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IT IS
NECESSARY
TO COMPLETELY
RETHINK THE
LAMP AS WE
KNOW IT.
BY STICKING
WITH TRADITIONAL
ENERGY-SAVING
LIGHTS WE WILL
MISS A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY.
TODAY WE
NEED AN
ENTIRELY NEW
CLASS OF LIGHT.
Konstantin Grcic, 2009
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light design
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light design 04|05
WITH OLEDS LIGHT IS
NATURALLY RICH IN COLOUR,
WAFER-THIN AND LIGHTWEIGHT
THERE
IS NOTHING
WITHOUT
LIGHT
A world without light would be dark and
With this advance the light source itself
black. Light is essential: it brings colors
becomes the design object. The low
to life and lets us see the world different-
weight of OLEDs along with their uniform
ly. Organic light-emitting diodes (OLED)
luminance and flexibility mean that they
redefine our perception of light.
are suitable for a wide range of previously
unimaginable applications.
With OLED artificial lighting becomes natural lighting; and also friendly to the envi-
What might Wilhelm Wagenfeld have
ronment. For over 170 years lamps have
done with organic light-emitting diodes?
been designed around various sources
What would Moholy-Nagy’s light machine
of light such as tungsten filaments, neon
have looked like? In any case, the princi-
gases, florescent substances and crystals.
ple remains the same: There is nothing
These, however, emit unnaturally color-
without light.
ed light combined with heat and undesirable glare. OLEDs are revolutionizing our
notions of light.
LOW INTRINSIC
TEMPERATURE
OLEDs can emit light over large
areas while producing little heat.
Large transparent OLED illuminated tiles
architecture
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LIGHT AS STRUCTURE:
FLAT, FLEXIBLE AND
NATURALLY SELF-EMITTING
STRUCTURES
OF LIGHT
What happens if light itself becomes a
Color temperature, dimming options and
design element in architecture? What
design patterns can all be variably defined.
happens if we are able to form and
Organic light-emitting diodes become
sculpture light?
transparent when switched off, offering
unobstructed views and thereby under-
OLEDs allow flexible sources of light to be
mining the distinction between indoors and
created for the very first time. Light-emitting
outdoors.
surfaces can be curved and bent. Applied to
sturdy windowpanes or flexible films, a huge
Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe
range of sizes and forms of lighting can be
would surely be envious. What would they
created. Entire walls become illuminating
have created with these new possibilities?
surfaces. Architects can exploit an entirely
new structural element: light.
HIGHLY EFFICIENT
OLEDs emit pure light and thus
consume little energy.
Segmented, transparent OLED modules at the 2011 “German Future
Prize” exhibition held in Munich’s Deutsches Museum
product design
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WITH OLEDS LIGHT BECOMES
A DYNAMIC EXPERIENCE.
AND THE RESULT:
EXTRAORDINARY DESIGN.
A NEW
DIMENSION
OF LIGHT
product design 08|09
LEDs led to the development of new
OLEDs are highly efficient and thus help to
and astonishing product designs. With
preserve valuable natural resources. Self-
OLEDs we go one step further.
emitting, they produce an ideal form of light
that is glare-free. For the first time, lighting
From toasters to sports cars to yachts: Apart
elements can be as thin and flexible as paper.
from the material used, light is the most
Yet the diodes are robust when applied to a
important factor contributing to a perfect
suitable substrate. Lighting design is turned
design. Organic light-emitting diodes are
on its head.
the evolution of light. These new shooting
stars are wafer-thin, flexible and lightweight.
How would Arne Jacobsen or Ferdinand
And – as you would expect – safe and effi-
A. Porsche have used OLEDs in their time-
cient, too. In their mission to achieve per-
less designs?
fection, designers are rethinking product
design day in, day out. Now OLEDs uniquely expand their range of design options.
HIGHLY
FLEXIBLE
OLEDs can be applied to any substrate,
giving form to light.
One section of a flexible OLED prototype on metal foil,
produced in a roll-to-roll process
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lights
out,
OLED
on
German engineering and Saxon ingenuity. Redesigning light.
