DESIGN SORCERY

while digging into my favorite design online magazines i bumped into this one particularly smart design idea. you see, i am a sucker for design - it may be because of the architecture side - regardless, this is brilliant.

what is it?

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folding lamps. this marvellous contraption is called the "pop-up corner light" by well well designers.
for anyone with a small space (hello fellow new yorkers), these are great space savers. i was immediately captured by the simplicity and practicality of this design solution.

{image source: well well designers}
in addition, it is minimalist, and just as colorful as one may choose. what is also interesting, is the variety of geometric shapes available. there is even a cone-shaped corner light for a more traditionally oriented fellow. my only question lies in the brightness of the light that is shed - there is only one way to find out.
finally, if the light is somewhat softer, and they can be made in a smaller scale i would say these would also be good night stand lights for those of us who wither don't have one, or no room on them for an actual lamp. i would really like to see them made in a variety of sizes!

what do you think of these? how much of a design fan are you?

{1} well well designers have a website of course
{2} pop-up light was found here first. the article is in spanish