Inspired by Moritz Waldemeyer’s idea of creating a digital candle as a stunning combination of high-tech innovation and poetic expression, we developed a family of luminaires from  single circuit board. The goal was to design the product in a way that highlights the magic of the digital flame while embracing the raw beauty of the exposed circuit board.
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My New Flame is a distinctive table ‘candle’ that never burns down. At the upper end of a sleek black circuit board, a candle flame appears to flicker in the wind. Up close, you can see a double-sided rectangular display made of 128 tiny LEDs per side, rendering the image of a burning flame. From a slight distance, or in dimly lit settings, the LEDs blend into a single, realistic-looking flame. The sophisticated programming of the LEDs, combined with their warm color temperature, creates an astonishingly lifelike effect.
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My New Flame is part of the permanent collection at MoMA, NYC, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein und MAKK, Köln.