outdoor
has been flooded with many LED products and
has led to creative luminaire design, both for
take you next. At the moment it seems that
this makes it confusing for designers as well as
consumers and professionals.
trends and products are only limited by our
end users.
LED chips are available in colours too, and
imagination. There is a constant need for new
essentially electronic. So creators can play
and innovative ideas, and customers seem to
Philips Lighting: Apart offering performing
with dimming up and down or even flashing
be more and more open to new and exciting
retrofit lamps, LED technology has still much
ambiant lights. This allows designers to adapt
trends. We will always have something to look
to offer to markets. Firstly, every decade, the
the lighting to the moment in office, the
forward to as long as the industry embraces the
cost is cut by two, plus performance is doubled.
mood at home, or for attractive lighting in
new and shows that there is room and demand
As such, Philips and others believe that LED
shops and for exteriors. The Mandela Bridge in
to create new and exciting products. HA
lighting will make up 75% of the lighting
Braamfontein is a good example of this.
market in 2015! The incandescent ban in South
Africa next year will lead to this.
Apart from these macro trends, LED
The dreams of flexible surface giving light
is coming to life with ‘OLEDS’. These organic
For more information
LEDS are developing and improving their
Eurolux: 011-608-2970 or
technology has three fantastic priorities
specifications. In 1-2 years, architects will be able
which offersnew way of lighting interiors,
to play with lighting surfaces, be they flat, curved,
and exteriors too. LED chips are minute…
small, big and even lighting windows. Philips will
This allow architects to easily integrate
allow architect’s to get creative with Lumiblade.
architectural lighting into the details of the
www.eurolux.co.za
Osram: 011-207-5600 or
www.osram.co.za
Philips Lighting: 011-471-5314
architecture. Cove lighting, light integrated
Tier One Electronics: Not at all, I think the
Tier One Electronics: 079-937-0414 or
into cabinets, in shelves – a new field of
Light Bulb Speaker is a perfect example of
www.tierone.co.za
creations. This miniaturisation of lighting
this – you never know where technology will
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