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This Chandelier Is Fan-Friggin-Tastic

Sean Fallon — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:30:00 +0000

The enthusiastically titled “Fan-Tastic Chandel-Air” by Meyda lighting combines, you guessed it, a chandelier and a fan into one crazy looking customisable design.

The first design in the series, “Tall Pines at Dusk” features “a Silver Mica shade transformed into a decorative /functional casement for a 73cm fan.” It is also designed to be an energy saver with blades that can reverse direction—pulling hot air up in the summer and pushing it down in the winter. No pricing information has been made available, but it is billed as a handcrafted work of art, so prepare to overpay accordingly. [Meyda via Core77]

Chandelier Features Removable Bulbs for Migrant Families

Mark Wilson — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:20:00 +0000

The Drop Light is just a concept, but there’s nothing going on here that’s outside the realm of real world engineering. A normal light fixture at first glance, each bulb actually houses a rechargeable battery and a cool-burning LED, allowing, say, little Mary and Patrick to remove the fixture’s globes and take them around the house to read and do homework. Then again, every night at dinner could become one big blame game over who lost all of the light bulbs…again…before Mary flips out and Patrick says everything’s cool and Mary grabs a knife and Patrick says be careful and Mary drops the knife crying and Dad admits he took a bulb to work and the family has a group hug and Mary gets checked in to a care facility just in case. [Yanko Design]

Cara Lamp is Crystal-Like LED and Silver Circuit-Board Beauty

Kit Eaton — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:18:00 +0000

Those little interlaced blades of ice you sometimes get on the edge of ultra-cold things in wet air: that’s the image that popped into my head on seeing the Cara lamp. It’s by designer Andreas Ostwald and that fragile crystal-like shape is composed of interlocked flat white circuit boards with silver tracks, sprinkled with 70 white LEDs. How lighting should be to my mind: simple, elegant and stunning. Though presumably it’s designer status gives it a price premium that’ll place it beyond my lustful reach. [Contemporist via LuxuryLaunches]