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NISSHOKU CAPTURES LIGHT FROM ITS SURROUNDINGS TO EXUDE AN ECLIPSE-LIKE GLOW

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YUICHIRO MORIMOTO’S LIGHT ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR ELECTRICITY

 

Powered by light, Nisshoku gradually lights up to exude a warm glow without the
need for electricity. The lamp designed by Yuichiro Morimoto absorbs light rays
into its specially treated acrylic surface and releases it along the edges of a
circle. As it gradually becomes illuminated, it resembles the image of solar
eclipse, lending the light object its name — the Japanese translation for
eclipse. As it captures light from its surroundings, the way it illuminates also
accordingly changes depending on the conditions of the environment.


all images courtesy of Yuichiro Morimoto

 

 


NISSHOKU: A LAMP POWERED BY LIGHT

 

Mindful of this era of over consumption where energy issues are prevalent and
their effects on the environment are dire, Yuichiro Morimoto created a lighting
solution that glows without the use of a power supply. The designer drew
inspiration for this concept from an acrylic light collecting plate board which,
powered without the use of batteries, collected light from its surroundings and
released it from the edges.

 

Utilizing this mechanism to create lighting that does not use electricity,
Morimoto experimented in various ways to maximize the properties of the plate’s
surface. The chosen material uses a special acrylic called a condensing plate,
and the final technique used to achieve the glowing result exposes the surface
to maximize the amount of light collected, and conversely, covers the entire
edge to hide the mechanism. Further, a layer of milky white opalescent acrylic
was positioned on top to diffuse the light.




powered by light, Nisshoku gradually lights up to exude a warm glow


light rays absorbed into the surface are released along the edges of a circle


a layer of milky white opalescent acrylic diffuses the light

 







 


Nisshoku – translating to ‘eclipse’ in Japanese – resembles a solar eclipse when
illuminated

 

 

project info:

 

name: Nisshoku
designer: Yuichiro Morimoto

 

 

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