Book&

red dot
red dot award: design concept 2007

design:

Wu Tung Chih

Find books more easily with Book& - a light that is activated with a familiar book-grabbing action.

Searching for a book buried somewhere on bookshelves in a dim environment may require extra lighting. If brighter room lighting is switched on, however, it is likely to disturb others in the room. Lighting that is bright enough to illuminate just the book titles is adequate. The idea of Book& is a bookend with LED (Light Emitting Diode) lighting. The light is switched on using the gesture of retrieving a book from the shelves – an action anyone is very familiar with, just like turning on a ceiling fan using a rope, or turning a tap.