Special Lamp
Machines & Processing
Design
Smart Home
A product can carry so much more than solely a beautiful aesthetic or functional purpose – it can carry a narrative so intriguing that it makes the device so much more desirable. The Subtle Lamp is a perfect example of this, as it uses Kenya Hara‘s philosophy of Emptiness and the research on Normality by Naoto Fukasawa to drive its design. The lamp relies on gentle user interaction to function; lifting the lamp’s head causes the light to turn on; this motion represented the sunrise, but is of course open to interpretation!
Rather than relying on glaring touchpoints that interrupt the seamless aesthetic, it uses its form to do all of the talking! The triangular shape of the lamp head hints towards the direction of travel, whilst the empty space that is left vacant when the lamp is turned on is a cue towards a space that requires filling.
Designer: Philipp Emrich for Gantri
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