Constellation Light puts LED twist on chandelier

Though not quite as elegant as the Neues Licht, the Constellation Light is still way more practical. Designed by Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn and showcased at the recent BKLYN Designs expo, the LED chandelier is crafted from clusters of 3-millimeter LEDs (364 in total on the tips of 91 copper tubes). Notably, it's creator is currently seeking UL approval for the device and hopes to get it on the market in short order, but there's been no mention yet of just how costly it could one day be.

[Via Inhabitat]

[Aguiluz Posted May 14th 2008 9:23PM]

Awesomeness. :D

[FreeRange Posted May 14th 2008 9:26PM]

That actually is really kind of beautiful.

[YourGod Posted May 14th 2008 10:17PM]

Say the opposite of what you really think much?

[(Unverified) Posted May 14th 2008 11:28PM]

Woah, don't be so opinionated there buddy.

[(Unverified) Posted May 15th 2008 12:25AM]

I would agree if the color weren't so awful.

i seriously hope it a case of a really crappy white balance, and that they don't actually glow that sick greenyellow.

[StemSell Posted May 14th 2008 9:34PM]

Now we know the who-and-the-why behind all those middle eastern undersea fiberoptic cable sabotaging and theft incidents back in February...

[Gad Get Posted May 14th 2008 9:55PM]

Huh?

[Aguiluz Posted May 14th 2008 10:46PM]

@gad get:

Fiber optic cables are stolen.

Fiber optic lamps suddenly appear.

Connect the two and two?

[(Unverified) Posted May 14th 2008 11:05PM]

except these lamps don't use fiber opics. there are just LEDs on the ends.

[Gad Get Posted May 14th 2008 9:57PM]

It could easily be made far more attractive with a little tweaking, but nice concept for sure!

[amishx64 Posted May 14th 2008 10:33PM]

I think it looks ugly, quite frankly. I do like the save-energy led idea though.

[w Posted May 14th 2008 11:19PM]

Good idea, bad implementation...?
I totally agree with "gad get"
It could be a whole lot more attractive..

[(Unverified) Posted May 14th 2008 11:22PM]

Meh, it doesn't look bad. Not nearly as ugly as a compact fluorescent, anyway.

[Adeptus Posted May 15th 2008 12:37AM]

Agreed... those horrible spiral "bulbs" or mini sticks... they take a while to come up to full brightness, can't run off a dimmer, *contain mercury*, and do not necessarily last anywhere near as long as claimed: we started buying them last year. They supposedly last 5+ years. We have had 2 die already.
Bring on the LEDs, guys!

[Ryback Posted May 15th 2008 5:42AM]

Adeptus: I bought two energy saving bulbs with 10 year warranty. I have scanned the receipt and made a backup I have put in my safe incase the orginal thermal paper gets ruined. I would just love to se the face on the clerk when I go to get my money back in 9 years time. It will be the Best_ 20 bucks ever!

[roomtek Posted May 15th 2008 1:56AM]

....energy conservation gone wrong.

[roomtek Posted May 15th 2008 1:58AM]

and gone wrong x 2

[TIMMAH Posted May 15th 2008 3:08AM]

So how do you power one of these things? Do you wire a bunch in serial and use a higher voltage or do you parallel everything at 3.7V with a large current?

[(Unverified) Posted May 15th 2008 3:31AM]

Maybe a little from column A and a little from column B.

[(Unverified) Posted May 17th 2008 9:32PM]

Oh, damn. This is my idea upside down. I made something
similar for my g/f about 6 years ago. It was a small uplight though, and
had about 21 lights in red,green,blue, which faded into different colours.
(@TIMMAH fyi they ran in parallel for each colour set but each LED
needs a resister in series, and then the sets are controlled via a
microcontroller, but I also used 3 MOSFETS to switch the high
current) I used thin 3mm aluminium tubes. I agree, its not exactly
beautiful design, but it looked okay, kind-of industrial look.
I am quite sad, it is not unique any more :(

[(Unverified) Posted May 20th 2008 11:05PM]

Aw, great, although very appealing, it's just one more thing to have stolen as the price of copper goes through the roof. They've already knocked off my hot water pipes twice !