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Smart Christmas Lights

These Lights Allow Homeowners to Customize Their Holiday Displays

— November 14, 2016 — Art & Design
These smart Christmas lights appropriately named 'Twinkly' offer a playful method of decorating houses during the holiday season.

As Christmas approaches, people begin to decorate their homes with traditional products and designs. This product allows homeowners to do the same, but with a contemporary twist. The smart Christmas lights are connected to an app that allows those who buy them to customize how the lights on their trees appear. Users have the option of changing the color, creating light animations, customizing their own lights and effects and updating the app for new light formations.

This product allows for a playful twist on traditional holiday decor that is still able to provoke interest due to its personalized nature.
Trend Themes
1. Smart Decorations - The trend of incorporating technology and personalization into holiday decor offers opportunities for designers and app developers to create unique products and engaging experiences.
2. Internet of Things for Home Decor - With the increasing adoption of smart home technology, integrating internet of things devices into holiday decor offers opportunities for companies to create new, innovative products that appeal to tech-savvy consumers.
3. Customized Holiday Experiences - Offering consumers the ability to personalize their holiday decorations and experiences through smart technology creates a trend towards consumer-centric holiday products that may revolutionize the holiday decor industry.
Industry Implications
1. Smart Home Technology - Companies that offer smart home products and services, including app developers and device manufacturers, can capitalize on the trend towards incorporating technology into holiday decor.
2. Holiday Decor - The holiday decor industry can leverage the trend towards consumer-centric products to create new and innovative decorations that can be customized and personalized for each consumer.
3. Consumer Electronics - Consumer electronics companies can benefit from the trend towards personalized holiday experiences by creating products such as customized lighting and sound systems that can be controlled through a mobile app.
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