03 January 2012

Remote Light Switch by Tobias Wong

Friends gave us Tobias Wong's 'Remote Light Switch' as a housewarming gift a few years back.

It's an old school, flip style light switch enclosed in a Lucite box:With its little remote component, it wirelessly operates anything you'd like up to 100 feet away -- kind of like a sleek version of The Clapper:I love any way I can incorporate art and design into my day-to-day life, and have been happily using this modern conceptual art piece with our traditional Christmas tree lights.

Instead of fumbling with plugs and extension cords, I plugged our Christmas trees lights into the remote component of Wong's switch:The Lucite box sits atop our dining room table:And when we're feeling festive we flip the switch, and ta-da -- lovely lights!:Tobias Wong's fun and functional art piece helps us add some cheer to our Christmas tree: