Lighting Design Trends as the New Year Unfolds

Lighting design has come a long way since advanced LED lighting systems and smart home technology combined to create dynamic, tunable control and customized solutions. The adoption of LED technology has significantly increased energy efficiency and allowed for incredible lighting experiences, enabling homeowners and designers to use light like a painter's palette. Integrated with home automation, today's lighting can set the stage for every activity, such as dining, entertaining, or relaxing, with one tap on a keypad.

Modular fixtures, small aperture downlights, and tape lights embrace today's changing design elements, minimizing the appearance of the source while maximizing its beauty. If your clients are still flipping light switches or settling for static lighting that never changes, 2025 may be the year to help them embrace today's lighting design. 

Here are the top four trends and the reasons luxury homeowners and designers are transforming spaces with light.

Enjoy Every Moment with Superior Sound and Smart Audio Integration

For architects, designers, and builders serving the luxury market, creating extraordinary spaces on Martha’s Vineyard means considering every sensory detail. While visual aesthetics often take center stage in residential design, the listening environment is equally crucial in crafting premium living experiences. 

Learn how to transform your client’s next project with a whole-home audio system.

Enhance the Beauty of Your Home and the Well-Being of Your Family

2024 saw quite a year for design trends as neutral minimalism gave way to bold patterns, textures, and colors. Artisanal craftsmanship and AI-enhanced designs also took center stage, with unique artwork as a focal point and custom-designed murals that reflect a homeowner’s unique tastes and preferences. 

One of the most prominent evolving interior design and architectural trends is nature-inspired living or biophilic design. Designers brought the outdoors in with a fusion of natural elements such as stone, wood, and water. They blurred the lines between the beauty of the outdoors and today’s indoor sanctuaries with natural lighting and homes that became personal wellness retreats. 

One of the dramatic features of this type of design is daylighting. Here, we’ll explore how motorized blinds bring daylight indoors and the benefits it brings to homeowners and their families on Martha’s Vineyard. 

Creating a More Sustainable, Energy Efficient Home

As smart home living becomes the norm on Martha’s Vineyard, homeowners are letting their automated systems manage the lighting, climate, security, and entertainment. While this level of living enhances the environment in miraculous ways, one home element often gets lost in the mix: the energy that keeps it all up and running. 

At Vineyard Sound Integration, we partner with Savant, the leader in luxury home automation. Savant Power is their energy monitoring and control segment, a comparatively new division that is the current leader in the energy management and custom integration space. Here, we’ll explore what it offers homeowners and why more people than ever are leaning toward Savant Power to keep the lights on and their smart homes operating. Let’s dive in!