we've always looked up.
In 1609 Galileo turned his telescope toward the moon and saw mountains, valleys and uneven ground, and drew what he saw, night after night. More than four centuries later, we're still looking up.
a light that follows the moon.
marama mirrors the moon above you, its phase and its tilt, for where you are, tonight and every night.
the moon tonight
tonight, seen from tel aviv
marama is a lamp shaped like the moon that lights up as the real one does above your home night after night.
the moon's face, cast by hand.
Each disc is cast in epoxy with the moon's craters and seas in relief, so the surface catches light the way the real one does.
Behind the surface, an array of warm and cool LEDs draws only the lit part of the moon, from a thin crescent to full.
The disc stands on a block of solid wood on a shelf or bedside table, or hangs flat on a wall.
it started with looking up.
the idea
Marama began with a fascination with the moon, with light, and with the idea that an object at home could respond to something happening far beyond it.
the making
Erez took it from a sketch of the light grid to a circuit board, a cast surface and an app. More on the story behind marama soon.
be there when we launch.
Marama is coming to Kickstarter. Leave your email and we'll let you know the day the campaign opens.