Dynamic OLED lamp
Award-winning OLED lamp by Irena Kilibarda
Illuminated OLED panels from the EU project “OLED 100”
Dynamic OLED lamp designed by the
Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau
properties
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Shooting
Star 2.0
EFFICIENT
F L AT
NON-GLARE
E N V I R O N M E N T A L L YF R I E N D LY
application
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TOGETHER
WE CREATE
THE LIGHT
OF TOMORROW
CREATIVE
APPLICATIONS
FIRST
COMES
YOUR
BRILLIANT
IDEA
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OLEDS SHAPE LIGHT
IN ENTIRELY NEW WAYS
Whether you are a lighting designer,
an architect or product designer, your ideas
have to dazzle. OLEDs offer amazing new
design possibilities.
TOGETHER
WE
BRAINSTORM
YOUR
OPTIONS
contact us now
Fraunhofer COMEDD
Ines Schedwill, Annett Hausdorf
Maria-Reiche-Straße 2 | 01109 Dresden
Tel. +49 351 8823-238
[email protected]
www.comedd.fraunhofer.de
we
develop
the
perfect
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TAILOR-MADE SOLUTIONS
FOR YOUR PRODUCT
Our experts welcome the novel challenges
and tricky tasks of bringing your design to
its most perfect realization.
FRANK HAHNEWALD
Light artist
YOUR
OLED IS
READY
TO GO
THE FINISHED OLED
The perfect solution has been found and
Dresden street artist and up-and-coming
Fraunhofer COMEDD OLED modules while
manufacturing well underway.
product designer Frank Hahnewald pro-
moving them in complete darkness. Using
Your individual OLED solution will arrive
duced the mesmerizing light illustrations
long exposure times he created complex,
on these pages by photographing colored
dynamic trails of light.
before you know it.
tabola oled light tablets
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OLED MODULES
FOR UNDREAMT
OF POSSIBILITIES
OLEDs are still the only flat-surface artificial
Use the tabola® modules shown here to
light sources to date. Organic light-emitting
develop your own prototypes. We are hap-
diodes need no additional element to diffuse
py to help you explore the huge range of
their light. This also ensures a high quality
design options.
illumination in terms of color reproduction,
color temperature and lack of glare. They
Simply get in touch for confidential support
offer an amazing range of color tempera-
in realizing your ideas.
ture as well as flexibility regarding dimming,
TABOLA Disco
320 mm diameter, 24 segments (optional: 24*3 segments)
52000 mm2 active
transparency, bending radius and choice of
substrate. When plugged in OLEDs instantly
run at full output. At the same time, they’re
remarkably friendly to the environment.
Light is produced in its purest form.
TABOLA xG310
330 × 100 mm
15000 mm2 active
TABOLA Leaf
90 × 63 mm (max.), 4 segments
1800 mm2 active
TABOLA Stripe
280 × 65 mm
7000 mm2 active
TABOLA xG157
150 × 76 mm
6300 mm2 active
TABOLA xF157
150 × 76 mm
6800 mm2 active
TABOLA xF77
76 × 75 mm
3200 mm2 active
TABOLA xF37
75 × 30 mm
1800 mm2 active
TABOLA xD330
336 × 330 mm, 6 segments
82000 mm2 active
FRAUNHOFER COMEDD
RESEARCH
DESIGN
THE FUTURE
Fraunhofer COMEDD
Our mission is to apply world class scien-
tion, integration and development of new
tific expertise in organic semiconductor
technologies. We are one of Europe’s lead-
materials and systems to the manufactur-
ing centers for the manufacture of organic
ing sector. To this end we combine research
light-emitting diodes in application-specific
with development projects in the produc-
pilot projects.
Prof. Dr. Karl Leo (Institute Director)
The director of Fraunhofer COMEDD and
head of the Institute of Applied Photophysics at the Technical University of Dresden has
been recognized with many awards for his
research including the Leibniz Prize of the
German Science Foundation and the Future
Prize bestowed by the German President.
For Prof. Leo organic light-emitting diodes
are the light of the future.
“With OLEDs light moves into a new age.
Our internationally renowned research and
development work opens up new market
sectors for our customers while creating
real competitive advantages.”
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