I just came across this interesting political statement from designer Michael Tsinzovsky – it's called the Little Night Lamp for Sderot. An interesting political statement product design, indeed. The luminaire is a commentary on the city of Sderot, Israel, which has been under constant Qassam rocket attacks since October 2000. Tsinzovsky created this lamp from [...]
Read More attack, concrete, fixture, Israel, lamp, luminaire, Michael Tsinzovsky, Qassam, rocket, Sderota long, long time ago (September 2008) when I first started JimOnLight.com I wrote about a product called LitraCon – or light transmitting concrete. LitraCon is a concrete building product combining glass optical fibers and concrete – from the website: Litracon™ is a combination of optical fibres and fine concrete. It can be produced as [...]
Read More concrete, light, light transmitting concrete, litraconInstructables user "hands_on" has created a lamp from concrete, glass, and some other easily obtainable materials. His process is well-documented, and this project looks like it belongs in a hoity-toity setting! Check it out!
Read More comcrete lamp, concrete, instructablesSay what? That's right, material with all of the same strength as concrete, but with embedded glass fibers to allow light to pass through it, giving silhouettes and other images of that nature. An article over from the good folks at Optics.org spreads info about the substance called "LitraCon," invented by Aron Losconczi. “Thousands of [...]
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