Reading Lamp
Designed by Jun Yasumoto, Alban Le Henry, Olivier Pigasse and Vincent Vandenbrouck, this reading lamp turns itself off when you drape a book over it. Genius. [Core77]
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"I thought the lamp was reading the book...."
"Anybody else read that and think, "Fire hazard?" Draping a flammable object ove..."
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"Awesome idea! I'm going to make one that isn't butt ugly. Something in figured..."
"@4 I'm with you. It's a bit of pointless critique. Not to difficult to take the..."
"Three people to design a lamp with a pressure sensor?..."
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Drywall
#1 – 9:13 PM July 19, 2009
Suck on that, Kindle owners!
duallain
#2 – 11:39 PM July 19, 2009
My first thought is: how well would this light really work for reading? It doesn't appear to be bright enough.
My second thought: what happens when you finish reading a book? You'd have to do something silly to get it to turn off (re-use the book you just finished, open a new book, keep some dummy book nearby...).
Helen-LG
#3 – 2:11 AM July 20, 2009
Also it's not good for the spines of your books!
caldrax
#4 – 3:33 AM July 20, 2009
It probably also has a switch, or worst case scenario you put the book you just finished back on until you pick up a new one? That seems like a bit of a desperate attempt to find something to criticize about it.
PaulR
#5 – 5:11 AM July 20, 2009
Three people to design a lamp with a pressure sensor?
HeatherB
#6 – 6:40 AM July 20, 2009
@4 I'm with you. It's a bit of pointless critique. Not to difficult to take the book you just finished and put it over it.
Ito Kagehisa
#7 – 7:00 AM July 20, 2009
Awesome idea! I'm going to make one that isn't butt ugly. Something in figured walnut, I think, and more directional.
LyhjeHylje
#8 – 7:20 AM July 20, 2009
This seems like something you put on a low table beside you. I like my reading light to be behind me and higher than my shoulder/head, this would look ridiculous screwed on wall.
Toaste
#9 – 7:43 PM July 20, 2009
Anybody else read that and think, "Fire hazard?" Draping a flammable object over a heat source sounds absurdly stupid. And while it may seem to be a brilliant means of eliminating the need for a bookmark, the book would simply fall off for lack of balance if draped over the light opened to the first or last chapter.
Booker
#10 – 7:04 AM July 26, 2009
I thought the lamp was reading the book.
lamp cord
#11 – 6:04 PM August 11, 2009
Anyway,it's great in different figure.