LAb[au]’s f5×5x5 framework sculpture mesmerizes on video
It’s been nearly three full years since we’ve seen anything hot and fresh from LAb[au], but thankfully, said drought is decidedly over. By using a combination of aluminum, Plexiglas, LED lights, determination, wit, stepper motors, critical thinking and IR tracking technologies, the f5×5x5 sculpture was created. Dubbed a “kinetic and luminous framework,” the installation is part of a larger ‘16n’ project designed to confront architectural problems (like congestion and flows) with spatial sensing technologies. We know, that’s all pretty deep — but if you’re just lookin’ for a good time, we’d recommend heading past the break, mashing play and dropping your kudos in comments.
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Flat Packed Lamp Doesn’t Come From You Know Where
By Andrew Liszewski
Though it will arrive at your home packed completely flat, this appropriately named Flat Lamp has no affiliation with a certain Swedish furniture and accessories store. Made of stainless steel and veneer polypropylene, the lamp can be converted from 2D to 3D in minutes, and the only thing you’ll need to add is electricity and a light bulb. It’s available in dark veneer, light veneer, red and white finishes from gSelect for $72.
[ Flat Lamp ] VIA [ Better Living Through Design ]
Day 5: dºlight Huggable by Diana Lin – $30 OFF
Don’t miss out on Yanko Design’s “Five Days of Designs” sales event, starting from October 19th and running through October 23rd for the Yanko Design Store launch. Check back each day for a new deal! If you’re new to this concept, the deal works like this: Each day at 12:01am PST, Yanko Design will be revealing a new designer product with deeply discounted deals, available for one day only. The offer ends at 11:59pm PST the same day, so take advantage of the deal while you can.
Day 5 features the D’Light Huggable Pillow by Diana Lin. Diana’s inspiration for this design is sunlight. This award-winning concept creates a light that captures the essence of happiness, joy, playfulness, and life itself, condensed into something tactile and personal.
Designer: Diana Lin [ Buy It Here ]
Day 1: Carga 02 by Mauro Bianucci – $40 OFF
Day 2: Setgo Bags & Wallets by Nathan Leon – 15% Off
Day 3: Sorapot by Joey Roth – $40 OFF
Day 4: Tom, Dick & Harry by Thabto – 10% OFF
Day 5: dºlight Huggable Pillow by Diana Lin – $30 OFF
Posted: October 23rd, 2009
at 3:01am by Yanko Design
Topics: Announcements, Gifts for Women, Interiors, Led, Lighting, Product Design, diana, dlight, glow, huggable, lin, pillow
Phillips Banishes Winter Blues
Article courtesy of John Beck, from The Processor.
It usually only takes a few weeks of starting my daily commute long before the meager winter sun makes an appearance until I start seriously considering tossing myself under a train. Fortunately, the Phillips Wake-up Light could be just the thing to brighten up those dingy December mornings. It’s a combined bedside lamp, alarm clock and digital radio which Phillips rather boldly claims will make waking up a “pleasant experience”.
To achieve this seriously tall order, the multi-talented lamp conspires to disturb your slumbers in a more agreeable manner by gradually illuminating your room and playing a choice of 4 “natural and pleasant wake-up sounds”, which all seems simply lovely. It’s probably worth noting that said sounds aren’t all so terribly natural however; tweeting birds and jungle noises I can deal with, but wind chimes just remind me of living next to annoying hippies, and a “relaxing beep” sounds highly oxymoronical.
Also, it’ll set you back £130. Maybe I’ll just take my chances with Seasonal Affective Disorder.
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A Painfully Self-Aware Lamp [Design]
Does the average lamp know that it’s a lamp? Verner Panton’s Wire Table Lamp, shaped like a very classy light bulb, seems to be aware of its place in the world.
The reissued design originally debuted in 1972, and consists of a simple wire frame topped with a plastic dome (available in four colors!!). And if it weren’t for the $1200 price tag, we might consider making one ours. (Ha! You thought this thing would be cheap? Since when is mass-producible metal and plastic cheap?) [The Lollipop Shoppe via Unplggd]
Posted: October 21st, 2009
at 8:40pm by Mark Wilson
Topics: Design, Lamps, Lighting, Verner Panton, Wire table lamp
