Driven by a desire for more mood-boosting daylight in the English winter, designers Nat Martin and Sean Hammett have invented an overhead light that promises to recreate the feeling of a sunny day.
The Sunday Light consists of a small but powerful LED suspended under a reflective panel. The panel is designed to diffuse light in a similar way to the Earth's atmosphere, dispersing it across a room.
Like a SAD lamp ? the super-bright lights designed to fight seasonal affective disorder (SAD) ? the Sunday Light promises to provide enough sun-like light to improve energy, mood and alertness.
The Sunday Light is intended to bring sun-like light into homes and indoor settings
Unlike a SAD lamp, however, Martin and Hammett say they designed the light to be pleasant to sit under, applying some creative engineering solutions to create a natural-looking, diffused light without any harshness. The pair began working on the light when Martin found himself turned away from the US border after trying to spend too much time in Los Angeles.
Forced to return to his home in England and rent a windowless office space in London in the middle of winter, he called on his sometime collaborator Hammett to help him come up with a solution to the sunlight scarcity.
"I love sunshine," Martin told Dezeen. "Everyone to some extent needs sunlight. Some people are more affected by it than others but bright sunlight makes everyone feel better."
The light features a bright LED on a metal ...