TEDIO FLOOR LAMP
The Tedio Lamp is more than what meets the eye. Wanting to design a moody, warm, lantern-inspired light, I started experimenting with recycled dacron sailcloth and discovered a unique property: Dacron is generally quite an opaque cloth, but becomes translucent when illuminated. Thus, by layering red cloth inside white, Tedio’s lampshade appears white when turned off and unexpectedly glows red when turned on. This fun little magic trick allows the Tedio Lamp to remain sophisticated in appearance despite its large size, and still give off the desired lighting effect without the use of a coloured lightbulb or red LED.
materials: mild steel, recycled dacron sailcloth
The Tedio Lamp is more than what meets the eye. Wanting to design a moody, warm, lantern-inspired light, I started experimenting with recycled dacron sailcloth and discovered a unique property: Dacron is generally quite an opaque cloth, but becomes translucent when illuminated. Thus, by layering red cloth inside white, Tedio’s lampshade appears white when turned off and unexpectedly glows red when turned on. This fun little magic trick allows the Tedio Lamp to remain sophisticated in appearance despite its large size, and still give off the desired lighting effect without the use of a coloured lightbulb or red LED.
materials: mild steel, recycled dacron sailcloth
