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The global supply chain is going through a turbulent time across the board, and affecting nearly every element along the way. Whether domestically or internationally, Ideoli is at the forefront of this working to mitigate the risk and to stay ahead of the costs and lead times. We are working with our partners daily, updating them on the option available on product design and production to design products to continue to meet budgets. Also, we are working to come up with the best logistics plan to meet timelines. We encourage our partners to order early and get ahead of this global challenge. Stay connected with #ideoli online at ideoli.com and on all our social media platforms – Facebook (facebook.com/ideoligroup), Twitter (twitter.com/ideoli), Instagram (instagram.com/ideoligroup/), Vimeo (vimeo.com/ideoli), LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/ideoli).  Facebook-f Linkedin-in Tumblr Envelope

George: So Chris when we work with our partners 9 out of 10 of them are international or at least national here in the country, multiple locations, multiple products and just more large-scale national accounts. Last year I got to work on a personal project with the family business. Grew up at 5 years old, had a restaurant my parents bought a restaurant and since 5 years old till now have owned that restaurant, my parents working at it and last year just took it on to basically renovate it using the resources, team, products that we offer here at Ideoli and just kind of do a nice family restaurant. It was more of a pet project for myself but using our team, Chris talk about it just internally how it was treated, even with the team like it was a multinational account and the way we helped pick the materials and all that, just bringing it all together. Chris: It’s always exciting obviously to bring family into what you do, everyone here at Ideoli we all say family first we’re truly I know you’re a mama’s boy just like me so to be able to help our families is tremendous from the start right? The cool challenge with your family’s restaurant was just all those little pieces to do furniture and lighting and full plants and the bathroom fixtures and just all these little details tile that in, bring it all into one shipment so it’s all coordinated and all shows up at the site at the same time, to be on site, help coordinate the workings go with the contractors this and that. I mean it was really sort of a case study, an initial case study of what we’re doing now with our full bids that we’re doing across 600 unit multi-family complexes. So it was a lot of fun, was definitely a learning experience and then obviously cool for you I’m sure just being at the family side. George: Totally cool and just seeing my parents and patience I just said hey have patience this isn’t top priority on the timeline we’re going to put, it we’re going to get it to you and then just seeing it done and then just all the customers after that just, it’s proud, family business just proud, but it’s cool being able to tie my business our business here with the family business and just kind of bring that to life, it was just a cool experience. Chris: Absolutely. From the team as well, being able to help each other out it’s like a good morale booster everyone was into it, it was just a really fun exciting project to work on. George: Amen brother amen. Stay connected with #ideoli online at ideoli.com and on all our social media platforms – Facebook (facebook.com/ideoligroup), Twitter (twitter.com/ideoli), Instagram (instagram.com/ideoligroup/), Vimeo (vimeo.com/ideoli), LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/ideoli) 

George Stroumboulis, Ideoli’s CEO and Co-Founder: “Driving from Orange Country to Beverly Hills, we have a job site going on”. George continues, “We are overseeing 300 fixtures being installed with the electrician’s crew and we are excited to see our fixtures in action. And figuring out how to breathe in these things as we go”. George is admiring Ideoli’s quality, “They are looking absolutely beautiful. They have this amazing hover effect. Looks like an eclipse when you look at it straight on.” Stay connected with #ideoli online at ideoli.com and on all our social media platforms – Facebook (facebook.com/ideoligroup), Twitter (twitter.com/ideoli), Instagram (instagram.com/ideoligroup/), Vimeo (vimeo.com/ideoli), LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/ideoli). 

MINI CHAT: SHIPPING TO GLOBAL DESTINATIONS IS ONGOING. George: We always say that we’re global, international, international global, all this stuff and it truly is. If you look at the last 60 days and what we’ve shipped from our facilities to global destinations that include orders, containers going to Costa Rica, going to Chile, going to the Middle East, we are truly International and we often take that for granted because it’s become second nature for us and the logistics teams that we have in place, the accounting teams, the certification teams, all the partners that we’ve assembled to be able to do this and basically look at the world as a global landscape and sales potential, has really pushed us to another level where a lot of our clients now we’re coming to us and thinking about global expansion and engaging us from those conversations. Chris talk to us from your standpoint, when it comes to certifying in local markets and how things need to take place in Saudi Arabia versus Chile versus Argentina versus Australia and how, from a high-level without going into detail how we address that. Chris: I mean to be honest it’s not even just internal, right, like we have a phenomenal internal team on the operation side and the engineering side that is organizing everything, getting all the documentation together, obviously making sure the product is viable and can work in all these different countries and areas around the world but even just relying on the outside members that we have so, our different testing labs and their expertise and what they bring to the table and even our freight forwarders and things like that that are helping us ship even within delivering the door of these foreign countries. It’s an amazing network that we have together and so many different pieces to it but the fact that were able to quarterback it in house just makes it seamless. George: And this network now more than ever because of travel constraints and having our local partners in these countries supporting us has just proven vital especially in this new world. Chris: Absolutely. 

