sunday newsletter
a designboom.com publication
December 2010, 19
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every sunday we choose a topic from the vast archive of designboom
today: LED
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daniel becker design studio: sparks
published 12.18.10
the modular lighting system aims to replicate the appearance of quickly passing light.
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julian mayor: intersect task light
published 12.18.10
crafted from three pieces of tinted acrylic the task light slots together without any additional fasteners and uses a flat panel LED matrix as the light source.
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omri barzeev: starlight
published 12.16.10
starlight is an LED table lamp by israeli designer omri barzeev.
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omri barzeev: lady LED
published 12.12.10
a happy accident is adapted to new combinations of materials in a clean, natural desk lamp design.
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zumtobel: capix
published 11.20.10
spotted at the 13th edition of designers' saturday in langenthal, switzerland is zumtobel's new solution to facade lighting. the LED chains are capable of running complete video sequences and messages on building facades.
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tatsuo miyajima: diamond in you
published 11.10.10
'diamond in you' relates to the concept of kongochi - the highest enlightenment in buddhism. the word 'kongo' means diamond - the hardest diamond shatters hesitation and brings glorious wisdom. buddhism preaches that kongo, the diamond, cannot be acquired from outside, but every human holds it naturally.
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LED flashlight for night parachuting
published 10.16.10
drawing on the growing interest in the extreme sport, designer mo wang's flashlight can be worn around one's wrist. it is equipped with two wind turbines which convert the energy released by the descent process to charge the battery, thereby powering the LED.
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naama hofman: LED lamp 001
published 08.01.10
the light fixture is secured to an acrylic pipe in which approximately 120 LEDs are placed. the bent shape of the rods makes it possible to place the light in several positions: on the table, against or hung on the wall.
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SANAA concepts for zumtobel OLED modules
published 04.22.10
organic LEDs (OLEDs), which are wide-area light sources, will open up new horizons as showcased by zumtobel's initial OLED concepts from japanese architects SANAA.
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emandes: swing safe chandelier
published 03.02.10
a chandelier in which LED elements are sandwiched between glass that has been carefully wrapped in soft foam and can be freely shaped and assembled in various forms.
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sharp: LED lamps
published 03.01.10
new LED Lamps achieve a compact size and bright illumination thanks to sharp's proprietary LED devices and high-density surface mounting technology.
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sweatshoppe: video painting
published 10.22.09
sweatshoppe has taken this LED technology to the streets on a different level. the collective made up of video artist bruno levy and blake shaw who are also multimedia performers, use video mapping techniques as a means of video painting onto walls through the use of a paint roller.
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joshua kirsch: concentricity interactive light series
published 10.22.09
the concentricity light series consists of three individual pieces - concentricity 96, 80, 16 - each one presents an illuminated white handle in which a viewer is invited to move in any desired direction which translates these movements into light.
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concrete LED facade
published 10.01.09
dominik kommerell and angela renz from the university of applied sciences stuttgart are the designers of the concrete LED facade, an architectural facade with embedded LED lights
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jan wallet & jorg miedza: LAPP-pro
published 09.11.09
LAPP-pro (light art performance photography) is the name given to an ongoing project by jan wallet and jorg miedza. the german duo create these colorful images by taking a slow exposure photograph of various light sources such as LEDs and strobe lights.
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sungho lee: LED pin
published 09.04.09
the light is in the shape of a clothes pin so it can be attached to objects easily.
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sungho lee: LED clip
published 06.11.09
sungho lee modified the form of normal legs in LED lighting fixtures to create 'LED clips'
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LEDs at the 2009 lighting fair tokyo
published 04.15.09
the 9th annual 'lighting fair' was recently held in tokyo, japan featuring the latest lighting technology including lots of LEDs
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bright LED competition results
published 09.09.07
designboom is happy to announce the results of our competition bright LED.
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