Ikarus Wax lamp

A lamp made from wax that will melt in the heat of its own illuminant. The shape of the lamp will change over the course of a month. When I first saw this, I thought it is a cool design. Kind of like a candle turned upside down.

A nice decoration, as long as it is not above my head. Might not be a good idea to have anything under it.

What I don't like about this piece is the purpose behind it. Its purpose is to let the users witness the physical consequence of their energy use because we have taken electricity as something granted. My question is why do we need to "see" it? It is a fact that we already know. What difference does it make when we see the lamp melts and breaks apart? I bet some people might even turn on the light more just to look at how it'll melt. It is what throws me off. It just gives me a feeling that they designed this lamp and just threw a "popular" topic behind it to sell. If I am told that it is just a fancy design purely for impression only, it'd make more sense to me.