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23.4.2020

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Table lamps such as "Bud" have one advantage over conventional lamps: they are wireless. In addition to visual calm, this gives you more freedom.

The beauty in a lamp also has a function. It ensures that an object is pleasing to the eye and that people enjoy looking at it. Unfortunately, the look is often spoilt by inelegant power cables. This is different with modern designs such as "Bud" from Innermost. They are battery-operated and rechargeable via USB. Wireless charging would have been the cherry on top of the cake with this portable table lamp, but the occasional charging on my cable box is the lesser evil compared to a tangle of cables.

The Bud LED lamp is the second wireless light that I use both indoors and outdoors. It was designed by Melissa Yip for the London design studio Innermost. Its shape resembles a budding flower, which also makes it an eye-catcher during the day.

Bud is also inspired by another object that is not so easy to guess: The designer cites the design "Electric Kettle" by Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa as a model. He created the teapot in 2017 for the minimalist retail company Muij. What both designs have in common is that they work without a cable. At least that's what the teapot makes you believe, because the electric cable can be wound up under the base. So it is hidden away.

Bud provides light for up to 20 hours when the battery is fully charged. As the surface is splash-proof but not waterproof, I always take the light indoors. Grey, petal-like surfaces hold the globe, which you press down to switch the lamp on. Each press increases the light intensity from 25 to 50 to 100 per cent and then switches it off again. This mechanism saves you from having to search for the light switch in the middle of the night when you place the table lamp next to your bed. Whether as bedroom lighting or mood lighting for an outdoor dinner, the lamp is as pleasing to my eye as a flower.

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Innermost Bud Mobile Table Lamp

90 lm

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Like a cheerleader, I love celebrating good design and bringing you closer to everything furniture- and interior design- related. I regularly curate simple yet sophisticated interior ideas, report on trends and interview creative minds about their work.

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