Dezeen has teamed up with LG Display to launch the OLEDS Go! global design competition,  which seeks innovative designs that showcase OLED technology in new and creative ways.
LG Display and Dezeen's OLEDs Go! competition challenges contestants to create beautiful designs that make innovative use of OLED technology.
The contest is free to enter for anyone over the age of 18 in any country around the world, with prize money totalling ?46,000. It is open for entries until 15 January 2021.
LG Display has used OLED technology to create a rollable television
OLED, which stands for organic light-emitting diode, is a technology used in lighting and for digital displays on products such as televisions and smartphones.
It is different from other lighting technologies, such as LED, because it creates illumination across a surface rather than from a single point. This results in a glare-free, diffused light source that does not require the addition of a diffuser or reflector. In displays, OLED pixels are self-illuminating, which means the technology can be used without a backlight. This results in deeper blacks, more accurate colour reproduction and wider viewing angles.
OLED panels are light, thin and can be flexible
Whether used in lighting or for displays, one of the main benefits of OLED technology is that the panels are extremely light and thin.
OLED panels can also be flexible or can be transparent when they are not illuminated. LG has used the technology to create the world's ...