Glithero工作室设计的多米诺骨牌灯
Glithero creates lamp you switch on by toppling a row of dominoe

由专筑网王帅，蒋晖编译

这盏不同寻常的灯，被伦敦Glithero设计工作室使用一排多米诺骨牌取代了其简单的开关，这意味着它需要一系列的连锁反应才能打开。

这盏多米诺灯（The Domino Light）配备了几十个导电铜多米诺骨牌。你可以按照自己的意愿摆放多米诺骨牌，但是要确保第一张和最后一张多米诺骨牌嵌在灯座两侧的铜条触碰。

A simple switch is replaced by a line of dominoes in this unusual lamp by London design duo Glithero, meaning a chain reaction is required to turn it on.
The Domino Light is accompanied by dozens of conductive copper dominoes. You can arrange the dominoes in any configuration you like, as long as the first and last domino meet up with the copper strips embedded into each side of the lamp base.



从开始的第一张多米诺骨牌至链条上最后一张“接受者”多米诺骨牌，这些铜条被称为“摇滚乐”多米诺骨牌。

当灯上的摇杆倾斜后，多米诺效应随即发生。一旦所有的多米诺骨牌都倒下，电路就接通了，最后一个骨牌便会落在接收器上。

These copper strips are referred to as the "rocker" domino, the first domino that starts the rally, and the "receiver" domino, the last one in the chain.
After the rocker is tipped, a domino effect ensues. The electrical circuit is completed once all the dominoes have fallen, with the last one landing on the receiver at the end.



该设计旨在揭露产品背后隐藏的技术——由电源、两个导电点和灯组成的标准电路。

Glithero工作室创始人Tim Simpson说：“在我们的生活中充斥着这么多的高科技，像开灯这件小事很容易被认为是理所当然的，事实上它是由材料的物理特性所决定的。”

多米诺灯是为了博物馆（Design Museum）的一个名为“重视规则”（Reconsidering Canon）展览而设计的。在伦敦设计节期间的一次活动中，金斯敦大学（Kingston University）的学生给了九位设计师简报。

Romana Funkeová要求Glithero工作室点亮灯的那一瞬间。这也启发也该工作室去探索如何开灯。

设计师们使用多米诺骨牌，来延缓开灯的瞬时性，这在电力和材料之间建立一种更加有形的关系。

The design intends to expose the hidden technical process behind the product, which is a standard electrical circuit, made up of a power source, two conducting points and the lamp.
"With so much technology in our lives it is easy to take for granted that even simple things such as turning on a light are made possible by the physical properties of materials," said Glithero co-founder Tim Simpson.
The Domino Light was designed for an exhibition at the Design Museum called Reconsidering Canon.  It saw nine designers given briefs by Kingston University students, at an event during London Design Festival.
Romana Funkeová asked Glithero to consider the moment leading up to the lamp illuminating. This led the studio to explore how a light could be switched on.
The designers chose to use a domino rally to make it less instantaneous and to create a more tangible relationship between electricity and materials.



据Simpson说，他和Glithero工作室的联合创始人Sarah van Gameren设计的这盏灯松散地像一个分级奖杯，他们希望它可以做一些为游戏和奖励的互动。

Simpson说：“我们选用了经典的爱迪生式的灯泡，我们喜欢它象征的力量。它被用作视觉隐喻，在我们的头脑里形成一个想法。”

灯的主体由两个垂直的高柱组成，顶部支撑着裸露灯泡的柱状块体。柱子之间的空隙可以用来堆叠剩余的多米诺骨牌。

According to Simpson, he and Glithero co-founder Sarah van Gameren designed the lamp to loosely resemble a tiered trophy, wanting the interaction with it to be about play and reward.
"We chose to incorporate a classic Edison type bulb because we love the symbolic power of the image of the light bulb coming on. It is used as a visual metaphor for the moment our mind forms an idea or has a eureka moment," Simpson said.
The main body of the lamp comprises two perpendicular stilts, topped with a plinth-like block that supports the naked lightbulb. The gap between the stilts can be used to stack any dominoes not in use.



Glithero工作室之所以选择丙烯酸作为灯架子，不仅仅因为它的触觉和感觉类似于原始的胶木和骨牌，同时也是因为它具备良好的绝缘性能。

工作室以前的项目是一个横跨V&A博物馆六层楼的动力装置，该装置探索了设计和时间之间的关系。绿色房间是一个“抽象时钟”，它由一系列霓虹灯色的硅线组成，所有这些都连接到一个机动的旋转臂上。

Glithero chose acrylic for the body of the lamp, for its resemblance in touch and feel to original Bakelite and bone dominoes, and also for its insulating properties.
The studio previously explored the relationship between design and time in another project – a kinetic installation that extended across six floors of the V&A museum. The Green Room took the form of an "abstract clock" made up of a series of neon-coloured silicone cords, which all joined to a motorised revolving arm.