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Chorong lamp by Joongho Choi
Korean designer Joongho Choi has designed a modern reinterpretation of traditional Korean chong-sa-chorong lamps.
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Called Chorong, the hanging light source can be directed by pivoting the steel pole in its glass base.
![exhibition.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/06/exhibition.jpg)
Choi has created two versions - one for traditional light bulbs and another mounted with an LED.
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Here is some text from the designer.
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CONCEPT
Reinterpreting the 'chong-sa-chorong', the korean illumination device, in terms of modern thoughts.
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This lighting device could be hanged onto fixed metal pole, or held by hand, but most importantly when it was hanged onto a long fixed pole called 'deung rong deh', it would vividly show the difference between the wall and the illumination itself, building up tensions in the atmosphere.
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That tension could be maximized by just hanging on to the supporting pole, and I have brought along the advantageous idea from the 'chong-sa-chorong' which is being able to move from place to another in various directions.
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2009
Meterial/Steel Glass
Size/ H300XW1075X1860(mm)
![light-bulb-type2.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/06/light-bulb-type2.jpg)
Below: a traditional Korean 'chong-sa-chorong' lamp.
![motivekorean-hanging-light.jpg](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/06/motivekorean-hanging-light.jpg)