Tag: Lamp

  • gif of a ring light being held up by a human arm. Three frames in the gif show a soft carbon fiber switch hanging loose as a string and a ball, with the switch about to be connected, and with the switch connected and the light shining

    Carbon Fiber Experiments

    Carbon fiber is conductive, but since it’s not as efficient as copper wiring, it’s not often used for its conductive properties. I discovered that its inefficiency means that you can hook up LED diodes to it without the need for resistors. 

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  • gif of a paper chandelier as the camera zooms in from showing the whole chandelier to going up the chandelier to show the geometric interior, the chandelier is faceted and vaguely flower-like

    Paper House

    If we cannot raise manufacturing costs to ensure quality home goods and we cannot teach millions of people to suddenly take care of what they have, what if we instead filled our homes with paper? Unlike in the past, when families would live together their whole lives or gift newlyweds with heritage furniture, many people…

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  • render of a wardrobe rack, lamp on a pedestal, and a chair in a white space

    The Bentwood Bedroom Collection

    How can 19th c design relate to modern lives? Many chairs from 19th c Western countries look uncomfortable by today’s standards because people sat differently then. Letting their backs touch the backs of chairs was an example of very poor breeding. Today, everyone tends to lounge in chairs. But chairs in bedrooms are more often…

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