Light is a versatile design material. Natural light ranges from sunrise to bio-luminescence, from the Northern lights to fire, with a great diversity. Artificial light nowadays is present everywhere from the streets to LEDs in chargers. Despite the ubiquity of artificial light, interacting with it is mostly limited to on/off switches.
A lamp for readers, whose functionality ranges from ambience lamp to task lamp
No “switching” between different moods. To create a continuous interaction, we chose the book metaphor with the notion of opening & closing.The brightness and temperature of the lamp are adjustable to match the user's current activity. It ranges from a “candle” light (1500K) which has a warm and relaxing effect to white light (9500K) which helps stay awake and focused.
/the metaphor a book /the interaction opening-closing
Video: The high-fidelity prototype of the book lamp demonstrates changing the light brightness and temperature depending on the angle of openness The quality of the camera modified the appearance of the light. It ranges from approx. 1500K to 9500K.