Daydreamer light object (Svajoklis)

Isola Design Award finalist

[d]arc awards 2 place winner

Project type : Product design

Status : The "Daydreamer" is available on request. 

Year : 2022

Photos : Norbert Tukaj

Together with the light artist Rūta Palionytė, www.rutapalionyte.com

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The Daydreamer is an object that responds to natural and artificial light. It functions as a “spatial paint brush", that casts coloured shadows in reaction to the natural and artificial light. During the day, the glass element responds to constantly shifting daylight, simultaneously creating light drawings on the surrounding surfaces. The light colour effect is achieved due to optical features of the dichroic coating and the shape of the glass that we designed for this piece.

The original meaning of dichroic, from the Greek dikhroos, two-coloured, refers to any optical device which can split a beam of light into two beams with differing wavelengths. The dichroic glass gets its iridescent colours simply from light. This results in colours and colour gradients that change with the position of the light source and of the observer.

The project is partially supported by Statens Kunstfond (Danish Arts Foundation) and Lithuanian Council for Culture.