Four Fifths Design

Designer: Stefano Pertegato
Monolite is a lamp that combines light, sounds, distractions and evocations. At random times during the day, it reduces ambient light and an electroluminescent fractal pattern is displayed through cubes on the upper half of the device. The cubes are placed at various depths to form an abstract image. It’s only possible to see the pattern standing directly in front of it. This provides “distraction”, breaking the rhythm of time and creating a moment in time and place. The fascination goes on if you decide to get closer to the lamp, because you’ll hear “one minute of somewhere else”, ambient recordings of an unknown but real place evocative images, landscapes, voices, and feelings.