That’s just what one Ukrainian industrial designer named Ivan Zhurba, who has teamed up with 3D printing startup Kwambio, is trying to accomplish. Zhurba, who clearly has a talent for inventing sleek new gadgets and gizmos, realized that the light mechanisms on most older iPhones are quite bright and certainly could be repurposed once these phones are replaced by their owners with the latest, greatest models. This sparked the creative process which has led to the development of his iPhone desk lamp.
“It’s an elegant, simple arm that holds your iPhone,”Zhurba explained. “While in its nook, the phone can be used as a lamp by turning on the flashlight feature, and since the bottom of the iPhone remains exposed, it can remain plugged into a charging cable and can even pump out some Spotify or iTunes music over Wi-Fi.”
Following Apple’s simplistic design philosophy, Zhurba created a 3D printable shell which houses the smartphone, allowing for a charging cable to be integrated within. The shape and structure of the shell actually allows for amplification of
Although his designs for these lamps were first revealed late last year, the New York City-based startup, Kwambi has teamed with Zhurba to not only release these designs on their website when they launch next month, but to also allow users to easily customize them via the Kwambio platform. In fact, the Kwambio 3D model platform, which we discussed in detail last year, will feature hundreds of customizable designs, in an effort to make 3D printing as simple and easy as possible.
“We plan the release of Kwambio platform (web service and iOS mobile app) in July 2015. You’ll find 500+ customizable & printable products in 4 categories: fashion, home decor, gadgets & art,” Kate Kolambet, from Kwambio told us in an Email. “If you don’t have a 3D printer at home you can choose an on-demand 3D printing service.”
Let us know next month upon it’s release if you ended up printing this lamp shell out, and what your thoughts were once you hooked that old iPhone up to it. Discuss in the 3D Printed iPhone lamp forum thread on 3DPB.com.