TURN+ AMBIENTEC

TURN+, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura.

TURN+

TURN was born as a task lamp, light for the hand. TURN+ is its ambient companion, light for the whole room, on the same charging system. The body is turned from the same metals, brass, stainless steel, black aluminum. But here the light passes through a diffuser of solid glass, carved, honed, and polished. Glass gives the light a depth that LED alone cannot reach. A single touch adjusts four levels. Waterproof and cordless.

Year
2021
Client
Ambientec

Top Photo
Hiroshi Oppata
TURN+, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura. | Set among leaves and roots for DISSECT, an installation with plant artist Satoshi Kawamoto. Light Box Studio Aoyama, 2022. Photo: Hiroshi Oppata
Set among leaves and roots for DISSECT, an installation with plant artist Satoshi Kawamoto. Light Box Studio Aoyama, 2022. Photo: Hiroshi Oppata
TURN+, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura. | The same making, a new form. Brass on the lathe.
The same making, a new form. Brass on the lathe.
TURN+, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura. | First sketch. From above, the frame makes a plus. The name came later.
First sketch. From above, the frame makes a plus. The name came later.
TURN+, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura. | Solid glass and frame, apart. The lamp comes down to its parts.
Solid glass and frame, apart. The lamp comes down to its parts.

Fully charged, TURN+ gives up to 500 hours of light at its lowest setting. No outlet needed. A docking station keeps it ready.

Life Style Photo
Kai Daniel Hirao
diorama
Product Photo
Hiroshi Iwasaki
TURN+, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura. | 3 Days of Design, Copenhagen. Photo:Giuseppe De Francesco
3 Days of Design, Copenhagen. Photo:Giuseppe De Francesco
TURN+, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura. | TURN+ in stainless steel, on its dock.
TURN+ in stainless steel, on its dock.
TURN+, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura. | TURN and TURN+ in black. The task lamp and its companion.
TURN and TURN+ in black. The task lamp and its companion.
TURN+, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura. | Santa Maria delle Grazie, before dinner. A hundred and twenty of them waiting along the wall.
Santa Maria delle Grazie, before dinner. A hundred and twenty of them waiting along the wall.

At Salone del Mobile 2022, 120 TURN+ lamps lit a gala dinner at Santa Maria delle Grazie, the church where Leonardo painted the Last Supper.

Photo
Giuseppe De Francesco
TURN+, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura.
TURN+, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura.
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Selected Projects

