An Oddly Intriguing LED Lighting Design:
The VorteXX LED Chandelier
Here is a pretty good example of the creativity, flexibility and versatility that opens up with the latest enlightened buzz – LED. Although the actual shape of this particular ultra avant garde design doesn’t quite move me personally, it certainly opens up the huge possibilities that creative designers can explore. This particular design is from the Zumtobel company
and they profess a strict philosophy of keeping the end product as efficient as possible with regard to light power, replacement of broken parts, minimising the use of raw materials or, as they refer to it, using “Lean” raw materials (I hope that includes the packaging as well!). They also ensure that their products are easily serviceable and even upgradable. It all sounds very interesting.
A Fibreglass Zumtobel Masterpiece Collection
Yes – fibreglass is the principal ingredient here – re-inforced of course. And inside it are embedded some 190 LED bulbs. They also use a translucent acrylic within the housing and the LED colors can be varied and changed at will through its very own touch panel.
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This online company certainly has a great variety of lighting products from traditional chandeliers, pendants and ceiling lights and fans and so on down to the more contemporary styles of lighting and also the slightly more modern transitional chandeliers, pendants, sconces and so on.
Crystorama Chandelier 33% Discnt
Huge Discount on Crystal Chandelier
A good example of the sort of discount you can get is illustrated with this Crystorama Clearance European Classic 10-Light Chandelier, which they are selling at one third off the original asking price of US$2427.13.
That’s a stunning US$1618.20 for a very attractive looking crystal chandelier from the renowned brand of Crystorama Lighting. With a width of just 34 inches and a depth of 39 inches, you can start to picture where in which room it can fit.
Gilded Chandelier with 45% Discount
Another good example is this unusually shaped chandelier from Minka Lavery called Hall Foyer in Regency Gilded Gold Finish. with a discount of almost 45%, you can pick this up for just under US$240.
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Here we have some more creative ideas on using the ever more popular LED eco-light formula.
The designer uses the old hand cranking pencil sharpener as an inspiration to create a hand-powered electricity generator. All one does is crank the handle a few times to generate and also store enough electricity to actually power a small LED light. And for some reason, they decided to keep the original functioning pencil sharpener as part of their design – YES – it actually sharpens pencils.
Hand Powered LED Light
I think that aspect will soon be left out of future designs as it is really completely redundant – unless of course you’re actually buying it for a novel pencil sharpener – perhaps for the the man, woman or child who has everything. But it’s a nice ploy and sort of celebrates the original pencil sharpener design’s invention.
Flip-Out Hand Crank for Manual Recharge
As you can see from the pictures, it’s basically a cylindrical shape with a little button at the top which releases the hand cranking handle for you to charge the LED up again or further. Then you just flip the cranker away and you’re back with a moderately elegant small light. It would be interesting to know how much cranking provides how many minutes of light – I guess that’ll be published soon. The light-weight light can be suspended from a thin cord and comes in several somewhat neon looking colors.
An interesting gadget with a good element of novelty - the sort of thing that should be released at Christmas, 
so children can have fun in the early hours with their stockings (or am I rather out of date with modern christmas routines?)!
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Here is an interesting company called Apex Bright LED that concentrate on making solid-state lighting and in particular LED lights. They recently approached me about one of their latest products – the APEX-K, which is very pleasing looking dimmable LED standard shaped screw bulb. They point out its usual advantages of energy-saving and being eco-friendly. And it has a high light output or lumens. Furthermore it has been approved by both CE and RoHS.
Claim of High CRI
They also state that this new bulb has a high CRI, which is a way of calibrating or measuring the ability of the light bulb to render the proper color of the object. This is of course compared to the color of an object as lit by natural sunlight. The outer glass envelope has a milky appearance that provides a more even lighting with reduced glare, were you to look at the barbed directly. So as they say, it seems perfect for many uses in the home and office, indoors and outdoors as well as in lights displays in shopping windows.
Dimmable Feature
Certainly it is a great advantage that this particular bulb works in the traditional dimmer light switches. it does not require further drivers to facilitate the dimming.
Warm Light and Other Options
the bulb comes in a variety of options and versions. One gives the option of a warm white light, the other in standard white light. Both these versions come with power consumption is of 6W and 8W. Then you can either get dimmable or non-dimmable versions. the lumens ratings are 360 and 384 the warm white and standard white 6 W bulb. These increased to 460 480 lm for the 8 W bulb. All the prices vary though it will properly find the eight what are selling for around $20. The lamp base also comes in a variety of screw in and even bayonet options.
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Buddha Bars generally cater for diners and here you can eat at peace with the tranquil surroundings provided by ancient images of a near forgotten or virtually lost past. Of course there are still remnants of these times found in temples and shrines, but the time when spiritual practice was regarded in the highest esteem by society as a whole – those times are long past. Fortunately for me, I still find (and live for) the times I can spend in such peaceful oases. 
In fact, this summer my family and I together with some friends will be visiting Tibet where they probably will have quite a number of “Buddha Bars” though I doubt that the locals refer to them as such.
Being a buddhist at heart, I have to admit to notice that the statue is of the Buddha Amitabha who resides in a blissful land he spent lifetimes in creating. After fulfilling some 40 or more vows to benefit others, he was finally able to provide a facility for beings to take rebirth in a peaceful “resort”, where they could continue their spiritual paths without the hustle and bustle of life as we know it.
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Stunning Creative Products of Real Elegance
Now here is a company that is presently consistent in producing eye-catching lights – and using LEDs adds perfection. The first light that caught my attention was their playfully delightful Crystal lights that join together like some magical Lego-light. (That’s in the big pic below which looks like there are 8 separate lights). They attach together with magnets and even change color as you watch.
