OLED LIGHTING International Design Competition
SHORTLIST DESIGN COMPETITION
deadline for submission of entries : may 10th, 2013
published july 8th, 2013
theme:
OLED LIGHTING
the jury was composed of:
- Paul Kim (Head of Lighting Division, LG Electronics)
- Jung, Yun Kwon (Head of R&D, Lighting Division, LG Electronics)
- Choi, Nam kyu (Head of Product Planning, Lighting Division, LG Electronics)
- Kim, Si Young (Head Designer, Advanced Lighting Team, LG Electronics)
- Park, Sung Soo (Head of OLED Light Division, LG Chem)
- Joon Park (Head of Marketing & Sales, OLED Light Division, LG Chem)
- Son, Se Hwan (Head of R&D, IT & Electronic Materials Company, LG Chem)
- Shin, Hye-Cho (Designer, OLED Light Division, LG Chem)
- Jang, Woojin (Chairman, Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers)
organized by designboom, in collaboration
in collaboration with LG CHEM and LG Electronics, SOUTH KOREA
2327 designers from 89 different countries participated.
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... and the winning entries are
STANDARD PANEL CATEGORY - first prize $ 5,000 USD:
ONA - portable OLED LIGHTING by marta gordillo + manuel duro from barcelona, spain
jury feedback:
a design that addresses various points that the competition was seeking. the organic curve and natural wood finish portray some of the key messages that we would like to deliver through OLEDs. the ONA received many points for being among the top list in terms of feasibility for mass-production, without sacrificing the design factor. its combination with furniture was a great touch that showed one of the many possibilities of new OLED applications.
STANDARD PANEL CATEGORY - second prize $ 3,000 USD:
CANDLE - by gaultier bigot from maison lafitte, france
jury feedback:
among the finalists, the CANDLE family of lamps was among our favorites from a design perspective. it showed in a very unique way the natural characteristics of OLED light while emphasizing the uber-thinness of the panels. it is definitely a design that cannot be materialized through any other lightsource but OLEDs. furthermore, we also understand how difficult it is to blend an antique feel with a modern touch while maintaining a high level of aesthetics. this design received many accolades as well for considering the possibilities of mass production as well as expandability. it absolutely pained us to push this design to the runner up position, but ONA won out when it came to the production perspective. nonetheless, great job!
SPECIAL PANEL CATEGORY - first prize $ 5,000 USD:
LAMBDA - by hannes gerlach from karlsruhe, germany
jury feedback:
the decision for this one was quite unanimous. the LAMBDA embodied many of the factors that this competition was looking for. it exemplifies the visual characteristics of OLED panels, especially the flexible ones, and it is easily transitionable to mass production. additional considerations have been put into the user interface options: while not a new idea, it does go well with the visual concept of the design. the colour options open up opportunities for colour marketing, as well as making the design expandable into different product families. last but not least, the LAMBDA is overall a well balanced, good design. we would be proud to have this design in one of our production pipelines someday.
congratulations to all winners and participants! LG is currently conducting prototype testing of the winning designs as well as additional entries from the competition. as a result, the images of what they look like and a full competition results page will be available on designboom only in 2014.