DESIGN · CONNECT · AUTOMATE
Smart Homes for Heroes / Edmond, Oklahoma
Rusty Dunagan
For Rusty Dunagan and his family, a specially adapted home was about settling into familiar routines. The technology needed to be close at hand without demanding attention whenever someone wanted to change the lights, adjust the temperature or enjoy a little music.
ITAM brought lighting, climate, entry, security and entertainment into ELAN touch interfaces throughout the Edmond residence, with the family's day-to-day use guiding the arrangement and operation of the controls.
Read the storySMART HOMES FOR HEROES · EDMOND, OKLAHOMA / THE PROJECT
The everyday things
should feel easy.
The measure of a well-integrated home is not the number of devices behind the wall. It is how naturally the family can go about the day.
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01 / KITCHEN & FAMILY LIFE
One familiar way
to operate the home.
A touchscreen at the kitchen island provided an easy place to manage functions the family used every day—from entertainment and lighting to comfort and access.
Putting useful controls in the spaces people already inhabit makes the system less intrusive and more dependable as part of daily life.
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02 / PEOPLE FIRST
Start with the family.
Then connect the systems.
The project called for close attention to which household tasks should be simple, and where each person would want to operate them.
That discovery shaped the equipment, programming and interfaces much more than a list of product specifications could.
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03 / CONTROLS THROUGHOUT
A home that responds
from room to room.
Wall-mounted interfaces extended consistent access beyond the kitchen and common areas. Lighting, temperature, music, security, door locks and television were part of one coordinated approach.
What the family sees is familiar control. What they do not have to see is the underlying integration that makes it work.
THE RESULT
Practical freedom.
A familiar home.
Rusty’s home brought the important functions together so his family could spend less time managing systems and more time living with them.
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