LED wallpaper

LED wallpaper is the integration of light-emitting diodes into flat substrates suitable to be applied to walls for interior decoration purposes.

The experimentation on the combination of light sources and wall covering surfaces has been largely fostered by the progressive miniaturisation of low-voltage lighting technology, such as LEDs and OLEDs, suitable to be incorporated into low-thickness materials to be applied onto interior walls.The new possibilities offered by these developments have prompted some designers and companies to research and develop proprietary LED wallpaper technologies, some of which are currently available for commercial purchase. Other solutions mainly exist as prototypes or are in the process of being further refined.

The first use of the term LED wallpaper is found in the book Wallpaper by Lachlan Blackley, describing the work of textile designer Maria Yaschuk, who designed a flexible solution to incorporate LEDs into digitally printed wall covering material in 2004. This definition is currently used by companies such as Meystyle and designer Ingo Maurer in relation to LED wall covering materials included in their catalogues. Other similar concepts are light-emitting wallpaper used by Lomox and luminous textile used by Philips.