The Lights
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The new generation of Light Sticks and bases . . . . coming soon
Curiosity has driven me to look for what has
not yet been done, and also to seek new
connections between ordinary things.
Every creativity has three periods:
primitive. classical. decadent.
Progress happens through doors not walls.
. . . .
Sticks of Light
in Glittering, Elegant Glass
. . . .
The Lights
The creation of light
at the beginning was a magic act.
Since the moment
electricity replaced the oil lamp
or fire-brand, this magic act
has lost his force.
It has been reduced
to pushing some anonymous button,
placed here or there.
To rediscover light,
to rediscover it
with its own hands
(as it used to happen long ago)
has created the new germinal
form-giving spirit
of this new concept in lighting.
7+ is human, touchable, it belongs to us.
Theodore Waddell’s conception of an interactive, minimalist sculpture of a lamp with thin light rods — as many or as few as the viewer wants — surpassed the available technology of its time. A major modern furniture company attempted to mass produce the lamps in Italy, but more than half of the fragile glass lamps were damaged in shipment due to poorly designed packaging. Additionally, timing and channels of distribution from major department stores were never adequately developed, and, unfortunately, the project was shelved in 1972.
“The timing for my father’s lamp just wasn’t right,” said Brewster. “It was a bitter moment for my father because he had put his soul into this project. His designs never became the commercial success he had envisioned. But I always knew that the day would come when new technologies would allow us to relaunch his designs.”
In 2017, Brewster, Participation Designs CEO, reached out to Assistant Dean Rod Wetterskog, The Jonsson School of Design at UT Dallas, to sponsor a senior capstone team dedicated to modernizing the lamps. Over two semesters, the team successfully converted the original lamp to an up-to-date design which includes: Bluetooth, battery-powered base, LED light stick design that can be controlled through a mobile app, all while meticulously maintaining the integrity of the original design. With the changes in technology Participation Designs holds additional patents and copyrights, as well as the original patents on the bases and light sticks.
As we continue to develop, we will be adding multiple colored light sticks and lighting modes. The only major difference between the original and updated design is with the battery powered base and the number of light sticks per base has been limited.