Brooklyn-based designer Eric Forman has created a chandelier that blocks wireless signals below it to create "spaces of digital quiet".
Called Dis/Connect, the light features ten radio-jamming antennae where the candles would traditionally sit.
These interfere with the wireless communication of devices brought within a five-foot (1.5-metre) radius below the chandelier so people are unable to browse the internet or make calls.
The chandelier was designed by Eric Forman
Forman created Dis/Connect in collaboration with artist Ben Luzzatto and engineer Daniel Gross to help people get off their phones.
"To be wholly present with ourselves and each other, we must design new tools to create spaces of digital quiet in our homes," Forman told Dezeen. "It's not that we can't turn our phones off, it's that we don't ? they are too addictive," he said.
Dis/Connect has a body of translucent acrylic
Dis/Connect's design inverts traditional chandeliers. While the antennae that take the place of lighting elements are black, the central column and arms are made of acrylic that illuminates.

"We machined translucent acrylic to give it a modern, slightly sci-fi feeling, something that feels a bit alien but is still welcoming," said Forman.
The wires that feed the signals to the antennae hang in curves that mimic the ornamentation of a classic chandelier.
The chandelier disrupts the signal of devices in the vicinity
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