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After studying together at the Royal College of Art in London, designers Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay formed the collaborative design studio Raw Edges. Sometime after the formation they also had a young daughter together, and the child ended up being the biggest inspiration for their SmartLight bedside lamp series. Designed as an unobtrusive reading light for those nights when one parent has to wake up to care for an infant, the lamps manipulate and direct the light from the built-in LED of most smartphones, while doubling as a charging station. [via Designmilk]