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Super Mario Lamp Finally Makes The PaIn In My Life Worth It
There is no way my parents could have known what a world of pain they were dropping me in by simply giving me the name Mario. It was 1984, and Mario was my dad’s name. THEY COULD NOT HAVE KNOWN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. But now all the Super Mario/Where’s Luigi/ItsAMe/Wario jokes I’ve ever been the…
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Celestial Lamp Lets You Sleep Under The Stars Without Going Camping
Just over a year ago, we brought you Anna Farkis’s 2500W astronomical lampshade, which projects constellations on the ceiling whenever the light is turned on. At the time, it was just a one-off concept — but, as we had hoped, the stars have aligned: today, the lamps are finally available for sale under the new…
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Position These Aussie-Made Lamps To Shine A Light On Corruption, Or Just Anything
Some spaces are awkward. Dark corners or cavernous closets that could really use some light. And tap lights don’t always cut it in terms of brightness or aesthetic quality. But Australian designer Flynn Talbot is working on the situation. His aluminium and steel lights, called Latitude, can go anywhere and point in any direction.
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Turn Off This Cordless, Motion-Sensing Lamp By Simply Knocking It Over
Even fans of extreme minimalism still need on and off switches — after all, what good is a beautiful lamp if it doesn’t work? Industrial designer William Lee has figured out how to banish the on/off switch using a simple tilting mechanism that knows to kill its soft glow when the lamp’s been knocked over.