Picture it as a tilted signpost with each sign a softly glowing panel or as a metal tree with phosphorescent leaves lighting up your desk.
This offbeat table lamp uses organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, a new technology that is being hailed as the future both of TVs and of lighting. German designer Ingo Maurer and his lighting company this week showed the first OLED lamp you can buy, at his studio in Manhattan.
The "can buy" part is qualified, of course. Maurer hasn't disclosed price of the 25 limited-edition copies of the lamp, but it will probably be in the "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" category. (link)





