From Curb Cuts to Control Rooms: Chris Lascelle on AV Design

by / ⠀Experts / October 3, 2025
Chris Lascelle is a visionary AV Design Engineer whose career has been uniquely shaped by a creative mindset rooted in skateboarding, art, and storytelling. It traces his journey through complex, high-profile projects and emphasizes his invisible, human-centered technology design philosophy.

Chris Lascelle

Invisible Infrastructure as Design Philosophy

Lascelle’s career is rooted in invisible design. He believes that the best technology serves its purpose without drawing attention to itself. In this way, his AV work sees him functioning as the “architecture of presence,” where the absence of friction in human communication measures success.   His guiding principle in the field is that technology should disappear, letting the message take center stage. Nowhere is this mantra more apparent than in Lascelle’s work, which aims to be so precise, so good, and feel so naturally well-fitting to the content that the viewer entirely forgets that someone is putting the entire broadcast together and ensuring it gets to their screens.

From Historic Halls to Global Streams

Lascelle has worked on many projects, from Canada’s Parliament to Google’s global auditoriums. Yet each role has been connected by a single thread: enabling clear, unbroken communication under pressure.   His work doesn’t seek the spotlight, but instead supports those who do. To this end, if someone is watching a broadcast, Lascelle’s goal is to do such a good job that he is never even noticed.  Chris Lascelle 2

Human Signals, Not Just Technical Specs

Unlike others in the field, Lascelle views his work as demanding far more than mere technical prowess. As with any media work, the projects he is working on require sensitivity to AV systems’ emotional and political stakes.   
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Understanding the system’s technical minutiae is one thing, but when Lascelle’s involved with something like a live government proceeding or a presidential address, empathetic deftness and dexterity are also key components of the job. This way, his empathy is a design tool, enabling him to read people and anticipate their needs, even in high-stakes or silent meetings.

Engineering as Endurance and Service

Lascelle views engineering as customer service that lasts for years after installation. The old saying is certainly true about the squeaky wheel always getting the grease. Still, in his broadcast and engineering work, Lascelle strives to deliver produrable products without calling attention to themselves. He much prefers systems that work, even when nobody notices; the non-squeaky wheels that never require grease in the first place.

Chris Lascelle

Legacy Thinking vs. Trend Chasing

Lascelle’s commitment to building systems is steadfast. He aims to build products that are not just advanced but timeless. Lascelle isn’t interested in chasing the latest technological trend or creating something that taps into a present-tense buzz if it comes at the expense of the work’s shelf life.   Instead, as he is involved in media works that will be watched for years after he finishes working on them, he strives to make work that can age gracefully and still stand up to scrutiny years or even decades later. Through these means, Lascelle sees beyond industry fads and instead aims to design frameworks that scale and evolve with human needs.

Moving Forward

Looking ahead, Chris Lascelle aims to lead the creation of modular, elegant solutions for some of the world’s most intricate events, including global conferences and major sporting spectacles. His objective is to move past transient industry trends and develop systems that are both cutting-edge technologically and deeply human-centered. Through this approach, Lascelle aspires to establish new benchmarks for what technology can accomplish.  

About The Author

Brianna Kamienski is a highly-educated marketing writer with 4 degrees from Syracuse University. With a comprehensive understanding of communication theory, she's able to craft meaningful work that conveys what clients want to say to their clients. Brianna is the proud mother of two boys, Chase and Cooper.

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