# Fluorescent Lighting that Doesn't Suck System X By Ben Preiss | Published 2007-07-23 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/system-x-fluorescent-lighting-that-doesnt-suck References: [joshspear](http://www.joshspear.com/item/systemx-aint-your-everyday-fluorescent-lighting/) & [technabob](http://technabob.com/blog/2007/07/18/systemx-interlocking-fluorescent-lights-by-yamagiwa/) OK, it's a given that I hate fluorescent lighting even if it saves electricity, the environment and all that. I personally believe that it is slowly sucking the life out of all office workers. Given this, System X is a very innovative design concept. So, at least we can be drained of our life force in style. **Implications** - What is really neat about System X is that it allows for the dull and boring, life-draining florescent lights to be transformed into [luminescent works of art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pyl-lighting). With a [variety of connectors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nomad-collection-1), the tubular lighting can be arranged in multiple different patterns and arrangements that will add a little more excitement and energy to any office space. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.5/10 - Popularity: 24% | Activity: 12% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Artistic Lighting Designs:** System X showcases an innovative design that transforms fluorescent lighting into luminescent works of art, presenting an opportunity for disruptive innovation with artistic and customizable lighting designs. - **Ergonomic Office Space:** The ability to arrange and customize fluorescent lighting in creative patterns and arrangements with System X offers a potential opportunity for disruption in the ergonomic office space industry. - **Energy-efficient Lighting Innovation:** System X presents a creative opportunity in the lighting industry to combine aesthetics with energy efficiency for a products that stands out from traditional fluorescent lighting options with powerful visual appeal. ### Who This Affects Most - **Lighting:** System X introduces an innovative product that disrupts the traditional fluorescent lighting options and encourages creative lighting solutions in the lighting industry. - **Office Furniture and Supplies:** System X offers a product that creates a potential for disruptive innovation in the field of office furniture and supplies, specifically lighting that allows for custom and artistic arrangements for a more vibrant workspace. - **Interior Design:** The artistic and customizable lighting designs presented by System X present a disruptive opportunity in the interior design industry for innovative lighting fixtures that cater to both form and function. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Dazzling Gradient Lighting Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/star-bulb.md) - [Modular Dynamic Lighting Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moonside-neon-hex.md) - [Glowing Tubular Light Fixtures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/array-lighting.md) - [Linear Lighting Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/superwire.md) - [Dynamically Customizable Desk Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/illum-desk-light.md) - [Customizable Acoustic Lighting Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/customizble-acoustic-lighting-system.md) - [Minimal Aesthetic Light Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/flat-light.md) - [Outlet-Equipped Workstation Lights](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/avro-pendant-lamp.md) - [Suspended Origami-Like Lighting](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sora-light.md)