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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Perfection is hard to improve.
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.
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.