Close your eyes and picture the typical floor or table lamp. What image comes to mind? Does it have some sort of stand and a flaring lampshade? This is the image that the Stitched Light works to imitate, despite the fact that it has only a couple of components in common with this type of illuminator.
Designer Hyeonil Jeong begins with an incandescent lightbulb with a very lengthy twisted cord. A laser-cut walnut board becomes a necessary frame and features plenty of strategically laid out drill holes through which the bright blue cable is threaded. The rope-like wire is plugged into the wall and then enters at the bottom right corner. It's treated as stitching to define the silhouette of a lampshade, doubly outlined by the trapezoidal cutout of the Stitched Light.
Thread-Defined Lighting
The Stitched Light Craftily Suggests the Archetypal Form of a Lampshade
Trend Themes
1. Thread-defined Lighting - Creating lighting fixtures by threading wires together suggests an opportunity for disruption in the lighting industry.
2. Sustainable Laser-cutting - Laser-cutting as a more eco-friendly cutting method presents disruptive innovation opportunities in the manufacturing industry.
3. Cord Design as a Statement Piece - Incorporating unique cord designs into products offers a chance for product differentiation in the consumer goods industry.
Industry Implications
1. Lighting - The Stitched Light presents an opportunity for the lighting industry to explore alternative and unconventional methods of illuminating a space.
2. Manufacturing - Adopting eco-friendly manufacturing processes, such as laser-cutting used in the Stitched Light, presents disruptive innovation opportunities.
3. Consumer Goods - Incorporating unique cord designs into products offers a chance for product differentiation and appeals to consumers looking for statement pieces.