Stephen Blackman and new ARADESS™ OLED table lamp to appear at Intl. Contemporary Furniture Fair

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. - May 13, 2013 - PRLog -- Award-winning designer Stephen Blackman and a prototype of his new ARADESS™ OLED table lamp featuring Lumiblade OLED panels by Philips will be appearing at the 2013 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF). Blackman and the new revolutionary design will be at the Philips Booth, #1186, on Saturday, May 18 at 1 pm, and Sunday, May 19 at 10 am.

Blackman has been designing decorative light fixtures and portable lamps for more than 30 years. Produced by some of the country’s largest lighting manufacturers, these designs have won numerous Lighting For Tomorrow awards, including awards for LED light fixtures entered in the Solid State Lighting (SSL) competition. Now Blackman is launching his own manufacturing company, Blackjack Lighting. Aradess™ is one of the Blackjack Lighting’s first releases, and will be distributed by Illuminating Experiences when it goes into production this fall. The world’s first glimpse at this ground-breaking design will be at ICFF.

Blackjack is one of just a handful of firms, and the only American company, initially working with Philips to design decorative lighting using its revolutionary Lumiblade OLED light source. A successful early adapter of the latest lighting technology, Blackman is moving into a new phase, destined to become a global industry leader in the decorative lighting arena.

Blackman’s interest and expertise in LED technology date back to client projects from the 1990s. Today he is working with OLEDs, a revolutionary surface light source that is about as thick as a US five-cent piece. OLED light sources emit illumination across their entire surface. Blackman immediately saw the design possibilities for decorative lamps and fixtures. In 2012, he designed the Vela chandelier for WAC LIGHTING, which uses 24 OLED panels. Vela won a Production Innovation Award from Architecture SSL magazine last December.

For more information contact: press@blackjacklighting.com or visit: "Meet the Designer - Stephen Blackman.https://www.facebook.com/events/528442600552347/

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