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Walking Stick Fishing Pole: Perfect for Dr. House’s Days Off?
8:59PM Gizmodo US Edition | A walking stick, with a catch. Well, potentially a catch anyway: with a reel and fishing line, this mashup gadget enables you to combined fishing with your countryside strolls. It’s 89cm high, with a rubber foot and metal/plastic reel, and is available now for US$39.95. On second thoughts, House wouldn’t so much use this for fishing for fish, as much as for views up nurse’s skirts. The advertising doesn’t suggest that though. [Product via Nerd Approved] More »
Design
Pole: Is This the Most Minimal Lamp Ever?
11:24PM Gizmodo US Edition | Designed to use a minimum of materials and components, the “Pole” lamp just looks very, very cool indeed. Designer Paul Cocksedge was trying to create the illusion of bending light, so made the acrylic and concrete design “to send rays of light on a journey of internal reflection.” Simple: the bulb is in the base and light emerges from the giant fiber-optic at its top, providing a bright directional beam and an ambient glow. It’s available from Established and Sons as either a desk lamp or floor lamp, for an unknown, but presumably high price. And you know, it would go perfectly with (what else?) the Ghost chair. [Dezeen]
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