# Origami Lamps The Folding Lamp By lourdes sanchez bayas | Published 2008-05-24 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-folding-lamp-by-thomas-hicks References: [yankodesign](http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2008/05/23/fold-your-lamp/) A lamp which can be folded to take on any shape you give it sounds adventurous and exciting to me. Thomas Hicks designed the **[Folding Lamp](http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2008/05/23/fold-your-lamp)** which is made up 0.8mm sheets of stainless steel, pre-scored panels that make assemblage a matter of folding along the dotted lines. And because the order in which you fold your lamp is up to your whims, you can choose different configurations and styles for a very unique piece of furniture. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.1/10 - Popularity: 50% | Activity: 65% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Foldable Furniture:** Opportunities for creating unique and customizable furniture for customers, utilizing foldable designs. - **Origami-inspired Design:** Innovative design concepts that incorporate origami principles in functional and aesthetic ways. - **Metal as a Design Material:** Exploring the versatility of metals in product design, specifically using pre-scored metal sheets to make assembly easier for customers. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Furniture Manufacturing:** Integrating foldable designs into furniture manufacturing creates opportunities for unique and customizable furniture. - **Home Decor:** Origami-inspired folding lamps create an opportunity to introduce new decorative lighting concepts to the market. - **Metal Manufacturing:** Pre-scored metal sheets for product design can create opportunities to streamline the manufacturing process and reduce production costs. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Flat-Pack Paper Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tsubomi.md) - [Foldable Wooden Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/interactive-folding-lamp.md) - [Origami-Inspired Floor Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ori-lamp.md) - [Paper-Inspired Half-Folded Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/half-lamp.md) - [Folded Timber Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/flatpack-timber-lamp.md) - [Paper-Made Origami Illuminators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hanging-origami-lamp.md) - [Origami-Inspired Lit Table Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lightup.md) - [Blooming Paper Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kazuhiro-yamanaka-tsubomi-lamp.md) - [Shape-Shifting Modular Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moodi.md)