Osram Sylvania is spanning the gap of attractive colored LED lights for the home with a pendant
light that will include both white and colored light LEDs.
The color effects and tones will be subtle said Phil Rioux, general manager of the consumer lighting LED group at Osram, one of the largest LED makers in the world.
The light - which should be released in mid 2010 - will also fit into normal pendant light fixtures to make installation easier.
People tend to be nervous about electricity and re-fixturing, so Osram will also release a white LED bulb to replace 60-watt incandescent in the middle of next year. The company currently sells a 40-watt equivalent for $35.
The lighting industry expects to see a greater emphasis on designer lights like these over
the next few years because Australia, the EU, Canada and the U.S. among other
nations have passed efficiency regulations that will lead to the demise of the 130-year old incandescent between 2010 and 2014,
still the most popular light bulb in U.S homes.
In the U.S. for instance, 100-watt incandescents will vanish in 2012, followed by 75-watts a year later and 60-watts a year after that.
While compact fluorescent bulbs have grown in popularity, most large manufacturers tend to believe the future will be defined by LEDs, which don't have mercury, emit a higher quality of light, and only have to be replaced every decade or two. As incandescent factories go dim, LED production lines will ramp up.