LED Lighting Gets Flat
January 18th, 2008
These minimal lighting fixtures actually are designed to be shipped flat, like a postcard. Each lamp is actually a laser-cut sheet of aluminum with an embedded LED illumination source and powered by a single button battery.
Created by Dutch designer Sander Mulder (formerly of revered design house Buro Vormkrijgers), the Eureka lamp is completely self-contained, and can be easily mailed in an envelope, then hung from the ceiling using string or wire.
Alas, the brilliant Eureka lamp is still just a prototype concept, and has not been produced for the masses. I’m hoping that a little good press might inspire Mulder to put these into production, since they are really, really cool. Heck, I’d definitely grab a few to add a little extra character to my workspace.
[In case you missed it when it first made the rounds, be sure to check out Mulder's awesome Pong wall clock].
The European community has took the decision to eliminate the incandescent light bulbs, is the right way. Moreover this decision has stimulated the industry to update products with new LED technology.
My office is working from a couple of years designing new Led Lamps for Pulsar Italian brand, here you can see the first results:
http://lampade-led.blogspot.com/
One of the new lamps, the Pulsar LED Lamp “Bob” have been awarded and selected for the “Design and Design” Award.