The LED-lit workstation is among the entries in the  Emotionalize Your Light competition. The designer has created a prototype that features a band of LED lighting running around the desktop edge as well as suspended from the ceiling. The disc in the middle of the upper panel is a “must for every Star Trek fan”, according to the designer. The colored lights can be changed using switches, and the designer is working on a way to switch the lights with a computer.

The intention of the designer was to create a desk that is large enough to work on comfortably and with lighting that can be changed according to the user’s mood.

This futuristic desk measures 160 x 140 x 80cm (about 5 x 4.5 x 2.6 ft). The desktop lighting uses 16 1-watt LEDs, which are housed in a square aluminum tube.

The Emotionalize Your Light competition is designed to attract designers who can develop innovative LED lighting solutions with a well-being focus. The lighting ideas are expected to be easy to use, affordable and should impart a feeling of harmony and wellness. The participants should submit their entries by June 25 and prize winners will share in cash and prizes worth EUR7000.