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TECH REPORT

market is going to drive the cost of manufacturing There are many great applications and uses A close-up view of the
down, which is going to allow us – as fxture design- of OLEDs in the marketplace. The most notable, OLED chandelier made by
ers – to gain beter access at a beter price to this in my opinion and in no particular order, are the von Kardorf Ingenieure
Lichtplanung for Deutsche
new source. Kardorf Ingenieure Lichtplanung chandelier in Bank using Philips
What I don’t think we will see is the integration Berlin (the largest OLED installation in the world) Lumiblade CN4 OLED
of OLED into lamp-based applications. The tech- and the OLED Tree Bar constructed by AB Rogers modules.
nology is great for artistic decorative [applications] for the May Design Series 2014 in London — both
as opposed to an element that could be put into demonstrate great creativity, imagination, and in-
a socket like an LED. The OLED’s fat nature and novation with the new light source in a fxture and
ability to make thinly profled products that have in application. Certainly there’s always a place
60-100lm/wat with limited heat and high CRI
support that type of decorative use. It would “In the hands of the right lighting
also require a company that is commited to the
LINUS LINTNER FOTOGRAFIE ofered in a retail store. For the designed hospital- designer and manufacturer, OLED can
technology to build and stock a line that could be

make a major impact and ‘Wow factor’
ity and contract market, in the hands of the right
lighting designer and manufacturer, OLED can
that we cannot currently do with LEDs.”
make a major impact and “Wow factor” that we
cannot currently do with LEDs.
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