Prototype
2015
| Artist/Maker |
Little Inventors is a company which helps children see their imagination come to life. It encourages creativity and self-belief, it allows children to work alongside professionals and take control of the creative process. Layla Amir, from Sunderland and age 11 imagined the invention of the Shady Lamp.
This creation which took Carl Gregg, a process and product design specialist spent 80 hours realising Layla’s creation. The Shady Lamp stemmed from the idea that a dimmer switch can break. Layla’s invention uses venetian blinds to circumvent this issue, their manual use can control the light output into the room.
This creation which took Carl Gregg, a process and product design specialist spent 80 hours realising Layla’s creation. The Shady Lamp stemmed from the idea that a dimmer switch can break. Layla’s invention uses venetian blinds to circumvent this issue, their manual use can control the light output into the room.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Shady Lamp |
| Physical description | Metal base, with venetian blinds as the shade for the lamp are attatched by a clear plastic ring |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Little Inventors is a company which helps children see their imagination come to life. It encourages creativity and self-belief, it allows children to work alongside professionals and take control of the creative process. Layla Amir, from Sunderland and age 11 imagined the invention of the Shady Lamp. This creation which took Carl Gregg, a process and product design specialist spent 80 hours realising Layla’s creation. The Shady Lamp stemmed from the idea that a dimmer switch can break. Layla’s invention uses venetian blinds to circumvent this issue, their manual use can control the light output into the room. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CD.1-2017 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
| Record created | April 18, 2017 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSON
