a moon-shaped lamp sits atop a color-changing display created by imagebook

following imagebook‘s colorful crayons shaped like tiny roofs for tiny houses, the tokyo-based creative team is back with ‘display lamp’. described as a ‘two for one light’, the design is composed of a spherical lamp sitting atop a large rectangular display that slowly changes color.

images and videos courtesy of imagebook

the two distinct elements of display lamp represent two very different types of light that we encounter in our everyday life: moonlight and the light from our tech devices. just like the screens we look at, the rectangular display emits a bright yet subtle and ever-present light. ‘everyday life is filled with countless lights. we aren’t aware of the light coming from smartphones, computers, and televisions, which we gaze at every day,’ says imagebook.

against the color-changing base, the spherical, moon-shaped lamp contrasts in both shape and color. ‘the round light bulb is likened to the moon, which has not changed since ancient times, and the transition of the display is the fluctuation of light. reality, virtuality, and recognition go back and forth between them,’ explains imagebook.

imagebook continues, ‘designing the past with modern sensibilities, a hunch that something might turn into something else, and whether the color is on the form or the form is on the color, are some of the questions and feelings that arise from the team’s everyday observations. such feelings and questions become the basis of projects in which the team aims to create with a focus on adventure and reality.’

project info:

project name: display lamp

design: imagebook

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edited by: lynne myers | designboom