--- title: "Bright Ideas: Connected lighting illuminates smart home advances" description: Lighting is more than just a function of necessity – it influences mood, creates ambiance, and decides an overall feel of a space. Technological advances over the past few years have allowed for innovations that made lighting even more of a powerful tool in the home. Lightovation, Dallas International Lighting Show, is the largest residential lighting show in North America and a leader in smart home and connected lighting design. image: https://blog.dallasmarketcenter.com/hubfs/BLACKJACKLIGHTING_CIRQPENDANT-1.jpg --- ![](https://blog.dallasmarketcenter.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DMC-Star_H_CMYK_logo_web.png?width=250&height=125&name=DMC-Star_H_CMYK_logo_web.png "DMC-Star_H_CMYK_logo_web.png") Go! 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Lighting is more than just a function of necessity – it influences mood, creates ambiance, and decides an overall feel of a space. Technological advances over the past few years have allowed for innovations that made lighting even more of a powerful tool in the home. Lightovation, Dallas International Lighting Show, is the largest residential lighting show in North America and a leader in smart home and connected lighting design. Click [here](https://dmc.theblackdotadvertising.com/#p=60) to read more about these technological advances and how they come in life in Dallas Market Center’s in house magazine, *Source*. Keep an eye out for the winter edition of Source magazine that will have new resources, insight, and things to look out for at January 2018 Lightovation. 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