Kawamura Ganjavian designs Kangaroo Light for the bottom of your bag
Spain and Switzerland-based studio Kawamura Ganjavian launched a Kickstarter campaign this week to fund a flexible glowing lamp (+ slideshow).
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Kawamura Ganjavian, best known for its Ostrich Pillow, created the Kangaroo Light as part of a collaboration with the innovation quarter of Bangor University in the UK.
"The name of the design came from the idea that in the animal world, a kangaroo's pouch is almost like the equivalent of a built in handbag," Kawamura Ganjavian told Dezeen.
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Currently at prototype stage, the light has twenty-four built in LEDs, designed to emit a soft yellow glow and illuminate the bottom of a bag or rucksack.
"The design came from observing people in their daily lives and trying to find a way to make their day-to-day routine more playful and practical," the studio said.
"We've all been in a situation where you're rummaging at the bottom of a bag, wasting time and you just can't find what you're looking for. We decided that a glowing lamp that was flexible enough to fold and adapt to your life was the answer."
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The light can be programmed to turn on or off through touch and an accelerometer built into the device offers a variety of modes, including an ambient setting for reading and brighter torch function.
"The light can have many different uses, from allowing you to curve it round the spine of a book to providing the perfect mood lighting for a romantic dinner in," the studio said.
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Hexagonally shaped, the lamp is covered in a soft rubberised material with grooves that enable it to fold in half and take up as little space as possible.
A splash-proof coating protects the exterior of the lamp and a lithium-ion battery offers two and a half hours of illumination.
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When the battery runs down, the light can be plugged into a computer and recharged via USB from an output slot in the side of the hexagon.
The studio hope to raise £50,000 in 45 days through its Kickstarter campaign. If successful, the light will be sold via their website and through other retailers.
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Kawamura Ganjavan's previous project, the Ostrich Pillow, was successfully funded in 2012 and was designed to allow tired city workers to take a power nap at their desk by placing a giant cushion over their head.
Other projects by Kawamura Ganjavan we've featured on Dezeen include screens made of velcro-covered sticks and a padded reading room in a bookshop.