McGregor Bennett is the CEO of KMB Communications, a boutique communications firm that anchors the intersection of technology + design by connecting brands, buyers, and prospective audiences through creating compelling content and conversation that elevates and amplifies.
In addition to Design Uncut, Katye hosts two popular podcasts, Connecting Tech+Design and AV Trade Talk. She also serves on the NAHB Custom Technology Work Group, is a strategic advisor in the CEDIA, HTA, and AVIXA communities, frequent contributor to Residential Systems, Connected Design, and CE Pro magazines, and founder of the AV Yoga group.
Contributors
Jamie Briesemeister, CEO Integration Controls
Jamie is the co-founder of St Louis based Integration Controls, a home automation company that provides entertainment, ambiance, comfort and peace of mind through design-oriented, connected technologies. Why this career direction? She fell in love with an incredibly smart techie who wanted to start a business and needed someone with drive, leadership, creativity, and a way with words to network and market the business. Jamie’s Super Power: She works with clients to uncover what they mean when they say they ‘want simple technology’ and provides that experience through design-oriented solutions that bring together Design + Technology + Life. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for CEDIA and acts as the board liaison to the Industry Relations Advisory Council, created to connect the design community with the technology community. She’s been listed as a Powerful Woman in Consumer Technology and draws on her original journalistic dreams as she writes, speaks, and presents to various groups about the value of designing with technology in mind and the power of collaboration. Connect with Jamie via social media @controlstl, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Gordon Van Zuiden, Owner of cyberManor
Gordon van Zuiden founded cyberManor, Inc. Leveraging his 15 years of experience in the sale and support of personal computer and networking products to corporate accounts, Gordon founded cyberManor in the summer of 1999 as one of the nation’s first custom electronic integrators to focus on network based technologies and solutions for the home. Gordon van Zuiden also served for 6 years on the CEDIA board of Directors, an international association dedicated to serving the needs of custom electronics installers around the world.
George Walter, President at Rayva
With a passion for home theater and related experiences, George Walter and a team of prestigious industry veterans launched Rayva in 2016 to bring turnkey home theaters to market. Now delivering engineered room solutions that can be installed in a matter of days rather than weeks, months, or longer, Rayva’s personalized private cinemas are available through authorized AV integration firms and an ideal way for designers, architects, and builders to facilitate client requests without getting caught up in the minutiae.
JP Bedell, Lighting Educator at Delivered Lumens
JP is a veteran of the lighting industry of more than 20 years. Starting in NYC theater hanging lights in a garage in the west village, his career in lighting has spanned off-off and off-broadway theater, concerts, marketing events, television, pop-up stores, luxury residential, global retail, healthcare and commercial projects.
Today, he gets to represent the best lighting manufacturers in the country through his work with SDA Lighting.
Delivered Lumens is his outlet to share ideas, thoughts, products and vital information with the lighting specification community.
Interested in contributing content from your part of the industry (or world?) Get in touch with us at editor@design-uncut.com
Testimonials
” The Design Uncut team delivers engaging, thought-provoking conversations that resonate with both designers and technology integrators. This was most definitely the case before, during, and after Cedia Expo Virtual in 2020 and we’re thrilled to have Modenus Media’s Veronika Miller and KMB Communications’ Katye McGregor Bennett back for 2021 with online programming ahead of the show, new product coverage live from the show, and recaps afterward to keep the conversation going.”
Jason McGraw, Group Vice President, CEDIA Expo & KBIS
“Design Uncut provides a wonderfully casual and informative opportunity for brands and channel partners to connect with the residential design and construction community. Veronika and Katye encourage conversations about topics many want to ask but are embarrassed or afraid to bring forward. Their ability to deconstruct products, services and programs helps make sense of it all. They uncomplicate the sometimes very complicated and do so joyfully.”
Sherry Qualls – Principal White Good Agency
“KBIS Virtual 2021 offered audiences four unique Design Uncut sessions that continue to draw additional viewers long after the show. The talks are on-point, fresh and engaging and because each session is on video, audiences can learn about topics at the intersection of design and technology through visual case studies and detailed renderings, images and animations. “
Jason McGraw, Group Vice President, CEDIA Expo & KBIS
“ Design Uncut focuses on a topic in a more in-depth way than I have seen before. The guests invited bring such a top level of expertise that I am sure it will help any interior design professional continue their education in a way that will keep them innovative and competitive. You should absolutely subscribe and watch! I know I have.
Laurie Laizure – Founder Interior Design Community