Belgian designer Quentin de Coster has created a prototype for an LED lamp that replicates the looks and functionality of an oil lamp.
![ARGAND Lamp by Quentin de Coster](https://sohomod.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/argand-1.jpg)
ARGAND, which takes its name from the Swiss physicist Ami Argand’s oil lamp innovation of the same name, has a refined profile comprised of base, cylinder, and LED module. The lamp’s two-component brass base, plated in pink gold, holds a vertical glass tube that contains strips of LED lights, an element designed to be raised or lowered via a small knob—thereby, mimicking the movement of a lamp’s wick, along with its manually controlled illumination.
![ARGAND Lamp by Quentin de Coster](https://sohomod.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/argand-2.jpg)
A bulb-like glass shade fits snugly over ARGAND’s brass body, allowing the LED ‘wick’ to shine through, emitting nuanced lighting akin to that enjoyed from an oil lamp—with considerably less effort.
![ARGAND Lamp by Quentin de Coster](https://sohomod.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/argand-3.jpg)
![ARGAND Lamp by Quentin de Coster](https://sohomod.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/argand-4.jpg)
![ARGAND Lamp by Quentin de Coster](https://sohomod.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/argand-5.jpg)