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S-332
year 1990s
material plastic, textile
source title The International Design Yearbook 1996
info In contrast to the toko na mai, the corner of darkness that is at the heart of the traditional Japanese interior, the West looks to the hearth as the centre of the home. Howard Montgomery’s Sopus and Masanori Umeda’s Be-Byobu provide new interpretations of this tradition. In the former, a 50–400HZ electro-luminescent panel is mounted inside a soft, translucent plastic housing, which acts as both diffuser and pillow. With Be-Byobu, the floor mounting of the lamp provides an immediate metaphor for the light of a fire.
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year 1990s
material plastic, textile
source title The International Design Yearbook 1996
info In contrast to the toko na mai, the corner of darkness that is at the heart of the traditional Japanese interior, the West looks to the hearth as the centre of the home. Howard Montgomery’s Sopus and Masanori Umeda’s Be-Byobu provide new interpretations of this tradition. In the former, a 50–400HZ electro-luminescent panel is mounted inside a soft, translucent plastic housing, which acts as both diffuser and pillow. With Be-Byobu, the floor mounting of the lamp provides an immediate metaphor for the light of a fire.
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