Design friends, AV friends, and everyone living somewhere in the wonderfully messy middle—WOW!house 2026 is officially on our radar, and it should be on yours, too.
Opening this week at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, WOW!house brings together extraordinary interiors, exceptional design talent, and full-sized rooms that show what happens when creativity, craft, collaboration, and vision are allowed to run wild—in the best possible way.
What has us especially excited? Technology is part of the story.
The Nucleus Immersive Room by Russell Sage Studio is a beautiful example of how expertly specified and thoughtfully integrated technology can enhance the way a space feels, functions, supports comfort, and creates a more immersive, intuitive experience. Not as an afterthought. Not as “the tech stuff.” As part of the design itself. Imagine that.
WOW!house Brings the Biggest Names in the Design Community Together
At KMB Communications, this is the kind of alignment we’ve been championing for years: A thoughtful way of bringing integrators, designers, architects, brands, media, and clients into more meaningful conversations earlier, more often, and with mutual respect for what each discipline brings to the home.
We don’t pretend to have all the answers, but we do keep a close eye on where the important conversations are happening. And this is one of them.
The integration channel belongs in design-led rooms like these. The design community benefits when technology is represented well. And the best outcomes happen when both communities are invited to the same table—preferably before the walls are closed and someone says, “Wait… where are you putting that keypad?”
Bravo to WOW!house, Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, Russell Sage Studio, and integrators like Nucleus for showing what’s possible when technology and design are treated as partners in the experience.
The exhibit runs from June 2 to July 2, 2026, and exhibit hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information and tickets visit: WOW!house 2026: https://www.dcch.co.uk/wowhouse/
To learn more about WOW!house, check out the latest Connecting Tech + Design Podcast hosted by KMB Communications‘ Katye McGregor Bennett. In this episode, Andrea Harvey, director of Design and Build Outreach for CEDIA, discusses the role of technology in creating immersive design experiences. The new episode of the Connecting Tech + Design, is available here.