Deniel Saakes 任職於MIT媒體實驗室，並即將完成其博士論文於荷蘭台夫特科技大學 的ID Studiolab 研究室。並從2005~2008年在該大學任教碩士課程，Saakes也一直在Southern Dermark大學擔任客座設計師。近來更致力於Living Windows 設計案，著手設計可以反射環境周圍光的新概念相框，此作品亦將於丹麥Arthus展出，其餘作品亦發表於各國際設計媒體並於世界各地展出。

When Daniel Saakes decided to make a round chandelier out of LAMPAN lights, it turned out to be harder than he had expected. How do you make a perfect circle with all the light bulbs evenly distributed? This is how he came to learn about platonic volumes. The LAMPAN proved to be the perfect building block for these 6-, 12- and 20-cornered PLATONIC SUNs.

Saakes決定由Lampan燈製作出一圓型吊燈時，過程卻比他原本預期來得難，試想如何運用燈泡平均配製而創造出一個完美的圓，這也是Saakes之所以求助於柏拉圖體積的原因，而事實證明Lampan燈的確可以建造出這些六角、十二角和二十角柏拉圖之光的完美選擇。

Daniel Saakes works at the MIT Media Lab and he is finishing his PhD thesis ID-Studiolab, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. He was teaching master course from 2005-2008 in TU Delft. He has been a Visiting designer in University of Southern Denmark 2002. Recently he is working on Living Windows project about a novel picture frame that responds on the environment light it will be exhibited at NEXT no.6, Arhus, Denmark. His work has been published in the international design press and exhibited worldwide.