UK technological engineers Asylum were approached with a private commission, requiring a domestic installation a pipe covered in crystals that lit up to decorate a construction feature within a room. A base structure was fabricated for fitting the electronics onto. The RGB LED modules were made up of three individual colored lights and could give a range of over 16 million colors. 

Top: The completed pipe with the LEDs and crystal shards glued on. Center: The completed LED pipe installation can change up to 16 million colors. Bottom: Pipe before crystal shards are glued on. (All Photo Courtesy of Asylum)

The number of pipes fitted totaled 2,912, amounting to almost 9,000 LEDs. They were all controlled by an industrial embedded Linux computer for added reliability, which hosted a webpage, accessible by mobile phone. This allowed the client to customize colors and patterns at a click of a button.

An engineer glues on crystals to the pipe.

A light diffusing outer shell slotted over the top of the structure, which had over 3,000 individual crystal shards glued to it. Asylum Supervisor: Mark Curtis Asylum Electronics Engineers: Sam Hue-Vashon, George Davies - See more at:

http://www.asylumsfx.com/work/installations/?album=3&gallery=223#sthash.6cm2jC8v.dpuf

The crystal shards up close. Click photo to view the LED pipe installation in action.