Most of us charge our mobile phone next to our bed, just before going to sleep. This usually happens at the same as switching your bedside table lamp on. SmartLight is a concept that combines our smart-phone, bedside table light and everyday habit. It is about modern behaviour and the way we use objects around us.
At Loose Thread, OKAYstudio exhibition London Design Festival 2013, we decided to share this idea that we had in mind : since having a young daughter it happens quite often to be awoken in the middle of the night, then finding it quite hard to fall back to sleep again. Reading in bed is probably the best way to cope with this frustration- although we don’t want our other half to wake up as well so we find ourselves using the back flash LED of our phones as a reading light.
We spent some time to developing this smart light concept and came up with five different directions. These designs fit most of existing smart phones as long as they have flat surface and back flash LED light.
- Sling- an absolutely fun device that simply connect the phone into a readymade cup.
- Suction Cup – this design takes itself a bit more seriously with a phone that held by suction cup.
3. Rocking – more playful simple direction. - Rubber Shade- a shade made out of rubber that can stretch around different size phone.
- Art Deco Army Flash Light – a more stylish approach inspired by classic army flash light.
