Dezeen Showroom: intuitive gestures rather than switches control lights in the Call It a Day collection, designed by Shanghai-based studio Tongqi Lu Design.

The Call It a Day collection features a table lamp, floor lamp and pendant lamp, all featuring translucent, touch-inviting silicone shades.

The lighting collection is designed without switches and instead invites users to turn the lamps off and on via easily surmised gestures, such as a bop or a tug.

Designer Tongqi Lu paints a picture of the lighting collection as providing a soft, slow and comforting retreat at the end of a long, demanding day.

"I drop onto the sofa, reach out, and press, pull, tap – without intention," she said. "The light turns on, not because I followed a rule, but because I didn't."

"The silicone surface shifts under my hand, stretching, relaxing, losing its shape. Like everything else. Nothing needs to be correct here. Nothing needs to be finished. Just small, careless movements – and a soft light that stays with me while I do nothing."

Product details:

Product: Call It a Day
Designer: Tongqi Lu
Brand: Tongqi Lu Design
Contact: [email protected]

Materials: silicone, stainless steel, acrylic, integrated LED components
Colours/finishes: customisable

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