Candle, match, lighter, flashlight, and glow sticks are all portable lights still frequently used lighting devices today. Beginning from the need to have light for night activities in the dark homes, to make convenience to make instant fire (heat and light), to finally being able to afford to play purposely in the dark are all the process of having had the history of portable light development. Although the invention of candles may have started with then the desperateness for survival and function during the night, the abundant lighting resources we have today have allowed us to rethink and innovate the purpose and design of portable lights to go back to having the absense of light. Now more seek darkness and moody dimmed lights to find break from bright and tiring lights of the busy society we live in today.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
portable light - darkness to light back to darkness
Candle, match, lighter, flashlight, and glow sticks are all portable lights still frequently used lighting devices today. Beginning from the need to have light for night activities in the dark homes, to make convenience to make instant fire (heat and light), to finally being able to afford to play purposely in the dark are all the process of having had the history of portable light development. Although the invention of candles may have started with then the desperateness for survival and function during the night, the abundant lighting resources we have today have allowed us to rethink and innovate the purpose and design of portable lights to go back to having the absense of light. Now more seek darkness and moody dimmed lights to find break from bright and tiring lights of the busy society we live in today.
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