At the Light&Building fair, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and Ingo
Maurer have unveiled a revolutionary lighting application based on
OLEDs. The company has made prototypes of organic light emitting diodes
available to the designer for his exclusive creation.
“We are
proud that our OLEDs have inspired such a renowned artist as Ingo
Maurer to create such an exciting work of art. “Early Future” is a
vision that has become reality. It gives us a glimpse of just how
versatile organic OLEDs can be in terms of their design options and
applications”, said Martin Goetzeler, CEO of OSRAM.
The renowned lighting designer Ingo Maurer is the first to use organic LEDs (OLEDs) from OSRAM in a function table light. The light, called “Early Future”, is being produced as a limited edition. It works with tiles straight from the laboratory and demonstrates the enormous potential of OLEDs for future applications as eye-catching illumination and design elements.
For Maurer, unusual design is not an end in itself. “Early Future
represents an important stage in the transition from abstract object to
functional designer lighting”, he said. Maurer has been shaping
developments in light as art and lighting design for many years. In
1966 he exhibited the designer luminaire Bulb which has been on show in
the New York Museum of Modern Art since 1969 along with other works of
his. Ingo Maurer has received numerous awards for his avant-garde work
with light.
Organic LEDs offer all the familiar benefits of LEDs such as high energy efficiency, low operating voltage and mercury-free design. The light source is not a collection of individual light points but a uniform light-generating surface.
This is the first ever energy saving lamp purposely designed to suit fixtures where existing energy-savers could not be used and giving excellent light quality. The lamp helps energy without compromising the light or visual effect of the lighting installation.
The lamp saves 50% energy, is dimmable, has an instant start and a lifespan of 3 years.
This new product might interest Design Addict readers who have vintage lamps but could not find energy saving lamps to fit in.
New Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism fuses graphic design with the latest technology.
Nokia's creative director Matt Bickley has collaborated with graphic and fashion designer Frédérique Daubal on a special edition art phone.
The Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism graphic design was created by Daubal, whose signature illustrations have caught the imagination of the design worlds, leading to creations and concepts for Droog Design, Colette, Swear, Gas Tokyo, Paul Smith and lighting designer Charles Vicarini to name a few. Her conceptual designs have been featured in the most discerning publications including Hint Mag, Cream and graphiK magazine.
In creating this intriguing design, inspiration is taken from the way in which crystals are formed in precious stones and minerals. ‘For the backplate we were catching different intensities of light and its multiple refractions,’ says Daubal. ‘Looking through a diamond gives you that experience’. The covers have been etched with laser technology making the Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism a stunning object to behold.
It would be interesting to know if this kind of collaboration between product designer and graphic designer will repeat itself in the future.
Here are some other works by Frédérique Daubal:
'Wallpaper' 'Freelance' for Paul Smith
'Grafuck' visual
'Crown' left over pieces of toys exclusivity Colette shop, Paris
'C2 climate control' from Herman Miller's Be Collection lets you control the climate in your own personal space. Using advanced thermal electric technology, it offers both heating and cooling settings so you can stay comfortable no matter who's in charge of the room thermostat.
Filters the air, too. C2 not only controls your microclimate, it intercepts particles as small as five microns, like pollen, dust, and pet dander; its mechanical air filtration system is 80-90 percent better than a typical home furnace; the filter is Greenguard certified and reusable after cleaning.
Position the C2 climate control where you need it on your desk top so your microclimate feels just right.
The Plumen low energy light bulb prototype is a reaction to the lack of real diversity, imagination and personality offered by the market today.
Despite there being an abundance of producers, we see only three basic bulb formats available: the Radiator, the Tungsten-esc types and the Ice Cream Whip.
Surely the tubular formation of these objects should be used to its' advantage, drawing, sculpting or scrawling in the air with light, turning these afterthoughts into centrepieces and perhaps in the process creating designs that people will buy through genuine desire rather than mere moral obligation.
Hulger (formerly known as Pokia) is a London based boutique electronics company which explored the possibilities allowed by the tubular material. Hulger are open for discussions with bulb manufacturers with a view to creating the first production Plumen series.
The Twist design references and subverts the ubiquitous Radiator.
The Freeform example elongates the Plumen's configuration, adding a chaotic tangle into the slender shape, a format well suited for a corner light.
Flattening the tube creates another exciting set of possibilities, the example here presented as the Ribbon idea, an arrangement of two flattened tubes, one folding inside the other.
Ball is constructed with haphazard loops like a ball of wool, wrapped around a glass core.
Drawing on experimental observations of NASA scientists, French designer Mathieu Lehanneur and scientist David Edwards have created a new form of air filter which passes dirty air past absorptive surfaces of plants, thereby improving the capacity of plants to absorb noxious gases and particles.
NASA scientists found that certain kinds of plants could act as natural filters, absorbing – and ultimately metabolizing – gases via their leaves and root systems. Domestic settings today resemble the spaceships of yesterday – poisoned by dangerous levels of fine particles and toxic gases that derive from plastics, glass, insulating materials and other materials commonly found in modern homes. Each synthetic object emits gases that derive from its manufacturing process.
A wooden table may expire pentachlorophenol related to the use of fungicides, a painted surface the carcinogen trichloroethylene, a plastic chair formaldehyde. Added to these are the innumerable tiny nanoparticles of insoluble organic and inorganic material that circulate in modern environments.
Bel-Air is conceived for domestic use, a kind of living filter that absorbs and metabolizes noxious chemicals and particles from the air that circulates in our homes. Bel-Air is designed to integrate various plants with natural absorptive properties, such as spider plants. The final design optimizes the filtration capacity of leaves, roots, soil and plant water to achieve a first Laboratoire artscience innovation.
David Edwards has initiated Le Laboratoire in October 2006. Le Laboratoire is a new innovation catalyst in the heart of Paris where pioneering artists and scientists collaborate to create new forms of art and design around an annual theme.
« Bel-Air (News About a Second Atmosphere) » is an exhibition presented at the 'Laboratoire' until January 14 2008. « Bel-Air » will also be shown at the MoMA (New York) at the exhibition « Design and Elastic mind » in February 2008.
Visitors to the Dutch Design Week will be able to see this project from Philips Design Probes program which is a unique foresighting initiative tracking emerging developments in five main areas - politics, economics, environment, technology and culture. The outcomes of this 'far-future' research are used to identify systemic shifts that could affect business in years to come and that could lead to new areas in which to develop intellectual property. The main objective of this program is to stimulate the discussion and register feedback.
Watch the film to see the Sustainable Habitat concept
FOC, Dutch design company specialized in design for layer manufacturing, has launched new products at the London festival. Among the new products are the 'Matryoshka' bags (design Isabel Corton) and the 'Trabecula' Bench (design Janne Kyttanen) made by EOS in laser sintered polyamide with a manufacturing technique used to create 3D products by layering powder plastic that is fused together with a laser.
FOC has also introduced larger versions (50 cm diameter) of the spectacular '1597' and 'Dahlia' lamps designed by Janne Kyttanen in 2005.
'Falicon', '377' and 'Palm' are 3 other lamps by Janne Kyttanen.
