If an overhead projector could breed with a plastic cup and a pike inside Barbie’s dream home, the result would be Martin Neuhaus’ Becherlicht concept lamp. When switched on, the unique looking light will cast a 3D image of a conventional lamp on your wall that is a nod to modern functional art, optical illusions, and illuminated plus size pink pleated skirts.
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It may take a while to find the right key, but if you’re persistent you just might unlock the mysteries of the g-clamp keychain. Of course, some of the keys are just too small and she might get frustrated waiting there for you to finally open the door.
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From Swedish designers Michael Andersson and Maria Axelqvist comes the Fruit Slide. Combine this with the Getty Lamp and a piece of plywood and voila! Fruit Skee Ball.
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Wanna make a lamp like this yourself? Just go and raid your local hardware store for paint swatches, cut them into coffin-esque shapes and assemble with plastic rivets like the designers at Emocja Studio. The result is a colorful but bizarre blob of a lamp that can morph into all sorts of shapes.
Here are the top ten Nerd Approved Gadgets for the week of January 25th-31st, 2010:
Contest Reminder: Today is the final day to win Garbage Pail Kids wall and laptop graphics.
Feature: 10 ultimate weapons for nerd self-defense.
Certificate of Virginity: Gives you a fake fresh start.
The Getty Lamp: Looks like a portal into another dimension.
Exhaust Chopsticks: Shift Chinese food into overdrive.
Designed by Marcus Tremento, the Getty Lamp is made from electroluminescent wire, perspex and, possibly, the fabric of time and space. Limited edition of 10.
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Yesterday, when I posted on the Pac-Man (or “Puckman” as it were) bookshelf, I asked what you could use for the ghosts in your little display of gaming wall art. It looks like ginepro design has thought of that as well. The ghostly lamp is a wall sconce that would be the perfect complement to your Pac-Man bookshelf, or just flanking that Garbage Pail Kids wall graphic you have over your couch. So you live alone for a few more years. So what?
It’s hard to stay focused on the laptop when your USB monkey lamps look like they want to beat the hell out of each other. You may have to put work on hold and let these two duke it out in a male vs. female rock em’ sock em’ primate battle royal. The loser will be unceremoniously unplugged from the USB port while hanging their LED powered head in shame. Check out an additional photo after the break.
If I have to be overcome by a sudden downpour, please let it be salt and pepper. There is no food I can think of that can’t taste just a little bit better with some sodium added. These cloud-shaped shakers are inviting you to pick them up and give them a shake, if for no other reason that it is the one time you can feel like you have some control over a storm.
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At least I think the Emperor lamp is supposed to look like a penguin. At any rate, some sort of bird will undoubtedly take control of the planet in the future—starting with your desktop.
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