Japanese Designer Creates Flat-Packed Paper Lamp That Fits in Envelope
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Alice Laycock
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Summary
Japanese designer Kazuhiro Yamanaka has created the Tsubomi table lamp, an inflatable paper lamp that can be flat-packed into an A4 envelope. The lamp features a distinctively creased appearance resulting from its paper material and packaging method. This is a scaled-down version of Yamanaka's previous floor lamp that fit inside a pizza box, continuing his exploration of space-saving, transportable lighting solutions.
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The Tokyo-based designer has previously created a floor lamp that fit inside a pizza box – Tsubomi is a scaled-down version of this and comes in an A4-size envelope.
Yamanaka describes the lamp as being inflatable
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