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Stunningly Surreal Lamps

The Endless Lights Lamps Create a Cloudy and Ethereal Atmosphere

— August 5, 2014 — Art & Design
'Endless Lights' is a series of three ethereally designed lamps created by Bram Vanderbeke. The lamps are fitted with movable translucent mirrors. By looking into this embedded reflective surface, viewers are treated to hypnotizing patterns and colors that aim to provide a feeling of existentialism.

The Endless Lights lamps' circular faces are highly reminiscent of a psychic's crystal ball, and help recreate one's surroundings in a playfully manipulative manner. The lamp shapes are cast in resin' this material -- and the fact that light is located on the inside -- creates a cloudy atmosphere.

According to the designer, these lamp designs were borne out of a desire to give people "the possibility to place themselves in endlessness, and create a place to stare in and dream".

Photo Credits: designboom, bramvanderbeke
Trend Themes
1. Ethereal Lighting - Opportunity to disrupt traditional light fixtures by offering ethereal and hypnotizing lamps that create a dream-like atmosphere.
2. Reflective Design - Opportunity to innovate home decor products with embedded reflective surfaces that allow viewers to manipulate and playfully recreate their surroundings.
3. Existential Products - Opportunity to create and market products with a focus on existentialism and providing users a place to stare and dream.
Industry Implications
1. Interior Design - Opportunity to disrupt traditional interior design by offering products with unique and thought-provoking designs that create a dreamy and surreal atmosphere.
2. Home Decor - Opportunity to innovate home decor industry by incorporating reflective surfaces in products that allow viewers to manipulate and playfully recreate their surroundings.
3. Lighting - Opportunity to create and market unique and thought-provoking lamps that provide users with an existential experience and create a dream-like atmosphere in the room.
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