Whilst designing an interior space for his parents, Chung identified a need for an interactive light that offers the ambience of a table or floor light and allows multiple areas of space to be lit at the same time. Taking inspiration from car headlights, hence the name ‘Beam’, the end result is a versatile modern lamp that allows light to direct from both ends of a cylinder shape. With the turn of a playful dial, you can gradually alter the volume of light emitted from each end – offering ultimate customisation for the needs of your space and mood. The process feels poetic in gesture, similar to using the crossfader on a mixing board or passing liquid from one glass to another. Choose between three different volumes of light with its dimmer function, omitting 100%, 60% and 30% light.
In addition, you can change its direction by the turn of its base and place to suit, whether that be on a shelf or desk, by a bedside, or on the floor - giving complete control. Available in 4 shades in a sleek body of anodized aluminium, Beam has a heavy, robust quality finish and is the ideal choice for direct lighting or an ambient glow in any home, office, hotel or educational space.
Based in Toronto, Canada, Tom Chung is an independent industrial designer who established his eponymous studio in 2016. Forming a unique product design process which combines contemporary culture and local industry, the studio creates context driven industrial design pieces for domestic, institutional and public environments.
