For the third consecutive year, a selection of designers and artists from all over the world were invited to exploit not only the beauty, but also the technical possibilities of Swarovski crystal ... their mandate, once again, was that of reinventing the chandelier. Including the first one below, Lolita, designed by Ron Arad. "Arad created the classic chandelier shape yet using an ultra modern approac ... an omni-directional, spiral, crystal pixel board with 2100 crystals, 1050 white LEDs, 1 km of 9-way cable braided shielding and 31 processors to create a truly interactive design which displays text messages sent via SMS." Other designers were: Yves Bèhar, Tord Boontje, Constantin and Laurene Boym, David Collins, Chris Levine, Matali Crasset, Ben Jakober, Jeff Leatham and Ingo Maurer.

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