Led device with flexible thermal interface

A method for providing a LED device of flexible design, the LED device at least comprising a LED module with one or several light emitting diodes mounted on a carrier, a heat sink or heat spreader, and a thermal interface between the carrier and the heat sink or heat spreader, said carrier being thermally connected via the thermal interface to the heat sink or heat spreader,

• the method comprising the steps of:
• providing the one or several light emitting diodes and the carrier;
• aligning the carrier and the one or several light emitting diodes according to an optical referencing of the LED device's design;
• providing the heat sink or heat spreader in a form according to the LED device's design;
• providing the thermal interface in the form of a member of a heat conducting material, which is ductile at least during assembling but maintains its position and shape after assembling;
• and
• aligning and assembling the carrier and the heat sink or heat spreader by means of the thermal interface with the positions of the carrier and of the heat sink or heat spreader being determined independent from each other according to the LED device's design.