LightPot

Alexander Grace van Zyl

LightPot

Interactive light sculpture

LightPot is an interactive teapot that ‘pours’ you colour instead of tea. It is like a small electronic creature that responds to you. Send a text with the name of a colour to the LightPot and it will respond in colour. The teapot is a classic glass teapot augmented with lots of white wire.

A person uses their phone to activate different colours shining through the teapot.
A collage of the teapot alight in all colours of the rainbow.

Created by

Tine Bech Studio

Originally commissioned by Mz-Tek for the Victoria and Albert Museum’s London Design Festival Digital Weekend 2011


Presented at

Broadgate – British Land, 2017
Banbury Museum, UK 2016
Norwich Arts Centre, UK, 2013
Brighton Mini Maker Faire with MzTEK, UK 2012
Flossie with MzTEK, UK 2012
V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum), Chi-TEK, UK 2011


I want to see this exhibition again. I loved the magic teapot the most!"Audience at ‘Light Play’, Solo exhibition, Banbury Museum

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LightPot, the interactive teapot stands out against the darkness even before it starts to glow with light.
Uplifting shades of green are emitted by a teapot covered wiry spines.

Hidden inside the LightPot are electronics & lights. The light reflects in the white wiry appearance, changing the teapot’s colour every time the audience sends a new text message. The interface is simple; note the number by the teapot and send a text.


Tine Bech’s new interactive teapot – I know, how interactive do you want a teapot to be? But, like all Tine’s work, its seriously beautiful."

Professor Jon Dovey, Digital Culture Research Centre
Gorgeous shades of orange are emitted by a teapot covered wiry spines.
Vibrant shades of red are emitted by a teapot covered wiry spines.
Brilliant shades of blue are emitted by a teapot covered wiry spines.
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