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Design Count

Design Count featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Hitotaba

Designed by Shinn Asano with background in graphic design, Sen is a 6 piece collection of steel furniture that turns 2D lines into 3D forms. Each piece including “hitotaba lamp” has been created with lines that minimize excess to express both form and functionality in a range of applications, inspired by unique sources such as traditional Japanese craft and patterns. Hitotaba lamp is inspired by the scenic view of the Japanese countryside where bundles of rice straw are hung downwards to dry after harvesting.

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Blossom

This fixture is an example of looking outside the box...Instead of using an electronic wall dimmer switch to set the mood, this lamp uses a series of Bronze pulleys and cables that articulate eight bent birch arms. Using a hand crank located on a wall near the power switch the user can raise and lower the diffuser arms to trap or release the desired amount of light for the occasion.

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beacon

An unexpected mix of materials and shapes, this minimalistic, economical lamp uses available surfaces to reflect and diffuse light. It is constructed using copper tube, and integrates the switch organicaly, plus all elements of an LED driven system into a compact yet powerful kit for casual reading. The light delivered is warm and soft, creating a sunny Sunday afternoon experience for every read. If unpainted, it facilitates the building of a personal relationship, as the surface oxidizes in time, it darkens in colour and gains texture detail and personality with each print or scratch.

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Dahom CFL Pingpong

Dahom CFL Pingpong when used in the home behaves and looks exactly like the traditional Thomas Edison incandescent bulb but without the heat generated and the energy used. In fact, it saves at least 65% of the energy used. Generally a 7W Dahom CFL Ping Pong can replace a 40W incandescent bulb, without compromising on its size. And in order to achieve the frosted look and feel, instead of using acid to frost the glass, Dahom cleverly uses a patented silicon sleeve. This not only delivers the frosted look, it also makes the light output more even and environmentally friendly.

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TITUS

Flush mount lighting fixture. While similar products use all parts encased in a single structure, this unique design which consists of three parts has various advantages: 1. As the Power Supply and the LED’s are housed in different parts, LED section is protected from heating. 2. Incase of any malfunctioning of any of the parts, the faulty part can easily be replaced, without dismounting the complete unit. 3. Since, there is a lid at the bottom of the fixture, mains cable can be fed into the unit through collars.

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NUO

Nuo’ pendant consist of two materials, made from rattan strips base and stem of banana trees that are environmentally friendly material and can be parsed again. This material processed with a particular method so that this material is very beautiful, flexible, and strong. After going through a careful process of finishing, it will be formed products of high artistic merit. The result, ‘Nuo’ has a unique beauty and simplicity in the finished pendant form, reflecting the traditional skills and the unique allure of material fashioned by human hands.

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