George: All right Chris you are a pretty low-key humble dude, can we agree on that to a certain extent? Chris: Sure. George: Yeah, aside from the posters of yourself on the ceiling, with the shirt off, and my ceiling, but anyways, that being said there’s something pretty awesome that happened in the last 30, 40 days that we haven’t really talked about and that is you winning 40 under 40 or being selected as 40 under 40 under LEDs magazine which is a huge feat, so a round of applause for you man. It’s great, tell me what are your thoughts, just being selected by one of the industry’s, our industry’s Bible when it comes to technology, right? Chris: It is exciting to be honest. Obviously LEDs magazine is a technical publication, they focus a lot on the engineering side, in new products and research and the future of lighting and all that kind of stuff so it’s a really cool publication to be associated with and even diving into, when you look at the class, a lot of those guys are people that I went to University with, I studied with, either came after me, before me as well, it’s a cool group, great publication, it’s exciting yes. George: Absolutely, and the class if you look at all the names, it’s great to be a part of that. 2020 when there’s a lot of s*** going on in this world, it’s good to be recognized and bring your back over here man,  we’re going to pat you on the back. Chris: Oh thank you, thank you! I appreciate that. George: Absolutely awesome man, Onwards! Chris: Cool – thank you. 

Ideoli has customers, partners and friends from all over the world. In order to better connect with them, we make it a point to dive into their cultures to really better understand the people, and their environments… and the best way is via food, of course! From Kobe meat in Tokyo, to Argentinian steak in Buenos Aires, to Soulvaki in Athens, to Fish & Chips in London, to Dumplings in Shanghai, to pepper steak sandwiches from a canteen in Manhattan… we are always ‘connecting’ with the culture.  Culture, food and tastes… best way to connect with everyone on every level. One meal and country at a time! 

We are experts in creating custom lighting for your residences.The key to getting the perfect lighting scheme for your home is to through your requirements with us. A key starting point when creating a lighting scheme should be the role that natural light can play in the overall feel and ambience of your home. Lighting can make colors come alive. In the right light, fabrics, carpets and patterned surfaces really pop. Architectural features such as fireplaces or artwork that you want to highlight in any of the house play an important role. Installing low-energy light sources in new build homes is a must due to building regulations nowadays around the world. Light enhances the interior design, architecture, and should be designed to reflect how the resident lives in the space. Good lighting design turns a house into a home. And Ideoli is here to help you with that. 

One of the most fascinating parts of our job is being able to be on a job site. Just seeing the raw bones, the skeleton of a space before it really comes to life and being able to visualize how it’s going to look once our products are designed, manufactured and installed. This is an example of a job site we’ve been on. It’s absolutely inspiring seeing this large atrium that’s going to ‘wow’ the residents of this multi-family building and knowing that our custom chandeliers and lighting products are going to bring it to life. Being able to mentally place where things will be, how it will look and the installation over all, is truly inspiring for us. 

Nothing is guaranteed in this world, especially now. This is why Ideoli pushes daily to stay relevant and needed with its clients and partners. “Just finished a job site. Feels good being out here. Getting sweaty and dirty on some sites and still seeing our products being installed regardless of what’s going on in the world. People are building and we have to keep pushing to make sure we are specified.”  says George Stroumboulis, Ideoli CEO and Co-Founder. 

George: We are downtown Los Angeles here. Going to the job site on one of the projects we are working on to see how our products are looking. Business as usual for Ideoli during this pandemic. George: We are being safe with our masks, branded IDEOLI and let’s see how it goes. It’s refreshing to be on the ground and see our products being installed. Especially during these uncertain times. One location at a time! 

LEDs magazine just featured this year’s class of “40 under 40 Next Gen” Award Winners and on that list is Chris Hartswick, Ideol’s Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer. Chris was selected in this class for his knowledge by working in the lighting industry over the last decade, which included serving as the VP of Design and Development at an LED lighting startup – working directly under one of the most revered experts in the lighting world.  LEDs magazine reaches over 57,000 lighting professionals for comprehensive coverage of solid-state lighting technologies, applications, and markets around the world. Congratulations to Chris and the Class of 2020!