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Called Dis/Connect, the light features ten radio-jamming antennae where the candles would traditionally sit. These interfere with the wireless communication of devices brought within a five-foot (1.5-metre) radius below the chandelier so people are unable to browse the internet or make calls. The chandelier was designed by Eric Forman Forman created Dis/Connect in collaboration with artist Ben Luzzatto and engineer Daniel Gross to help people get off their phones. "To be wholly present with ourselves and each other, we must design new tools to create spaces of digital quiet in our homes," For...

Eric Forman and Ben Luzzatto's Dis/Connect (2021) Photo courtesy of Eric Forman Studio The New York-based artists Eric Forman and Ben Luzzatto, with engineer Dan Gross, have designed a signal-jamming chandelier that casts light and creates a cellular- and internet-free zone in the narrow vicinity beneath it. Born in response to our increased reliance on technology, amplified over the last year, the Dis/Connect (2021) chandelier is intended to foster undistracted engagement. The concept also challenges outdated laws against the use of signal-jamming, even in a private sett...