Kyō Lamp by Lina Antolínez from colombia

KYO is a lamp designed for those who wake up or run late every morning, when five minutes can make the difference.

KYO helps people getting ready in the morning, showing the time that has passed since they wake up until they leave their home.

People set the time they need to get ready in the morning by filling of light their lamps. To do this they have to turn around the top of the lamp while they see the light filling. Full filling is 60 minutes. Half filling is 30 minutes and so on. To start the time, people press the button on the top and do their morning activities during the countdown.

KYO is not a clock, not yet a timer. KYO is a lamp that uses light to indicate how much time has passed since you started it, but will never tell you what time it is exactly. The lamp will be blinking and turning off a light every 5 minutes and will get empty when time is finished.

KYO comes from a personal interest and concern in how we use time nowadays, in how we let our work routines control us by watching clocks every time in our cellphones. This project is an exploration of time visualization, using more intuitive and not explicit forms to understand and control our time without so many concerns.

Kyō means 'today' in japanese.