martin neuhaus: becherlicht

‘becherlicht’ by martin neuhaus image © designboom

designer martin neuhaus has designed ‘becherlicht’ a cup light which functions as a wall luminaire. the light throws three-dimensional colored shadows onto the wall. neuhaus always wanted the old classic lampshade to have an ‘aha!’ factor. who would have thought a cup? a bit of an optical illusion, when the light is in ‘off’ mode, it appears to be absolutely nothing.

the project is on show in the ‘tatorte – design braucht täter’ (crime scenes – design needs perpetrators) exhibition as part of the passagen program of imm cologne 2010.

when turned on, the light casts three-dimensional colored shadows onto the wall image © designboom image © designboom

a simple colored cup is used to create the effect image © designboom

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