Reimagining the Commercial Space Experience

Smart Node has always believed that the scope of intelligent automation extends far beyond home environments.Nowhere is this more evident than in commercial spaces, where customer impressions, operational excellence, and atmosphere play a decisive role in success.

Kia, a global automotive leader renowned for its innovation and design, sought to elevate its showroom experience. The vision: make every visitor’s journey memorable by seamlessly blending advanced technology with refined aesthetics. The challenge was to create an environment reflective of Kia’s ethos, sophisticated, dynamic, and forward-thinking while ensuring operations remained streamlined and the showroom’s visual appeal was uncompromised.

Understanding the Challenge

A car showroom is much more than a venue for vehicle display, it’s a curated stage for automotive art. Kia team envisioned dynamic lighting that could accentuate select vehicles at key moments, heightening drama, and engaging every customer emotionally.

• But the brief included uncompromising requirements: Lighting and features should be effortlessly controllable by staff—no technical obstacles, no learning curves.
• Energy efficiency was a must, minimizing waste without endless manual intervention.
• The technology had to blend invisibly, preserving the clean, contemporary showroom design, no visible wires, no disruptive installations, no bulky interfaces.

The Smart Node Solution

Smart Node rose to the occasion with a fully wireless automation system, engineered specifically for modern commercial environments. At the core was dynamic lighting control, enabling illumination to adapt automatically, by time of day, featured vehicle, or during events. Whether highlighting a single car for a much-anticipated launch, or shifting the entire space to a welcoming, soft evening glow, the transformation was possible with the tap of a button.

We equipped staff with sleek, in-showroom touch panels and remote access via a mobile app, ensuring that lighting, ambiance, and presentation “scenes” could be managed with zero hassle. Specially programmed modes covered events, demonstrations, and energy-saving operations, all streamlined and intuitive. Automated scheduling meant lights and systems powered down when showrooms closed, reducing energy consumption by up to 30% without ever compromising customer experience.

Installation was completely non-intrusive—no rewiring, no downtime, and absolutely no disruption to Kia’s signature showroom design. The technological soul of the space was seamlessly integrated, not imposed.

Results That Speak for Themselves

The transformation was instant and powerful. Customers now entered an environment that truly felt alive: lighting that responded to the moment, cars displayed as if center stage at a performance. For staff, the system was a revelation, easy to operate, freeing them to focus wholly on customer engagement. Management lauded not only the noticeable reduction in operational costs and energy use but also the way automation underlined Kia’s status as a progressive, premium brand.

A New Standard for Commercial Automation

The Kia Car Showrooms project stands as a showcase for what’s possible when cutting-edge automation meets commercial vision. Smart Node proved that smart automation is not just for homes, when applied thoughtfully, it has the power to turn any commercial space into an immersive, efficient, and emotionally resonant environment.

From showrooms to cafés, lounges, and industrial spaces, Smart Node’s approach continues to shape the new gold standard: technology that works in harmony with space, brand, and people.