REAL Dandelions Turned Into Gorgeous OLED Lights by Takao Inoue — boredpanda.com

Thanks! Like us on FB for more awesome posts! Japanese cinematographer Takao Inoue has created a magical light that looks like a shining dandelion flower frozen in time. The graceful little lights are called OLED Tampopo – after the type of LED lights used to illuminate them (OLED – organic light-emitting diodes) and the Japanese word for “dandelion” (tampopo). The production process for these curious and graceful lights seems fairly difficult. First, Inoue carefully harvests a springtime dandelion, careful not to disturb its feather-light seeds. Then, the flower is sealed in a block of acrylic plastic (and how he manages to do so without capturing air bubbles is beyond me). Lastly, the OLED light is embedded inside the plant’s stem, although we haven’t figured out exactly how he does this or how the light is powered.

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