Story of One for the Edge

One for the Edge

SHINTARO KONO, 2025

 

July 16, 1955

Found an old wheel part today.
Must be one of those big ones from the belt shaft.

Joey said he don’t like the dark edges in his room.
Thought maybe I can make him a light or something.

Yet the town's lit up all night now.
Folks just want shiny, new, fancy things everywhere.

Darkness...
feels like folks forgot what it used to be.

 

 

 

 

About the Work

"One for the Edge" is the third lighting work by Shintaro Kono.

It’s framed as a product which quietly released in 1955 by a fictional American company called EMATON ELECTRONICS.

The piece starts with a fictional rediscovered note; believed to be an engineer’s development memo.

Its signature circular part is imagined to come from an old factory machine—once used to make parts for wartime weapons. Now, it’s turned into a gentle, peaceful light.

This lamp is meant to illuminate the overlooked corners—those places that are on the edge.

Lighting up a corner—to be on the edge—symbolizes a embrace of everything that feels fragile or left behind. The words “One” and “Edge” in the title reflect both the shape of the object and the meaning behind it.