In 2009 rAndom International was commissioned by the Philips Lumiblade team to create an interactive light installation. You Fade To Light captures the unique qualities inherent to their revolutionary new OLEDs.

Lumiblade OLEDs are large area diffuse light sources made from extremely thin glass and feature a perfect mirror finish. OLEDs are the closest to the temperature of natural light.

"You Fade To Light" by rAndom International allows the audience to engage with the light itself intuitively and in a physical way. With custom software developed by designer Chris O'Shea, it has been built in London with several hundred unique OLEDs from the world’s first-ever production line for OLED lighting at Philips in Aachen, Germany.

A total of 8 unique You Fade To Light installations is available for commission from October 2009. For more information please contact subhas@cwgdesign.com

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Installation & Art Direction by
rAndom International



Choreography
Laïla Diallo in collaboration with Khamlane Halsackda



Performance
Laïla Diallo and Khamlane Halsackda




Film Production & Director of Photography
Mark Purnell at Hogarth Worldwide



about rAndom International

rAndom international have won prestigious design awards such as the iF Design Award 2005 and 2006, the Wallpaper* Design Award 2006 as well as the Creative Futures Award 2005. In November 2007, The Observer placed rAndom within the top ten of creative talent in UK Art and Design. Their tape collection is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and a selection of their work has been shown at the V&A in November and January 2007, and last year at the Tate Modern in May and at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in September 2008. In 2009 they are part of the “Telling Tales” and "Decode" exhibitions at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and were awarded an honourable mention for their acclaimed “Audience” installation at the Prix Ars Electronica in Linz / Austria. rAndom International are working in studios in London and Berlin.


About Philips Lumiblade

Within the family of Royal Philips Electronics, Philips Lumiblade is OLED technology for lighting applications at the business sector Philips Lighting. According to the mission of Philips Lighting, the continuously growing team develops the new OLED technology for lighting as the next step forward in the evolution of Solid State Lighting (SSL) technology.
Research started back in 1991, as part of the development of OLED displays. Today Philips Lumiblade is leading in the development and industrialization process of OLEDs for lighting applications. Royal Philips Electronics invests in this technology, because OLEDs are expected to become an efficient light source, which suits for largescale production. Dubbed the “new lighting technology of the 21st century”, an OLED is essentially an extremely flat, lightweight panel. When switched off, the panel resembles a mirror. But as soon as a current is applied, the whole panel lights up, casting out a gentle, evenly dispersed glow of light. Today, Philips Lumiblade strives for customer-centric applications and thus invites creative professionals of all kinds to experiment with and experience OLEDs for themselves, so that they can get their creative juices flowing. For more information, please go to http:www.random-international.com or lumiblade.com


about Laïla Diallo

Canadian born choreographer Laïla Diallo first came to prominence as a dancer with Wayne McGregor’s Random Dance. Her choreographic work include Sense of Self, created with Montréal-based choreographer Mélanie Demers, the solos waiting fleeing, Out of sight in the direction of my body and The Wayside, as well as Between the Shingle and the Dune, in collaboration with Theo Clinkard.

Credits for choreography and movement direction in theatre and opera include All’s Well That Ends Well, National Theatre; War and Peace, Canadian Opera Company; Thérèse Raquin, National Theatre; Days of Significance, Royal Shakespeare Company; The Vortex, Theatre Royal Windsor, A Doll’s House, Theatre Royal Bath, Macbeth and Hansel and Gretel, Scottish Opera on Tour. Laïla was awarded a Rayne Fellowship for Choreographers in 2006. She will be Associate Artist at the Royal Opera House from September this year.

For more information, please go to http:www.random-international.com or lumiblade.com

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