Designing with Shadow

Since Edison invented the first practical filament lamp in 1879, we have headed into a “24-hour-society” era. Lamps bring us the timeless daytime as well as everlasting design inspiration. What’s more, they produce light, which afterwards leave shadow behind. This book is aimed at probing into the relations between light and shadow.

The fact is that we are so much accustomed to the ubiquitous light in our “dazzling” environment that we take for granted light, but not shadow, appeals to us. That leads to our substantial anchor point in this book, which is how light relies on shadow. So please slow down and enjoy yourself in a mysterious “light-shadow” world filled with gradation, contrast, super-ambient, layer and blue moment circumstances.