Worried about the sheer number of smart home gadgets out there? Start with a smart lighting system. And speaking about smart lighting systems, here are a few from Schneider Electric. Vibhor Pandit shares more.
September 4th, 2019
Today, with the help of technology, humans have made the dream of a smart, sensible home come true. The invention of smart lights has not just upgraded our lifestyle but also made life easy.
Smart home gadgets have not only made managing lighting at home effortless but also added an layer of safety to it. You may think that smart home gadgets can only give you the option to play with your light, but what if it is more than that?

Imagine if your gadget can display who is on your front door. Imagine if it can regulate your home thermostat or air conditioner when you are not around.
Schneider Electric has integrated the essential electronic elements into bulbs, switches & sockets and, mobile applications that help you run your home with a touch of a button.
Here are some key advantages of today’s smart home gadget:
Walking into a room with hand full, flip on the lights with a voice command. With the help of the conventional light switches, you can flip your lights on and off. But with the help of the smart home gadgets, you can control sensible lights with your voice command, iPad, phone or the smart switch. You can pair with a voice-control sensible speaker and command the sensible light.

You can easily change the look and ambience around you with smart lights. Make your home brighter for reading or moodier during the movie night, or light it up in any colours that you desire. Schneider Electric offers a wide range of customisable electric solutions that cater to the needs of modern-day households. These include:



![]()
Revamping the house has never been made easier!
INDESIGN is on instagram
Follow @indesignlive
A searchable and comprehensive guide for specifying leading products and their suppliers
Keep up to date with the latest and greatest from our industry BFF's!
The newest brand to emerge from Cosentino’s creative crucible is Ēclos, a next-generation mineral surface that embodies the organic beauty and tactility of marble in a precision-mineral surface or material.
In the second instalment of our performance seating three-parter, we turn to DKO’s Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen to peek behind Sayl’s confident architectural form and explore the ideas of inclusivity, adaptability and freedom to move as hallmarks of what sitting your best actually means.
As Woven Image celebrates 40 years, it introduces a new collection developed in collaboration with Australian artist Ben Goss, inspired by his original artwork Where the Kookaburra Sits into a vibrant collection of digitally printed EchoPanel® murals and patterns.
Aeron Chair’s new shades, Nightfall and Jasper, arrive with a sense of quiet cohesion – no bells and whistles, no loud technicolour; just two timeless, perfectly versatile near-neutrals. But the new hues aren’t just about colour – and their significance is much more profound than their surface-level subtlety might suggest.
Rodney Eggleston, Australian architect and founder of March Studio, designed one of Milan Design Week’s standout installations in 2026 as Aesop took over Santa Maria Del Carmine for its ‘Factory of Light.’
Joyce Wang Studio transforms Sha Tin Racecourse into Genso, a retrofuturist dining and entertainment world with a cinematic atmosphere.
The internet never sleeps! Here's the stuff you might have missed
Presenting a sound and light event in Melbourne’s CBD, Autex Acoustics and DARKON showcased their exemplary products and raised the bar for better design.
Presented by Oliveri