Re:Is timeless UI design a thing?
by johannes1234321 on Monday July 09, 2018 @03:51AM
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It is true, that there are still many lamps with traditional separation between lamp and light using a standardized connector.
However the trend shows that flexibility of directly building in long living LEDs is increasing.
Out of curiosity I was just searching for desk lamps on Amazon and first two pages were all LED-bases, which makes sense, since those are all design elements (sometimes of better, sometimes worse designs) where LED gives lot's of freedom.
Looking for ceiling lights gives a few classic connectors, but also lots of LED.
(This might be accelerated since I'm in EU, which banned classic lightbulbs for energy reasons ... over alternatives which are a waste issue)
You'd think so, but houses still have bayonet fittings so LED bulbs are standardizing on those (or on screw fittings, I guess, in parts of the world that use those.)
GU10 fittings do seem popular with the smaller bulbs, though. LEDs can get away with using these for higher output bulbs because they're so much more efficient.