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April 26, 2004

Technology can be beautiful...

...and adding function to art can make it more compelling. For example, Swarovski brought a group of designers to Milan to show off artistic uses of their crystal in high-tech chandeliers.

Some of the results are pretty impressive, even if a few of them look like K-Mart X-mas light train wrecks. One design uses an addressible array of lights within the chandelier to display text messages from party-goers' phones.

Be sure to check out the high-res versions of the chandelier images on the Swarovski site; the real artistry is in the details.

Posted by Chris at April 26, 2004 05:41 PM

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