Dynamic Lamp»Design has become the most powerful tool with which man shapes his tools and environment (and, by extension, society and himself).«
This was written by designer and educator Victor Papanek (1927–1999). He became a strong advocate of the socially and ecologically responsible design of products, tools and community infrastructures. He disapproved of manufactured products that were unsafe, showy, maladapted or essentially useless.
Karin Johansson's lamp would have been appreciated by Papanek. It transforms kinetic energy to light, through a dynamo placed inside the globe. As you spin it, it glows. Johansson explains:
»The dynamo has fascinated me since before I knew what it was. I fell asleep to the sound of it when I was two years old sitting on the back of my mother's bike.«
»My ›Dynamic Lamp‹ is a part of the wireless society. It doesn't need any power supply or batteries, it just works with your own energy. It is based on the idea of producing your energy where you are, instead of transporting it in all directions across the earth. The sole by-product is exercise.«
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