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The Light Bulb Gets Flat

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Who says light bulbs need to be round? Despite what Copernicus might have taught us, flat is the new round.

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Korean designer Joonhuyn Kim has reinvented the classic incandescent light bulb by putting it into a flat glass enclosure.

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Kim claims the new bulbs take up just 1/3rd of the space of a conventional bulb, making them easier to pack and ship. And since they’re not round, they won’t roll off the table when you’re changing your bulbs.

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And they just look cool. And taste good too. At least that’s what I got from the photo below:

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At this point, the flat bulb is only a design prototype, but if Kim ever manages to get these produced, I’ll replace all the bulbs in my house with ’em.

[via designboom via Book of Joe]