Monstrous lamp

Lamp by John Halley III.

Porcini Mushroom Lamp

Porcini Mushroom Lamp on sale here. Via.

Diamond Lights

Diamond Lights by Eric Therner on sale here. Via these sites.

*Buy diamonds at Amazon.

Mushroom lamps

A few of the mushroom lamps at the Great Mushrooming. Via.

*Previously: Demon lamp.

*Buy LEDs at Amazon.

LED lights set up to emit convincing daylight

Entryway with faux natural light by Daniel Rybakken. Via these sites.

*Previously: Water bottle lighting.

*Buy LEDs at Amazon.

Scion's "Rooms" show

Scion's "Rooms" group exhibition opens this weekend in Los Angeles. The show was curated by Roger Gastman of Swindle, and features a rather diverse range of artists, who were each given a divided section of the gallery to decorate.

I was invited to check out the show later this week, but I wasn't familiar with any of the artists. So, I did some research. Here's what I learned:

Adam Wallacavage: Creator of unusual chandeliers:








Rocky Grimes: Specializes in unorthodox screen printing techniques that he often demonstrates for an audience:








Justin Van Hoy: Art director, designer and co-founder of THIS Los Angeles. He's worked on projects such as the Zune Arts: The Lost Ones graphic novel/print collection that was much more desirable than the Zune it advertised:







Dan Monick (photographer) and Caitlin Reilly (art director):









Bill Daniel: His film Who is Bozo Texino? takes a look at hobo graffiti art:






Kime Buzzelli: Painter, fashion designer, and looking for unusual wedding ideas:








Dueling VHS: Makers of funny videos such as Wolf: The Constable (dramatically funnier than Dog: The Bounty Hunter):








Chris Stain: graffiti writer and stencil print maker specializing in images of blue collar America:





*Previously: "Damned.MGX" chandelier.

*Buy Zune Arts: The Lost Ones at eBay.

Demon Lamp (link roundup)

Demon Lamp designed by Jamie Hewlett on sale here. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Fake Steve Jobs is trying to crash AT&T's network, which seems like the kind of stunt that should disqualify him from real journalist jobs.

2. Cake looks like salmon nigiri.

3. Many-armed chef-bot sculpture.

*Previously: Giant nigiri.

*Buy Gorillaz toys at eBay.

Designer Lamps

Three of the 85 lamps being sold at the Enlighten event in Los Angeles:


Buzz Lamp by Chris Buzelli.




"Three Bunnies with Apologies to the Three Graces" by James Yang.




Clockwork gorilla by Joe Vaux.

*Previously: Hangman's noose lamp.

*Buy robot gorilla toys at eBay.

Birds on a wire (link roundup)

Bird-inspired lighting by Zhili Liu.

And a few more links:

1. Lego Drone Helicopter. Via.

2. Residents in a British town are pooling their money to pay for a private police force armed with cameras to deter crime. Via.

3. Hard to resist a book called "Edison's Concrete Piano: Flying Tanks, Six-Nippled Sheep, Walk-on-Water Shoes and 12 Other Flops from Great Inventors." There's a dedicated website. Via.

*Previously: Creepy robot with nipple hands.

*Buy Lego minifigs at eBay.

Plush mushroom cloud (and more)

Hard to resist an art show called "Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design." Below is a small sampling from the show, which is divided into sections titled "The Forest Glade," "The Enchanted Castle," and "Heaven and Hell."



"Priscilla 37 kilotons Nevada 1957" huggable cushions by Dunne & Raby.



"Damned.MGX" chandelier by Luc Merx. On sale here.



"Moulded Mole" slippers by Niels van Eijk.



"Sensory Deprivation Skull" by Joep van Lieshout.





"Robber Baron" standing lamp and "Robber Baron" table by Studio Job. Via.

*Previously: Mushroom looks just like the Alien.

*Buy slippers at Amazon.

Removeable Lightbulb Handle (link roundup)

Removeable lightbulb door handle concept by Jeong-Sun Park. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Kate Winslet is offended that anyone would describe the statutory rape featured in her new movie as "statutory rape":

I'm so sorry, "statutory rape"? I've got to tell you, I'm so offended by that. No, I really am. I genuinely am. To me, that is absolutely not this story at all. That boy knows exactly what he's doing. For a start, Hanna Schmitz thinks that he's seventeen, not fifteen, you know? She's not doing anything wrong.

Via these sites.


2. JFK, Obama, Clinton poolside. Together.


3. Looks like another of Oprah's "nonfiction" picks is actually a work of fiction.


4. Bouncing Christmas animated gifs. Via.

*Previously: Plush lightbulb.

*Buy "Basic Concepts of Criminal Law" at Amazon.

Hangman's noose lamp

Hangman's noose lamp designed by Marie Thurnauer. Talk about gallows humor. Via.

*Previously: Hanged man lightpull.

*Buy books about product design at Amazon.

Cool lamp

Or non-lamp I suppose. By Alice Rosignoli. Via.