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designboom.com - 11/5/2008

tokyo design week 08: flat bulb by joonhuyn kim

— designboom.com — 'flat bulb' is designed by korean designer joonhuyn kim. unlike ordinary bulbs its volume is 1/3 smaller,... reducing the cost of packaging and transport. its slim shape allows bulbs to be easily stacked and prevents breakage as it does not ... (more) tokyo design week 08: flat bulb by joonhuyn kim

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bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/5/2008

Would You Buy This Funny-Looking Bulb?

— bits.blogs.nytimes.com — New LED bulbs will be praised for their energy-saving characteristics but perhaps panned for their weird looks.... (more) Would You Buy This Funny-Looking Bulb?

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hackedgadgets.com - 11/12/2008

Flat Bulb - Why are bulbs round?

— hackedgadgets.com —   This Flat Bulb an interesting bulb design. It seems like when something revolutionary is developed future... designs tend to be very similar. Is there a good reason for light bulbs to be round? "flat bulb is designed by korean ... (more) Flat Bulb - Why are bulbs round?

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Elit Alice — ... Tervezője a koreai Joonhuyn Kim. A harmadakkora méret nem csak a csomagolás, de a szállítás költségeit is csökkenti, ezenkívül tárolását is könnyebbé teszi, nem is beszélve arról, hogy eltörni sem annyira egyszerű. ...

Flat Light Bulb For Flat Rooms
GEARFUSE — ... invention. Besides the curly eco bulbs that have spread like wild fire since the awareness of an energy crisis, conventional light bulbs have always retained their shape. That is, until Korean designer Joonhuyn Kim redesigns the light bulb to his own liking. What he creates is a light bulb that is 1/3 the volume of a normal bulb and is flatter than my back. An original design that I’d love to see in my cardboard condiminium . You know - because it’s flat! Link [ via ]

Flat lighting
Core77 — ... Designer Joonhyun Kim brings the incandescent light bulb back from the dead with a new, flatter form factor. Yes it still burns a wasteful amount of juice, but at least the darn thing won't roll away from you when you set it down. Not to mention you can probably fit way more of these on a shipping pallet than you can with the old kind. ...

Flat light bulb
MAKE Magazine — I am in love with Joonhuyn Kim's flat lightbulb via Hackedgadgets. flat bulb is designed by korean designer joonhuyn kim. unlike ordinary bulbs its volume is 1/3 smaller, reducing the cost of packaging and transport. its slim shape allows bulbs to be easily stacked and prevents breakage as it does not roll. his work was on display as part of 100% design tokyo. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!

the light bulb gets flat
technabob — Who says light bulbs need to be round? Despite what Copernicus might have taught us, flat is the new round. Korean designer Joonhuyn Kim has reinvented the classic incandescent light bulb by putting it into a flat glass enclosure. Kim claims the new bulbs take up just 1/3rd of the space of a conventional bulb, making them easier to pack and ship. And since they’re not round, they won’t roll off the table when you’re changing your bulbs. And they just look cool. And taste good too. At least ...