This Attractively Designed Lamp Lights Up Using Magnets

We use lamps every day to light up rooms, provide a bit of ambiance, or even let us read (actual paper) books and magazines. Traditionally, lamps have a base with a shade on top, but this battery-powered design by Studio Petek works a bit differently.

The 3D-printed lamp does indeed have a base and shade section, but in the off state the base actually sits on top of the shade, attached via magnets to form a cone shape. When one wants to turn the device on, the two sides are swapped with the shade on top and the stand on the bottom. It's connected using another set of magnets that, in this arrangement, transmit electricity and lights up a number of LEDs.

Magnets are aligned with alternating poles, so that each of the two attachments can only happen in one rotational orientation. Wire is soldered onto the conducting magnets, using a procedure outlined in Studio Petek's write-up so as not to destroy their attractive properties. For light, two LEDs from a strip are placed in the stand and another seven inside the shade. A 9V battery powers the device.

It’s an interesting concept, which could have a wide range of other applications. Perhaps one could implement a power supply or even a microcontroller and addressable LEDs for even more luminescent fun!