Designers Daniel Rybakken and Francisco Gomez Paz discussed their latest chandeliers as well as the challenges and opportunities of LED lighting in this talk Dezeen hosted for Luceplan in New York.

Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs moderated the talk at Luceplan's showroom in Soho during New York design week.

He put it to the two designers, who have each designed a new chandelier for the Italian lighting brand, that LED technology has instigated a revolution in the lighting industry over the past five years.

"I think it's fantastic," Milan-based Gomez Paz responded. "It's like we discovered America! We can go to explore new things, so it's amazing. We have a great opportunity."

Norwegian designer Rybakken added that designing with LEDs also brings a new set of challenges, in particular the need to ensure they do not overheat.
"Designers want freedom, but I think they also want constraints," he explained. "In a way, it's a good thing with LEDs ? there are a lot of positive things but suddenly we need to cool them. With halogen bulbs we didn't need to cool them. But LEDs can't reach over seventy degrees."

Gomez Paz added: "The LED is very complex. You have to cool it, you have to give direction to the light with lenses. It's a very complex object and you need to play with all those things at the same time. But that's fantastic and fun."

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