A Perfect Present for He or She Who Hath All
So you can play around and change their shape to create endless designs. Being LEDs, they are safe to handle and don’t have any hazardous heat problems. So if you want to give something to some one who already has everything – here is a great choice. I’d love to see them to the same style in just white lights so you could use them as task lights as well as ornamental features.
So, when I investigated a bit more, I came across a flurry of light beauty. There was the Coral light (at the top) and this piano light below as well. They have a set of pics of their Crystal Light and have dropped a few of them in for good measure of fun.
Illuminating Ones Imagination
Another feature added to this ever more fascinating light is that you can change their colors with a remote controller. I was reading a report about the commomnly used symbol of a cartoon light bulb to show the creation of a great idea. It seems that having light bulbs around can atually stimulate there Eurika moments and one designer created a chandelier of dozens of light bulbs in a cluster to do just that – a new architype of the 20th century. So I say that these could be the upgraded architype for the 21st Century. Oh yes – I almost forgot to mention the company – Qis-Design
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Energy Saving Movement Control Dimmable Light
The Morgan Hope company from Liverpool England have come up with an automatic 3 stage dimming light that is tripped by movement detection using microwave technology. They anticipate that this will result in an up to 90% saving in energy. With movement detected, the light goes onto 100% output. If there is no movement within its vicinity for 5 minutes, the light dims to a 50% energy usage. The third stage then comes into action just two minutes later. Then the dimmer reduces energy to a 10% level. It’s surprising how much light there is given out even at this lowest level – perhaps slightly brighter than when going for a walk in the country-side on a full moon night.
Valuable For Public and Commercial Venues
Just imagine you’re the only person walking down a (normally fully lit) main shopping street and having the individual shop windows light up as you pass – wouldn’t that be great. The same system could well be applied to street lighting. The company forsee the role it could play in hospitals where stair wells are normally kept lit 24/7. As soon as a door opened, or any movement occurs, the lights spring back up to their full powered lighting level. The application of this form of light in non-residential buildings and rooms is huge. Think how they would save energy in: warehouses, reception rooms, storage facilities, bathrooms, garages… the list is almost endless!
It seems that the bulb is a circular CFL, though that wasn’t made clear either in the press release, nor obviously publicized on their website, which was somewhat disappointing and lack-lustre.
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A snaking 120 foot long LED light chandelier is presently claiming to be the longest chandelier in the world. It is known as Reflective Flow, presently resides in Doha of the United Arab Emirates and has around 55,000 LEDs. The LED lights can be controlled to display a variety of different patterns including being able to produce some three-dimensional effects. This massive construction weighs 20 tonnes and is installed at a height of about 50 feet. The designer, Beau McClellan did not set out to create this as a record-setting sized chandelier, but comments that its design was made to match its architectural environment.
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OLEDs – Organic LEDs are another reason for us to see a brighter future. Here we have an excellent company, WAC Lighting, producing an impressive yet unobtrusively eye-catching chandelier design with simple flowing, almost leaf-like lines or forked branches that hold OLED panels. The panels are slightly angled away from straight down to cover and light up a large area. Remember that generally LEDs are primarily uni-directional, which has additional energy saving connotations since you can direct the light to where you want it. The light given is a high quality white light and this mini-chandelier will certainly catch the attention.
SOL Chandelier Responsible Lighting
OLED-Chandelier
WAC Lighting have produced their Responsible Lighting line and produced a couple of noted products last year. My immediate response to the present OLED chandelier is positive, however I do expect to have reservations about the likely high price of this “luxury” product. The company do say that the design is also to inspire and demonstrate to other companies what is possible within this rapidly developing new lighting technology. They have already established itself as a market leader in environmentally innovative light design. It has been announced that hey will be receiving the LaGuardia Community College Foundation 2010 award for Innovative Leadership next month.
Earlier Innovative Designs
You can see their earlier diminutive sized products here – a 6 paneled wall sconce and another simple mini-chandelier. Both of these were first released in May 2009.
The Organic Light Emitting Diode (or sometimes diode is referred to as Device) – OLED incorporates a thin film display panel – a technology often found in small-screen devices such as cell phones over the last decade.
oled-mini-chandelier
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We were all anticipating that LED bulbs were to drop in price and it’s great to see this happening so quickly. Here is just one example and it is great to see that Home Depot are one of the front runners in what is bound to be a continuing and ongoing marathon between light bulb manufacturers. LED light bulbs could well be one of the modern saviors for our environment and every price reduction is therefore meaningful.
The EcoSmart LED from Home Depot
Here is a traditional looking screw-in bulb that its manufacturers will guarantee for five years. They can do that in a very cautious estimate of its actual life since they anticipate that it will in fact last for up to a stunning 22 years! I wonder if I will be alive then! At my tender age of 61 I’d be lucky!
The light is rated to produce 429 lumens. So that’s the equivalent of the traditional 40 W incandescent bulb. It will use only one fifth of the energy of the soon-to-be extinct traditional incandescent bulb. They quote that will create a saving of $155 over the life of the bulb. They did not make it clear whether the calculation is for the five-year guarantee or the 22 year life expectancy.
Add This to your Shopping Baskets NOW
Anyway at a cost of just under $20 it’s great to see that LED lighting are becoming much closer to an acceptable level whereby people will casually toss them into their shopping basket without a second thought. They do add that the energy saving and your energy bill will cover its cost in just two years. They suggest that you consider it ended investment but I would think it’s becoming a no-brainer at such a low price – so why talk about investments – let’s just go and buy it. Of course if we wait another month or two will probably save another $2-$5 as these prices will continuously drop. Unfortunately our environment can’t wait so here is an excellent product that we should all embrace. Furthermore, it seems that being cheap doesn’t just mean it’s a poorer quality, cold blue light. Reading reviews of what others say, it has a natural to warm light.
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