Teva Illum Sandals with a Built-in/Slapped-on LED Flashlight

Teva Illum recently introduced their new products Sandals with built in LED Flashlight which was inspired by the suffering experience that darkness is always a issue/restriction for outdoor activities. The upgraded version of flip flop would serve with comforts and darkness-carefree. As claimed on Teva Illum's blog: "illūm seamlessly fuses convenience, practicality and performance upon one of the most comfortable sandal platforms on the market. With illūm, The Glow From Below™ is always just one step away."

iLEDist's comment:

Other sources said  LEDs can be removed and attached to a keychain as needed. But iLEDist still wondered how the LED light is activated, is there any light sensors to make the most use of it? And if you google ""illuminated shoes", we can see Teva Illum isn't the first one to have the concept: Jezign has illuminated footwear already with variety options, Reebok sells kids shoes with illuminated strap... ... So iLEDist would not say the LED sandals from Teva Illum is a delightful surprise but it filled in the gap that the existing products are more preferred for sports activities.

 Image above are illuminated shoes from Jezign

Waterfall from Barbara Bona

From the Exhibition Fiera Milano 2009, Salone Satellite, designer Barbara Bona presented her work "water fall". It is a curtain that transforms night into day. With low energy consuming LED lights, this product makes sure the sun is always shining.

iLEDist's comments:

Beautiful reflection and natural combination of LED lights and curtain folds. Subtle and vivid imitation of waterfall. Impeccable as art piece and that where its depth ends. Maybe that's what we need, the eyes to find the beauty of nature and respect it in the arty way.
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Philips Second Gen LivingColors Make Paint Twice as Obsolete

The latest LivingColors lamp produces 16 million colors through a combination of 7 LEDs—an overall quality of light that's 50% brighter than version one.

And while the intuitive remote and bulbous shape remain mostly unchanged, you'll now have the option to purchase an opaque version (which we're guessing produces a more directional light flow) along with a more typical metal base stand. Look for the update in Europe soon, with models ranging from about $230-$350.

From[GIZMODO]

iLEDist's comments:
iLEDist is totally in love with this creature! But as a half expert in LED industry, let's divide the price intelligently: LED, relevant materials and labor cost less than 15%, Philips branding value and marketing input more than 40% of the price, the rest, .... is the revenue.... Sometimes, you just have to forgive the existence of the cheap copy because if the design is not designed for people with "regular paycheck" but still loves fancy designs, they have to find an alternative...
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Commentes on Three 2009 Red Dot Rewards Equipped with LED

See.... LED is getting more and more attention from designers. Here iLEDist picked Three design concepts from 2009 Red Dot rewards which covers Green, Illumination and energy. Let's take a look how impressive they are:

Draw the Lights by Seo Dong-Hun
With its LED ceiling web and light brush, Draw the Lights enables any space to be illuminated in any format, as though one were painting on a canvas.
iLEDist's Comments:
Great Idea! The interaction between the human being and their living environment would be generated naturally by the physical needs of pursuing lighting and emotional needs of creating a unique, private space. But we want to see more details and want to be more specific: First of all, I would not take ceiling as the best choice for LED painting. Big NO! Try to look up for 50 seconds, my neck will be in panic. Secondly, what is the size of cells for LED wet? will there be any compromise between the ideal lighting effect and realistic circuit structure?

A Traffic Light by Feng Chung-Tsung, Wang Bo-Jin, Lin Yao-Chieh
With its use of LEDs and solar power, A Traffic Light reduces the manufacturing cost and energy consumption of infrastructure.
iLEDist's Comments:
Nice thought but kind of out of date. I believe some of the States in US has already installed LED Traffic light. Please check out here. Hard for me to accept a concept would deserve a Red Dot just because it reduced three LED lights down to one. Plus, the looks of the design is so poorly designed, it will totally bother me if a public installation looks like this standing in the middle of the road. I am sorry, guys, you failed iLEDist.

