“Dai ” is a table lamp inspired by the empowering message about hard working women of the Dai people in Yunnan shaded by a tilted straw hat. The translucent shade, with a unique form and detailed with an etched pattern, looks to create a unique table lamp experience that makes the figure glow with a functional downlight. The table light design looks to celebrate and shine a light a figures that are usually hidden.
With a family background from a southern province in China called Yunnan, Ming-Li looked to translate a mood and message that stuck with him since a very young age. The light references a dance choreographed by Liping Yang. The choreography depicts a group of woman of the Dai minority people in China and what it means to be a woman in the community. The dance is accented by this unique tilted hat worn by every dancer. This hat not only hid the faces of the dancers but in doing so brought attention to the movement and empowering message behind the dance.
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