Grip Torch by Alexander Taylor for Praxis
Product news: colourful LED torches shaped like the handlebar grips of BMX bicycles by British designer Alexander Taylor have gone into production with Hong Kong brand Praxis.
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“I had a BMX until I was about 14," says Taylor. "I still have a certain nostalgia for its mushroom grip handlebars. It just made perfect sense to make a torch based around that.”
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A circular funnel that directs the light from the LED is attached to the ribbed silicone handles that give the torches their name.
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The red version of the torch was first launched at The Conran Shop during London Design Festival 2012.
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Praxis is a new brand specialising in small silicone objects. It's also producing a selection of small pots that can't be left open by Slovakian designer Tomas Kral and bird-like containers by Swedish designers TAF.
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Photographs are by Alexander Taylor Studio.