John and Wonhee Jeong Arndt of Studio Gorm met while studying in the masters program at the design academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. They set up their first studio in Rotterdam, though today, they are located in Eugene, Oregon. Let’s see what inspires the pair who make simple, practical, and always beautiful products and environments, in this week’s  Friday Five . 1. Radiolab There is always something amazing to learn about stuff that is so fundamental… that you don’t bother to think about it.

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Friday Five with Studio Gorm

LIGHT_NESS is a lighting concept by Amsterdam-based company UXUS that is an interactive project that puts the end user in control of the design. The lamps are made of a frame, neon orange tape and a cord. The final product is created by wrapping the tape around the frame to create the lampshade. UXUS developed the concept where user and designer roles become interchangeable; the consumer dictates what the product should look like and the designer is limited to simply providing the material

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LIGHT_NESS by UXUS