Bring Mahattan to Your Home with the Lovely Building Candles
Mesel Isaac — December 31, 2013 — Special
When you want to set the mood for a romantic candlelight dinner, don't reach for those plain and boring candles or tealights, use one of these incredible building candles instead.
These architectural candles are the creation of Beijing-based designer and architect Jing Jing Li and are made from white paraffin wax. With over 14 different architectural marvels immortalized in candle form, you can make your own unique incredible skyline and then set it aflame. Some of the building candles available for purchase include the Empire State Building, the Shanghai Financial Center, the Qatar Aspire Tower and the Chrysler Building.
It also bears mentioning that Jing Jing Li has made these building candles to-scale, making them the perfect gift for architecture lovers and travellers. So the next time you miss your flight to New York or Qatar, bust out your architectural candles and transport yourself there.
These architectural candles are the creation of Beijing-based designer and architect Jing Jing Li and are made from white paraffin wax. With over 14 different architectural marvels immortalized in candle form, you can make your own unique incredible skyline and then set it aflame. Some of the building candles available for purchase include the Empire State Building, the Shanghai Financial Center, the Qatar Aspire Tower and the Chrysler Building.
It also bears mentioning that Jing Jing Li has made these building candles to-scale, making them the perfect gift for architecture lovers and travellers. So the next time you miss your flight to New York or Qatar, bust out your architectural candles and transport yourself there.
Trend Themes
1. Architectural Candles - The trend of creating architectural candles for ambiance customization offers opportunities for innovative candle makers to break into a new market of functional and aesthetic products.
2. To-scale Candles - The demand for architectural candles scaled to the actual size of the real-life buildings creates opportunities for 3D printing and scale modeling industries to develop new products for customers interested in customized candle-making.
3. Location-inspired Candles - The demand for candles modeled after famous buildings from around the world presents an opportunity for the souvenir and tourism industries to develop complementary products that reflect local architecture.
Industry Implications
1. Candle-making Industry - The trend for creating architectural candles provides an opening to add a new line of functional and diversified aesthetic products to existing selection to attract architecture lovers.
2. 3D Printing Industry - The trend of to-scale candles can be capitalized on by the 3D printing industry to provide customers with a new way to customize their candles with scaled models of famous buildings.
3. Tourism and Souvenir Industry - The demand for location-inspired candles can open new markets for tourism and souvenir industries to add candles modeled after famous buildings to their product lines.
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