A few days ago, Blackbody announced a new OLED lamp (the light photon) It was the first time I heard of Blackbody. Today Blackbody has unveiled a large OLED chandelier that uses 282 OLED panels. Their CTO, Bruno Dussert-Vidalet, was happy to answer a few questions:

Q: Can you give me some background-info on Blackbody? Is it part of Astron-FIAMM? Do you have other investors?

Blackbody is the commercial brand of Astron FIAMM for the general lighting industry.

Light Photon OLED lamp

Q: Do you have any OLED Business partners?

No we are doing all the OLED alone, we use commercial and R&D available materials.

Blackbody is introducing a new OLED chandelier today, called "The Big Bang". It was designed by Bertrand Medas. The original concept was simple: We want a huge chandelier people will remember. The new technology and its real potential must be obvious for everybody, experts and casual visitors alike.

Th Big Bang has a diameter of 3.6m at a height of 1.6m. It incorporates 282 OLEDs in 8 white color grades between 3000K and 6000K. The overall active OLED area is 25.380cm².

Update: The Light Photon is made by Blackbody, using a single 47cmx37cm OLED device. See below for more infromation.

The Light Photon is a new OLED lamp, designed by Philippe Starck. It is made by Blackbody for Flos, and hand-made pre-production prototypes are now available for $5900. The lamp’s light source is a 47cm x 37cm single evaporation OLED device, with an active area of 1001cm², a color temperature of 2800K and a CRI above 80.

Light Photon OLED lamp

The small cross on the metal base allows the light to be turned on and off (by placing the finger completely over the cross) or dimmed (by holding the finger slightly above the cross for several seconds).