OSRAM unveils Ingo Maurer-designed Early Future OLED lamp

Though we've seen OLEDs used for interior lighting purposes before, OSRAM and designer Ingo Maurer have churned out what's possibly the world's first dedicated OLED lamp. Aptly named Early Future, the creation is being produced as a limited edition and unveiled at the Light&Building Fair in Frankfurt, Germany this week. Each OLED tile measures in at 132- x 33-millimeters, but we're not told exactly how energy efficient this desktop illuminator is (nor where to find one). Leap on past the break for a closeup of the tiles.

[Via OLED-Info, thanks Ron]

[Murphy Mac Posted Apr 7th 2008 3:30PM]

They should make it double as an OTA HD antenna.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 3:32PM]

Good call

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 4:39PM]

It looks like it can shred lettuce too. I'll take one for the kitchen.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 5:00PM]

I was going to say the same thing.
A lot of OTA HD antennas look like this.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 3:31PM]

I vaguely remember seeing grainy footage of that thing trying to fly…

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 4:54PM]

Can't wait for the lamp to be hacked to display random messages instead of illuminating the room.

[(Unverified) Posted May 15th 2008 12:40AM]

"All your lamp are belong to us!"

[Esat Dedezade Posted Apr 7th 2008 3:49PM]

Giant arrow anyone?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 3:54PM]

cupid gets mean

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 3:55PM]

With its invisibility cloak disabled, the true measure of the fearsome Klingon Nerd of Ray is revealed...

[Chrono951 Posted Apr 7th 2008 4:07PM]

Does anyone else think this is a little cool looking?

[frankenbeans Posted Apr 7th 2008 4:27PM]

Yup, I want one.

[SpaceLemur Posted Apr 7th 2008 4:09PM]

Can't I just get some of those OLED tiles for some DIY lamp action?

[frankenbeans Posted Apr 7th 2008 4:35PM]

Ditto.

[R V Posted Apr 7th 2008 5:13PM]

new age disco floor for me!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 4:25PM]

Lawn dart.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 7:13PM]

Wow, man. That is one fast lookin' coatrack.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 8th 2008 4:26AM]

Make the next episode of PINKS feel even more realistic.

Comes with the following colored inserts:

YELLOW - YELLOW - YELLOW - GREEN - RED

[keithwwalker Posted Apr 8th 2008 4:42AM]

nice coat rack, where's the umbrella stand?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 8th 2008 9:48AM]

Organic LEDs offer all the familiar benefits of LEDs such as high energy efficiency, low operating voltage and mercury-free design, and also have some impressive properties of their own. The light source is not a collection of individual light points but a uniform light-generating surface. Initial laboratory prototypes from OSRAM showed last year the property of transparent light in a usable tile size. Thanks to the layer structure, it is possible to produce not only very thin OLEDs but also scalable ones. More about OLED lighting here:
http://www.oled-display.net/oled-lighting

[muser Posted Apr 8th 2008 11:59AM]

That's a great link! Thanks for the additional info. This is really exciting stuff, and I'm convinced that eventually all interior lighting will be done this way.