Flat Light Bulb By Joonhuyn Kim

by Mike on November 12, 2008

in Cool Designs

As part of Design Tokyo, Joonhuyn Kim revealed his “bright idea” – A concept for a flat light bulb.

Why change the bulb shape to flat? Joonhuyn Kim believes that the flat shape of his light bulb design will reduce the volume by 1/3, thereby reducing both packaging material and costs. The flat shape also prevents the bulb from rolling and allows for easier storage as it can now be stacked one on top of another.

Source: Designboom

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Dmytry Lavrov July 25, 2009 at 5:51 am

Atmospheric pressure
Thermal expansion
Perfection is hard to improve.

Dave July 26, 2009 at 10:13 am

Despite the fact that its obsolete, will not fit any existing clip on shades, the filament is shorter than normal and looks like it uses a LOT more glass due to those flat, weak sides its a FABULOUS design.

jellisii July 29, 2009 at 2:25 am

This falls under the “cool idea, impractical to execute” thing that most modern design ideas I’ve seen fall under. Now doing this with LEDs instead of incandescent bulbs… *that’s* something to look at. The brains are still working on a good color and bringing the cost down for the LED lights is my understanding, however.

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