hanabi

Thanks Zach for the link. Really cool piece of design. I wonder, though, how this is able to maintain open? Memory alloy is, typically, only able to be "pulsed" with heat and thus can only really actuate for a second or so. I'd be interested to see this lamp in action.

From the website:
The heat of the bulb makes this shape-memory alloy lamp "bloom" whenever the light is turned on. "hanabi", the Japanese word for “fireworks”, literally means "flower + fire." Both flowers and fire fade away so quickly and easily. Like its namesake, this light flickers between beauty and disappearance.