A lamp that unfolds into a screen, a TV that becomes a shelf and an OLED display that can be easily wheeled from room to room are among the finalists in Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition.
The five finalists were selected by the competition jury out of a shortlist of 20 designs, which were published on Dezeen last month. The shortlist was selected from over 200 entries from more than 50 countries around the world.
"We received a lot of ideas and all of them were very fresh," said LG Display. "We've once again felt the infinite possibilities of OLED display technology."
"The designs were rated by 22 different professionals based on their innovation, aesthetics, functionality and feasibility. Congratulations to the top five design teams that have achieved the highest scores in each field." Above and top: Trollie by Yunchik Lee and Bomi Kim responds to lifestyle changes caused by the pandemic
The competition sought designs that make creative new use of OLED display technology. Entrants had to embrace the technology's key qualities, such as its lightness and thinness, its flexibility and its transparency.
"TVs and digital displays are central to many people's lives and living spaces and these designs show that this doesn't have to be a bad thing," said Dezeen editor and jury member Tom Ravenscroft.
"The designs show that OLED technology allows us to go beyond what we currently think of as a standard screen. Hopefully, we w...