Crystal | Studio Roosegaarde

Crystal

Wireless LEDs that light up by touch, letting you tell stories with light.

Crystal

Crystal

CRYSTAL are hundreds of crystals which light up when touched. Each crystal contains LEDs which are wirelessly charged via the magnetic floor. Visitors can create their own public messages or shapes.

Through its futuristic design, CRYSTAL creates endless potential for play. Once visitors start moving crystals, they change from excited to bored, varying the brightness and wavelength of light. CRYSTAL is "Lego from Mars" as Daan Roosegaarde calls it. The crystals are open source, allowing people to develop new shapes and colours.

CRYSTAL is a permanent public installation at Natlab Eindhoven and is open for public every night. A five meter circle CRYSTAL is also available for international exhibitions.

CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.
CRYSTAL is hundreds of crystals of light which brighten when you touch them.

Specifications:

2012-2018. Hundreds of wireless LED rocks of variable sizes on a black power mat. Each crystal uses 0.1 mm copper wire with a 100 turns with a diameter of 50 mm + LED. Permanent version can be seen every night at Natlab, Kastanjelaan 500 Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The CRYSTAL exhibition version is a 5 meter circle.

Clients:

Client: EYE Amsterdam, Strijp-S, and Natlab Eindhoven.

IAB Forum Milan lecture
Daan Roosegaarde lectures at the IAB Forum Milan "I am everywhere" on digital society, November 13.
Crystal permanent at Eindhoven NL
Crystal permanent at Eindhoven NL
Visitors playing with Crystal in Eindhoven.
Talent of the Year 2015
Talent of the Year 2015
Artist Daan Roosegaarde is Talent of the Year 2015. The audience sees him as "a creative mind, who connects art and technology with new aesthetics and meaning". Roosegaarde also is positioned as number 3 in the Artist of the Year index, next to Marlene Dumas and Anton Corbijn. Source: Kunstweek.