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Mono-Light by OS & OOS twists and bends into different configurations

Northmodern 2015: Eindhoven studio OS & OOS has designed a modular lighting system joined by rubbery connectors that allow users to create sculptural installations (+ slideshow).

Mono-lights by OS & OOS

The Mono-Light by design duo OS & OOS is made from LED strip lights with silicon foam connectors that can be bent and weighted to the ground or suspended from the ceiling to create a variety of forms.

Mono-lights by OS & OOS

The studio is presenting Mono-Lights in an installation at new Danish design fair Northmodern, currently taking place in Copenhagen.

Mono-lights by OS & OOS

LED strip lights that emit a low temperature are tucked within a white plastic casing to allow the sections to be handled.

Mono-lights by OS & OOS

"We wanted to make lights that could be put in any position," studio co-founder Sophie Mensen told Dezeen. "We were thinking about materials of the future, that need to do more than one thing."

Mono-lights by OS & OOS

Spongey silicon foam connectors on either side of the light casings can be bent or twisted to create sculptural forms.

Mono-lights by OS & OOS

The strip lights can be joined to each other to create one long piece of alternating illuminated sections and coloured foam pieces.

Mono-lights by OS & OOS

Small disks made from grey-veined marble root the ends of the light tubes to the ground or wall and connect the lights to a power source.

Mono-lights by OS & OOS

Aluminium disks threaded through silicon foam loops are suspended from the ceiling to encourage the tubes to drape.

Mono-lights by OS & OOS

The Mono-Light, which comes in white, peach or grey, can also be used singularly to form smaller light installations for the home. OS & OOS presented the copper version of the light at Gallerie Gosserez during the 2014 PAD art fair in Paris.

Mono-lights by OS & OOS

The LED lights are available in two brightnesses: a fluorescent version more suitable for displays, and a softer, warmer light more suited for domestic use.

Mono-lights by OS & OOS

The studio is also showing its set of colourful geometric mats that can be zipped together to form different compositions at the Northmodern event, which concludes tomorrow.

Mono-lights by OS & OOS

OS & OOS will launch new publication Synopsis, which outlines the studio's manifesto and concept behind their designs, later this year.