Folding Book Table Lamp – Wood or Brown Finish, Bedside Night Light

Closed, it is a book. Opened, the pages fan out into a full circle and the lamp lights from between them. It comes in three sizes — 10 × 8 × 2.5 cm, 15 × 11 × 2.5 cm and 22 × 17 × 2.5 cm — and in a Wood or Brown cover. The 2.5 cm depth is the same across all three, so every size shuts down to the same slimness.

The fold is the whole engineering problem. The pages have to be flexible enough to open through a complete turn and stiff enough to hold that position unsupported, and the spine has to take that repeated flexing without splitting along its length. Because the light sits inside the fan, the pages themselves act as the diffuser, and what comes out is warm and low rather than a visible point source.

It works on a bedside table or a shelf and collapses flat for a drawer or a bag when it is not in use. The smallest size is a night light; the largest throws enough spread to read beside.

• Sizes: 10 × 8 × 2.5 cm, 15 × 11 × 2.5 cm, 22 × 17 × 2.5 cm
• Finishes: Wood, Brown
• Form: Folding book lamp