FLEXI by Han Jaeseok, Hong Songguk, Joo Sae Na, Kim Gyeo Re
Most people who go camping take a flashlight as well as a separate light source for ambient lighting. The flexible FLEXI light performs as both.
iLEDist's Comments:
This is something iLEDist really likes. Simple, multitasker. Change the lighting performance with the change of the silicone pad! Smart! But, where is the on/off switch?

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luzinterruptus: literature versus traffic

A site intervention of 800 illuminated books was installed under the brooklyn bridge in water street, new york. armed with the intention that literature should seize the streets and overtake public spaces, spanish designers luzinterruptus randomly placed these literary objects in such a way so that people were able to walk among them easily, stop to look at them and even read them.

luzinterruptus, known for their light installations in public spaces, wanted the urban space conventionally reserved for speed, pollution and noise to be converted to a place of peacefulness, relaxation and coexistence. the site is illuminated by a soft, diffuse light which encourages by passers to feel comfortable in spite of the chaos around them.

'we want literature to seize the streets and become the conqueror of public spaces, freely
offering to those who walk by a space free of traffic which for a few hours of the night
will succumb to the modest power of the written word.'- L
[Designboom]
iLEDist's Comment:
The installation is definitely something, like the stars falling from sky to the earth and I would image the interaction between pedestrians, pedestrians and vehicles, people and surroundings. The street would get lightened up not only by the LED equipped to the book but also by the urban socialization.
Feel bad for my self...Never a big fan of reading, not even mention stopping by at a snowy night on a street. I would probably just take some picture and shared it on my Flickr...
Secretly thought E-ink is getting overwhelmingly popular each day...
But heart LED forever!.......

We Like Boxes!

The designer of Firefly LED Solar Light, Eric Zhang had some quick brainstorming work done!

The box, in this case, came from Converse, is used as the main body of the study table organizer; LED pods hidden beneath the box cover and inside are illuminating the crystal pen holder and glowing through the hand-cutted organic patterns with the mixture of pink and aqua.

Let me find out what else is contained by the box beside the pen holder…hmmm, a couple of paper clips, of course, a mirror (it is the slot good for iPod as well), a screen brush… and a lot more once the inside box is fully utilized.

‘Everyone can be a designer as long as you are creative and passionate about life and our earth’, Said Eric. ‘This organizer concept hit me with the bothering messy working table and the idle shoe box. In case looking for stationary in the darkness, the LED is added on as the lighting source. Everything has its purpose and nothing is wasted here. It is Eco-friendly, low energy consuming, easy access to color options and patterns. Although it is just a draft version at this point, it does not look bad. I am confident this is a concept worth continuing developing and marketing.’

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Lased LED Light Towers

Newly discovered from Flickr: the lased LED towers from Jared Tarbell.
The outputs cut and perforation vectors for the tower with almost any dimension are based on a written algorithm. The materials are watercolor paper and a little glue. When the tower is removed, the LED and battery would be attached to the base exposed.

Image[via]

iLEDist's Comment:

Cool ideas and beautiful shot! We usually use Adobe illustrator to define the path for the 2D laser cut, it is good to know it can be controlled algorithmically and the outcome looks really lovely and delicate! And we agree with one of the flickrs: Jared, we are looking forward to seeing it on the market!

Firefly LED Solar Light

The designer of Bubble head Web Camera Eric Zhang presented his new design concept Firefly LED Solar Light which was inspired by an old Chinese story that a diligent kid in an impoverished family collected a pack of fireflies as source for night study.

Each illuminant unit includes transparent shell, solar panel and battery, micro PCB board and highlight LED. Users only need to scatter the LED unit under the sunshine to absorb the energy. The LED unit will automatically glow while the environment is getting dark.

The Units are easy to maintain and have a board application, such as home decoration, travelling and as a tool to inspire kids’ imagination. Solar power combined with LED illumination, wow! That is a smart solution that our environment would really benefit from, cannot wait to see it comes to the market!

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