I would have assumed this lamp was aluminum, had designer Marcus Tremonto not explained:
https://gizmodo.com/pixel-bulb-iconizes-your-light-source-5370145
“The complexity of curves and required thinness could not be duplicated in any other material while still maintaining its ability to support itself completely…”
Usually when I picture carbon fiber, I imagine that monotonous, slate-colored slab that’s delicately thin but mostly flat—or I picture the Ossur cheetah legs that are curved but only for industrial utility.
https://gizmodo.com/is-choosing-a-prosthesis-so-different-than-picking-a-pa-5401408
I’d never imagined carbon fiber as a ribbon of light. [Contemporist via cribcandy]
