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The same research found the performance of employees sitting close to a window that optimised daylight exposure was increased by 2% while workers sitting close to windows reported – the equivalent of $100,000 per year of value for every 100 employees.


While knocking a hole in the wall to let in natural light is a distinctly impractical option for the vast majority of building designers, lighting work spaces using something very close to natural daylight can achieve very similar benefits.


In addition to office spaces, these benefits can reap rewards in settings as diverse as educational establishments, shops and even museums – daylight can be replicated through the use of OLED modules that are incorporated into slim panels, saving space while remaining gentle on fragile or sensitive displays.


While the cost of materials has held back the progress of OLED in a general lighting setting, the arguments for it being a designer’s weapon of choice are highly persuasive.


Designed to impress


OLED truly is the lighting designer’s flexible friend. As a creative tool, your own imagination is the only limit. Slim and lightweight with a delicate profile, rigid panels can be incorporated into furniture or architecture without adding any real depth to a design.


“The performance of


employees sitting close to a window that optimised daylight


exposure was increased by 2%.”


London-based lighting designer Min Sang successfully combined OLED and 3D print technology to create The Ribbon, a stunning centrepiece hand- painted in gold leaf that was originally unveiled at the 2016 London Design Festival before being transported to its permanent home in the VIP area of the Genting Highland Casino in Malaysia.


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