Judged by visitors to the
stand, the winner was Christopher Vater of WILA ,
with the O-Ledic concept.
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| Vater (left) of WILA, and Osram's Cathcart |
Ian Cathcart, National Sales
Manager, OEM, Osram UK WILA , for harnessing the
incredible possibilities of OLED with a design that impressed all the visitors
to the Osram stand. Innovation is at the heart of what we do at Osram, which is
why we were keen to run a competition to inspire the next generation of
designers.”
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| O-Ledic design from WILA |
The modular O-Ledic design
includes two types of panels, which can go either in the center or at the end
of a strip. And as shown in the image below, the strips can be built into any
number of shapes and designs.
Over the last few years, tradeshow
visitors have seen many OLED luminaire designs, although these should be
considered prototypes rather than true products. Companies such as Osram, which
manufactures and supplies OLED panels, are waiting patiently for the market to develop.
Designers enjoy the new
design freedoms offered by OLEDs, especially their ultra-thin format. As planar,
surface-emitting light sources that don’t require reflectors or lenses, the OLED
light sources essentially become the luminaire, so minimalism is the order of
the day. And if the manufacturers such as Osram eventually succeed in offering flexible
OLED components that can be curved into different shapes, this will offer yet
another design dimension.
OLEDs might be the
technology behind the thinnest planar light sources – in the same ways that
OLED TVs offer ultrathin form factors – but LED panels offer an alternative. And
currently, compared to OLEDs, the LED is mature, stable and reliable.
In fact, Osram was also
showing at Lux Live a neat luminaire, the Silento, based on LED edge-lit panels
that can be adjusted to direct the light as required. Available now, and considerably
cheaper than an OLED prototype.
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| Osram's Silento LED-based luminaire |
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