Dutch designer Wendy Legro produced the flower-shaped light equipped with sensors called the Morning Glory. During the day, the ‘flower’ folds down, enabling sunlight to enter. When it gets dark, it unfolds and emits light.
In Wendy Legro’s words:
The sun is our natural light source. Our homes are filled with artificial light replacing it, undeliberately disrupting our biological clock. This product works autonomously with a light sensor. During the day, mechanical flowers are closed enabling sunlight to come in. When sun sets, the flowers open and start to emit light. In this way, awareness for a beautiful phenomenon will be brought back. When sun sets, the flowers open and start to emit light. In this way, awareness for this important phenomenon will be brought back. My self-set guidelines are based on the mathematical perfection of nature. I wanted the flower to display nature’s growing motion.
The hexagonal shape enables different flowers to be linked together; fully covering a window. The flowers are made of nylon with the SLS-technique used in rapid manufacturing. The material is flexible and strong, without losing its delicate look
