A good friend of mine, interior designer Erinn Valencich, recently went to the Maison de Objet (Home and Fashion) show in Paris. (I’m totally not jealous, I promise.) Keep in mind that in her line of work, Erinn is regularly exposed to cutting edge home décor products and trends; she’s a bit of a tastemaker herself, as it turns out. So I found it very interesting that in her recap of the event, one of the first things she mentioned from the show that impressed her was an LED lighting installation by Italian design studio Carnovsky. Called RGB, the installation involves intricately designed images that are layered on top of each other, each one in a different color (red, green and blue).  When viewed in full spectrum lighting, the images appear all at once, overlapping each other and creating an overwhelming spectacle of color and shapes. Then, when color-changing LED lights are used to shine light of just one color onto the installation, each individual drawing is revealed. The wallpaper mutates in the illumination of RGB LED wall washers, allowing the viewer to contemplate the meaning of each image individually.

Sure, the overall effect might be a little too hectic for home installation, but it certainly makes a compelling artistic statement. And it’s all possible thanks to LED light technology.

Thanks to Erinn V for the images.