RYO, Porro. Design by Nao Tamura.
Modular systemRYO
A single fold. The flat becomes form, the form becomes space.PORRO
FLUID, WonderGlass. Design by Nao Tamura.
LightingFLUID
Light is fleeting. Here it settles, layers, and softly stays.WonderGlass
TIKI, Established & Sons. Design by Nao Tamura.
LightingTIKI
It was never about the lamp. It was about that moment.Established & Sons
DUNNE, Gandia Blasco. Design by Nao Tamura.
FurnitureDUNNE
Not the drama of waves. The quieter forms they leave behind.Gandia Blasco
VOSCO, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura. | Three sizes. The smallest, at its lowest setting—candlelight, and nothing more. Photo: Hiroshi Iwasaki
LightingVOSCO
Like a tool worn smooth by years of use.Ambientec
PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE Roppongi. Store design by Nao Tamura. | PHOTO © ISSEY MIYAKE INC.
Space DesignPLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE
A store where you can feel the pleats being made.ISSEY MIYAKE
Nao Tamura, NaoTamura, NIKARI, naotamura, nownao, Scandinavian design, stool, design, wood, nature, craftsmanship, ニカリ,finish design, Finland, フィンランド、照明、田村なお、田村奈穂、デザイナー、女性デザイナー、ニューヨーク、コードレス、防水照明, NewYork designer, NYC, Female designer
FurnitureJULY
Three slices, each imperfect, joined into one.NIKARI
ORIGATA, Porro. Design by Nao Tamura.
FurnitureORIGATA
It began with the way a kimono is made.PORRO
KO OLINA, Toyo Ito & Associates. Mobile design by Nao Tamura.
InstallationKO OLINA
Wind off the ocean, moving through fourteen stories of air.Toyo Ito Architects
CASCADE, WonderGlass. Design by Nao Tamura.
FurnitureCASCADE
A stream, stopped mid-fall. Time goes on around it.WonderGlass
TURN CRAFT, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura. | The leather grip, hand-stitched from Tuscan Liscio, slowly conforms to the hand. It darkens and deepens with time, carrying the trace of its owner.
LightingTURN CRAFT
Hand-stitched leather that darkens in its owner’s hands.Ambientec
VISIONARIES, Kyocera Museum of Art, Kyoto. Installation by Nao Tamura with WonderGlass.
InstallationVISIONARIES
Glass blown in Venice, hung above a garden in Kyoto.Kyocera Museum
POWER OF INTERCONNECTION. Talk by Nao Tamura.
TalksPOWER OF INTERCONNECTION
East and West, nature and technology. I work on the line between them.TEDx / DIMAD / Salone del Mobile
THE TOKYO TOILET, Higashi-Sanchome. Design by Nao Tamura.
PUBLIC SPACETHE TOKYO TOILET
Three rooms, one red fold, wrapping around whoever walks in.THE TOKYO TOILET
SUNSHOWER, Lexus. Installation by Nao Tamura.
InstallationSUNSHOWER
Sun and rain at the same time. It never lasts, so you look up.Lexus
Nao Tamura, NaoTamura_TURN00, naotamura, nownao, lighting, lamp, design, cordless, lighting fixture, metal, ambiented, アンビエンテック、照明、田村なお、田村奈穂、デザイナー、女性デザイナー、ニューヨーク、コードレス、防水照明, NewYork designer, NYC, Female designer, 3days of Design, Copenhagen | Photo: Hiroshi Oppata / Wonderout
LightingTURN+
Bright enough to read by. Soft enough to leave on.AMBIENTEC
1/6, ISSEY MIYAKE WATCH. Design by Nao Tamura.
Product1/6
Not just to read the time, but to feel it ticking.Issey Miyake
SAGE, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura.
LightingSAGE
Plants turn toward light. So does this lamp.Ambientec
TURN, Ambientec. Design by Nao Tamura.
LightingTURN
A lamp that ages rather than expires.Ambientec
URUSHI, Take Action Foundation. Design by Nao Tamura.
ArtURUSHI
Urushi has always been heavy. We asked if it could float.Toyo Ito Architects
WEAVING THE LIGHT, Panasonic. Installation by Nao Tamura.
LightingWEAVING THE LIGHT
Thin fibers of light weave softly through space.Panasonic
KANSO, HBF. Design by Nao Tamura. | Free to sit anywhere, she chose a space of her own.
FurnitureKANSO
I watched my mother sit down between two strangers at the Whitney.HBF
MOVING HORIZON, WonderGlass. Installation by Nao Tamura.
InstallationMOVING HORIZON
Points of light. Slowly, a horizon.Palais de Tokyo
INTERCONNECTION, Lexus. Installation by Nao Tamura. | Detail: Acrylic discs on steel rods, suspended on thread. No motors—only air.
InstallationINTERCONNECTION
Move one piece, and the rest move with it.Lexus
FLOW[T], WonderGlass. Design by Nao Tamura.
LightingFLOW[T]
Venice at dusk. Light suspended between two worlds.Wonderglass
QUILL, nanimarquina. Design by Nao Tamura.
ProductQUILL
No two feathers are ever alike.Nanimarquina
MOMENTO, WonderGlass. Design by Nao Tamura.
Lighting / InstallationMOMENTO
A droplet, suspended in light, just before it falls.WONDERGLASS
RINGS, Artek. Design by Nao Tamura.
ArtRINGS
A tree holds its entire history within. Layer by layer, year by year.Artek
SEASONS, COVO. Design by Nao Tamura.
Product / InstallationSEASONS
Some things wither. Some are born anew. Objects live in that cycle too.COVO