Italian lighting company Foscarini has recently introduced a new pendant light, the Planet Lamp, designed by Italian design studio Changedesign . Planet is a spherical textile lamp inspired by a study commissioned by NASA (carried out by Dainese in partnership with MIT) on high performance “intelligent” clothing worn by astronauts. Stitching applied to the surface of a spacesuit material made it adhere to the body, stopping it from expanding in the absence of gravity, yet was flexible for body movement.  A similar idea involving thread treated at high temperature was developed by Foscarini in collaboration with Changedesign to develop the form of Planet so that it hardens into an exoskeleton to support the lamp’s shape. The light is available in two sizes: white with red thread detailing or white on white. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook .

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Planet Lamp by Foscarini

Materials: Expedit, Besta Description: We decided to move around the furniture in our living room, to get more space around the couch. We ended up with the Expedit and the two Besta bookshelves, which didn’t really fit together, because of the different high and depth. So we had the idea to put the Bestas on top of the Expedit.

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Besta climbs on Expedit