{"id":14103,"date":"2025-09-04T22:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/a-pneumatically-height-adjustable-candleholder\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T22:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:30:13","slug":"a-pneumatically-height-adjustable-candleholder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/a-pneumatically-height-adjustable-candleholder\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pneumatically-Height-Adjustable Candleholder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn-based <a href=\"https:\/\/danmcmahon.work\/\">Dan McMahon<\/a> is an industrial designer with a sense of humor. &#8220;I designed a very serious object to be taken seriously,&#8221; he writes of his Rise + Shine design. The object in question is a pneumatically-height-adjustable candleholder:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rise + Shine is a height-adjustable candleholder inspired by a collection of idiosyncratic 19th century candleholders at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesfoundation.org\/\">Barnes Foundation<\/a> in Philadelphia, PA with the same function.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The object is humorously direct in its evocation of arousal, a quality which came out of the mechanics-forward exploratory design process. By squeezing the rubber bulb, air pushes a candlestick up to the desired height. 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