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Sketch lamp by Hung-Ming Chen and Ninna Kapadia
Hung-Ming Chen of Swedish design studio Hommin and Stockholm designer Ninna Kapadia have designed a desk lamp that can be used as a light box.
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Called Sketch and intended for use by designers, the lamp head twists upside down to lie flat on the desk.
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With the light source pointing upwards it can be used for tracing, accommodating A4-sized paper.
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Here's a tiny bit of text from the designers:
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Sketch lamp for designer
A light table for design profession is usually big and heavy.
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To solve this problem, we designed a table lamp which has a lighting table Feature and suitable for A4 paper.
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The idea is simple. Turing the lamp and put it upon the table. Than you get a light table ready for sketch.
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Designer: Hung-Ming Chen(Hommin) & Ninna Kapadia