Whether you're a fan of French baguettes, fluffy croissants or crispy buns, you will appreciate these Pampshade lamps that are designed to resemble baked bread products.
Carb fiends everywhere will appreciate these calorie-free decor items that will make your bedroom or office look like a bakery. At first glance each of these Pampshade lamps rivals an edible bun or bread loaf but is revealed as a functional light fixture upon closer inspection.
These food-inspired lighting fixtures were designed by Yukiko Morita as part of 2014's Tokyo Designers Week event. The designer referenced her first part-time job when creating the lamps. Morita used to work in a bakery and chose bread as a theme that inspired of her collection of unusual lighting.
What's Driving This Trend
- Food-inspired Home Decor
- There are disruptive innovation opportunities for design and furniture companies to create more food-inspired home decor products beyond Pampshade lamps.
- Realistic Object Lighting
- Opportunities exist for lighting manufacturers to create more realistic lighting fixtures inspired by everyday objects beyond Pampshade's bread-shaped lamps.
- Merging Functionality and Aesthetics
- Companies can explore the trend of blending functionality and aesthetics to create innovative products akin to Pampshade's lamps.
Who This Affects Most
- Interior Design
- Interior Designers can leverage the trend of food-inspired home decor and offer unique and quirky design solutions for homeowners.
- Lighting Manufacturing
- Lighting manufacturers can explore the trend of realistic object lighting and come up with innovative products that mimic real-life objects.
- Furniture Design
- Furniture designers can learn from Pampshade's merging of functionality and aesthetics to create novel and innovative furniture products.
