A Lamp That's Also an Infographic

The dimmer is actually a clever chart made of glass.

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Camille Blin's Gradient Lamp dims when you need it to--but it does so without an electrical circuitry. Rather, it relies on what amounts to a chart of lighting conditions.

Blin wanted to make the dimmer--which is usually hidden in the electrical guts of a lamp--into a visual, integral part of the design. She did that by create a rotating glass disc that covers the lamp's bulb housing. The disc is silkscreen with a gradient, ranging from...