Magnetic Attraction
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Product Facts
Project name
Magnetic AttractionAward year
2017designed as
Bachelor thesisLength
140CMWidth
5CMHeight
42CMWeight
4KGMaterial specification
AluminiumDesignation
Light installation
Description
Fascinated by the invisible power of magnets, Joost Dankelman designed a series of lamps that play with this force of nature. ‘Magnetic Attraction’ consists of three lights that show how magnetism can defy gravity. They all have two opposite poles, eager to meet the other one. But the design does not allow a true connection: they never touch, but hover in thin air, like magic. One switches on only when its antipole is close, while the other changes from a direct spotlight to an ambient light.