Melbourne-based designer Dean Norton has created a therapy lamp to combat the stress and loneliness of life during lockdown, comprising frosted glass components that enclose a bulb chosen to mimic daylight.
Norton created the Daylight lamp for a virtual exhibition organised by creative collective alt.material for the National Gallery of Victoria, which invited designers to respond to the theme of Ingenuity.
Norton has created a light that mimics daylight
The exhibition, held from 27 July to 27 August 2020, showcased work that was created by designers during the Covid-19 lockdown using only materials already available in their home or workspace.
The British-born designer's lamp, which features on the shortlist in the lighting design category of Dezeen Awards 2021, responds to this time of uncertainty and isolation by focusing on issues associated with mental health. "In an attempt to bring the outside into our homes during isolation, this piece has been designed to lift our well-being and boost our creative energy," Norton explained.
"At a heightened time of digital and virtual channels being used to stay connected, the natural response was to develop a piece that would be present, beautiful, and beneficial to our space of solitude."
The designer produced the light during the coronavirus lockdown
The lamp comprises five pieces of frosted glass that Norton sourced from his own studio. The glass components are bonded together with clear resin to create a sc...