"LUNARIS takes that very stillness as its starting point. A conceptual chopstick design, it reinterprets the traditional form as a collectible dining object built around the relationship between material, atmosphere, and light. It doesn't try to reinvent how chopsticks work, but asks a quieter question: what if the object you pick up for dinner could change the feeling of the room around you? Designer: Ivana Nedeljkovska"
"Each pair is made up of two materials that meet at a deliberately fluid transition. The lower section is polished stainless steel, shaped so the metal flows naturally into the upper element rather than meeting it with a hard edge. The result is a form that reads as unified rather than assembled, closer to a sculpted object than a utensil with two components joined together."
"The upper section is where the concept lives. It's a transparent epoxy resin body housing delicate curved tubes filled with a photoluminescent material. During the day, the object reads as clean and minimal, the resin catching light in ways that feel closer to decorative crystal than a dining tool. Nothing about it immediately gives away what happens once the lights go low."
"When the room dims, the photoluminescent tubes begin to release the light they've been quietly storing all day. Glowing lines emerge from within the resin, creating the impression of light trapped inside the form itself. The effect isn't electric or sudden; it's gradual and soft, more like something waking up than switching on. The glow comes in amber, white, and blue variants."
Chopsticks have remained largely unchanged for thousands of years, with design typically limited to surface decoration. LUNARIS starts from that stillness and treats chopsticks as a collectible dining object focused on material, atmosphere, and light. The pair combines polished stainless steel with a transparent epoxy resin upper section connected through a deliberately fluid transition. The resin houses delicate curved tubes filled with photoluminescent material. In daylight, the form appears clean and minimal, resembling decorative crystal. As the room dims, the stored light is released gradually and softly, creating glowing lines that appear trapped within the object. The glow is available in amber, white, and blue variants.
Read at Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
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