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Illuminated Lighting Design Returns to Lightapalooza 2026 as a Trusted Guide for Integrators Expanding into Lighting Design
Designed for “Comfort, Counsel, and Conversation,” Illuminated Lighting Design offers a welcoming show floor exhibit for integrators to explore lighting design without pretense or pressure.
Lightapalooza 2026 (January 27, 2026) — Illuminated Lighting Design, a nationally recognized lighting design firm founded by seasoned industry professionals with more than a century of combined experience, announces its return to Lightapalooza 2026. At this year’s event, Illuminated Lighting Design will provide a welcoming, pressure-free booth experience and targeted educational opportunities designed to help systems integrators explore, understand, and confidently strengthen their lighting design capabilities.
The fifth annual lighting-focused trade event serving the custom integration market takes place Feb. 16–19, 2026, at the Kalahari Resorts & Conventions in Round Rock, Texas. Lightapalooza brings together integrators, designers, architects, manufacturers, and other professionals for hands-on lighting education and meaningful industry networking.
Exposing the Opportunities in Lighting Design
As lighting design continues to evolve from a commodity into a cornerstone of luxury living, wellness, and experiential design, many integrators recognize both the opportunity and the complexity of entering the category. Illuminated Lighting Design will address that reality head-on by positioning its booth as a place of comfort and counsel: a safe, approachable space for honest conversation, practical guidance, and collaborative problem-solving for integrators at every level of experience.
“We know many integrators are curious about lighting design but hesitant to take the next step,” says Lynne Stambouly, founder of Illuminated Lighting Design, widely known as The Light Lady. “They don’t want to risk their reputation, their margins, or their confidence. Our message is simple: You don’t have to be an expert to begin, and you don’t have to go it alone. Whether an integrator wants to enhance a single project or make lighting design part of their standard offering, we can help them move forward with clarity and assurance.”
Building Collaborative, Relationship-Focused Partnerships
Unlike transactional design services, Illuminated Lighting Design prioritizes long-term partnerships rooted in trust, curiosity, and shared growth. The firm regularly collaborates behind the scenes with integrators, interior designers, and builders, empowering partners to remain front-and-center with their clients while leveraging Illuminated Lighting Design’s lighting expertise.
“Our best partners are curious, self-aware, and motivated to grow,” Stambouly adds. “We prefer the integrator who’s asking thoughtful questions over the one pretending to have all the answers. Lighting design is a craft, and we genuinely enjoy helping others learn it.”
Scalable Support for Projects and Businesses of All Sizes
Illuminated Lighting Design supports small- to mid-sized integration firms, growing regional companies, and larger organizations navigating complex or high-stakes projects. Whether an integrator is frustrated by the limitations of free design services, exploring a fractional alternative to hiring in-house lighting staff, or facing a project whose scope feels overwhelming, Illuminated Lighting Design offers flexible, scalable support tailored to each project and business model.
Rather than imposing “whole-home or nothing” expectations, the team at Illuminated Lighting Design works incrementally, designing select spaces, advising on specifications, supporting client presentations, or guiding teams through their first lighting-forward projects. This approach allows integrators to expand their capabilities responsibly while elevating outcomes for their clients, empowering teams to learn while actively working rather than requiring mastery before participation.
Designing for Real People, Real Needs
At the core of Illuminated Lighting Design’s philosophy is a deep understanding of the homeowner—the kind of client integrators strive to attract and retain. From discerning clients building 6,000–12,000 square-foot forever homes, to art collectors, wellness-focused professionals, and homeowners with specific health or visual sensitivities, Illuminated Lighting Design creates bespoke lighting environments that enhance comfort, beauty, functionality, and long-term livability.
This human-centered strategy enables integrators to move beyond basic illumination toward lighting experiences that support circadian health, visual comfort, art appreciation, entertaining, and emotional connection to space—benefits that resonate strongly with today’s luxury and wellness-driven clientele.
Education That Empowers, Not Intimidates
In addition to offering conversation and counsel at its booth, Illuminated Lighting Design will deliver two educational sessions at Lightapalooza 2026.
The first, ““Understanding the Interior Designer and Best Practices for Creating Your Best Technology Cheerleader,” will focus on the evolving relationship between interior designers and integrators, and the critical role lighting design plays in bridging that gap. Presented by Stambouly on Feb. 18 from 9-10 a.m., the 60-minute session will provide practical insights, real-world examples, and actionable strategies for building trust, fostering collaboration, and creating lasting partnerships with the design community. By aligning earlier in the design process, prioritizing designers’ needs, and maintaining an ongoing dialogue about what is possible, integrators can help shape the future of lighting while elevating the role of technology within interior design itself.
Following this session, on February 19 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Stambouly will be joined by Bruce Clark of Kaleidolight to examine one of the most critical and often misunderstood communication tools in the project workflow: the reflected ceiling plan (RCP). This panel discussion, “RCP: Respect This Ceiling Plan,” will provide practical, real-world insight into the role RCPs play in successful lighting design and what it takes to create documentation that serves all stakeholders, including integrators, lighting designers, electricians, and clients. A clear, well-developed RCP reduces ambiguity around fixture placement, switching logic, control zones, ceiling conditions, and coordination points, streamlining execution and helping ensure exceptional project outcomes.
Visit Illuminated Lighting Design at Lightapalooza 2026
Attendees are invited to visit the Illuminated Lighting Design booth to sit down, have a conversation, and explore what lighting design can be, without pressure, pretense, or obligation. Whether an integrator is just beginning to explore lighting design or looking to elevate complex projects, Illuminated Lighting Design offers decades of real-world experience, a proven strategic approach, and a collaborative spirit grounded in generosity and trust.
To register for “Understanding the Interior Designer and Best Practices for Creating Your Best Technology Cheerleader,” “RCP: Respect This Ceiling Plan,” and learn more about events and educational opportunities at Lightapalooza 2026, go to https://lightapalooza.com/.
About Illuminated Lighting Design
Founded by lighting veterans Lynne Stambouly and Bruce Clark, Illuminated Lighting Design brings together more than 100 years of combined industry experience across lighting design, integration, and construction. The Florida-based firm partners nationally with AV integrators, architects, and designers to deliver lighting strategies that are both visionary and executable. Illuminated Lighting Design specializes in supporting projects from concept to completion, with a refined methodology that ensures accuracy, efficiency, and stunning results.
To learn more, visit www.illuminatedlightingdesign.com or contact info@illuminatedlightingdesign.com.
Media Contact
For more information about Illuminated Lighting Design contact Katye McGregor Bennett of KMB Communications by calling 406-446-1283 or emailing katye@kmbcomm.com.